With The Karate Kid opening number one this weekend Harald Zwart must be feeling pretty good about himself! The innocence and epic nature of the this remake seemed to be no match for the off-the-cuff comedic violence of The A-Team.

Zwart may be known in the US for The Pink Panther 2 and internationally for Long Flat Balls I and II, but he’s yearned for some time to do something less silly and humorous, and something more artistic and dare I say epic. He jumped at the chance to join the Smith family in “retelling” the classic story in a beautiful, new way.

Even before the release of the film, Zwart was confident that his film would be a success with viewers…

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Karate Kid director, Harald Zwart has a new film that he’s producing and possibly directing for Sony called RollerCoaster Tycoon. And yes, it will be based on the Atari game of the same name, in which players are challenged to build and run a theme park. According to Zwart the movie will be like Night at the Museum meets Disney World.

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