‘Karate Kid’ casts ‘Cruel Summer’ star Sadie Stanley

Sadie Stanley

David Mueller

Sadie Stanley, one of the stars of the free teen drama Harsh summerjoin the growing cast of karate KidSony Pictures’ latest installment of the upcoming martial arts franchise.

The actress will play the romantic role opposite Bin Wang American born Chinese The lead actor in the film who got the part after a global search.

The cast also includes Jackie Chan and Ralph Macchio, who reprise their iconic characters to continue the cinematic mythology of the previous films. New to the cast is Joshua Jackson.

Plot details are being kept under wraps, but it is known that the new installment will move the story to the East Coast and focus on a teenager from China (Wang) who, according to… karate Kid Science, he finds strength and guidance through martial arts and a strong but wise mentor (or two).

Character details have not been revealed, but Stanley will play Jackson’s character’s daughter.

Jonathan Entwistle, known for teen television dramas I’m not okay with this And The end of the fucking world, directs. Rob Lieber, whose credits include Sony peter rabbit And Disney Alexander and the terrible, terrible, not so good and so bad day, He wrote the script.

Karen Rosenfelt is producing the feature, which is scheduled for release on December 13.

A fast-rising actress, Stanley has racked up a lot of credits since her debut as the main character in the 2019 live-action film. Kim is possible TV movie. She recently starred alongside Ray Romano and Laurie Metcalf in Romano’s directorial debut. Somewhere in Queens, He was one of the heroes in the second season of Harsh summera teen mystery drama anthology produced by Freeform that debuts in 2023.

Recurring on ABC Goldberg Since 2020, the actress has also appeared in Netflix series Dead to me As well as the Duplass brothers anthology series Room 104 On HBO.

Stanley is repped by Gersh, Thruline Entertainment and Goodman Genow.