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Summer of '84—Waxing on Nostalgia: The Karate Kid
thehousenextdooronline.com - 6/18/2009
Summer of '84—Waxing on Nostalgia: The Karate Kid
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By Craig Simpson [ Editor's Note: "Summer of '84" is a co-production of The House Next Door and the Blog Talk Radio shows Back by Midnight (hosted by the initiator of this project, Aaron Aradillas) and Movie Geeks United! (hosted by Jerry Dennis and Jamey DuVall). Click the links above to ...
Some new writing chops for Karate Kid reboot
riskybusinessblog.com - 6/16/2009
Some new writing chops for Karate Kid reboot
— riskybusinessblog.com — Kar It looks like the Karate Kid will get a dose of Happyness. Columbia has brought on... Steven Conrad, who penned 2006’s “The Pursuit of Happyness,” to work on the studio’s reboot of the 1980s film. The studio has also signed Oscar nominee Taraji P. ... Some new writing chops for Karate Kid reboot

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The Karate Kid Gets a New Screenwriter
slashfilm.com - 6/16/2009
The Karate Kid Gets a New Screenwriter
— slashfilm.com — Earlier this month when Academy Award-nominated actress Taraji P. Henson was cast in Columbia Pictures’ reimagining of... The Karate Kid , we asked you if she brought any credibility to the project. Tonight it has been revealed that a new ... The Karate Kid Gets a New Screenwriter

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New Writer Brought In for 'The Karate Kid' Remake
aceshowbiz.com - 6/16/2009
New Writer Brought In for 'The Karate Kid' Remake
— aceshowbiz.com — 'The Pursuit of Happyness' scribe Steven Conrad reportedly has been hired to do some rewrite of Chris... Murphy's draft for the reboot project of the 1980s film. New Writer Brought In for 'The Karate Kid' Remake

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The Chutry Experiment — ... Because The Karate Kid was the first movie my family ever owned on VHS (and because it is, in fact, a hugely entertaining and well-made movie), my sister and I wore our copy out to the point that it was virtually unviewable, something beyond grainy.  With that in mind, I really enjoyed Craig Simpson’s blog essay about the film on The House Next Door (part of a longer series on films from the summer of 1984).  The essay succeeded in evoking my nostalgia for the film and even helped me to see it slightly differently.  And Simpson also points out what I regarded, ...

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Steven Conrad Writing The Karate Kid — ComingSoon.net - Movies 6/16/2009
The Hollywood Reporter 's Risky Biz Blog is reporting that The Pursuit of Happyness screenwriter Steven Conrad is penning The Karate Kid for Columbia Pictures.