The original film is widely credited for popularizing karate in the United States
andgave Mr. Miyagi a new student, played by Hilary Swank.Cobra KaiThe franchise also a 1989 short-live animated series, calledMeanwhile, in 2010, they attempted to reboot the franchise with a new Kamen had a role in all, in one way or the other.
It’s unclear whether his musical will be a retelling of the original film, or a completely new story within the same framework of the martial arts’ classic .In a statement about the musical, Kamen recalled his long past with the property: “On June 13, 1982, my daughter Alessandra was born. Two days later when she arrived home from the hospital, I sat down with her in one of those little rocking cradles at my side, and began to write,” he recalled. “A year later, in October of 1983, principal photography began. A year after that, in June of 1984, exactly two years after I wrote the script, the film was in theaters. And there it stayed for nearly six months.
“Five sequels and two television shows later, amazingly the characters and the story still resonates with audiences the way it did when the film first was released,’ he said. “Never in my wildest dreams did I think this little movie would reach across generations the way it has. And beyond my wildest dreams did I think what started out as a love letter to my devotion to Okinawan Karate and the man who taught me would become a full-blown Broadway musical. But here it is. Here I am.
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