A ‘Cobra Kai’ Film? Franchise Legends Depart Crumbs as Season 6 Launch Inches Nearer

Cobra Kai Season 6 is at our doorstep. The epic karate collection, which moved from YouTube to Netflix, has been a fixation for followers of the Miyagi-verse for over 5 seasons. Now that the sixth season is about to drop, revealing the final word destiny of Johnny Lawrence and Daniel LaRusso’s decades-long rivalry, followers can’t hold their calm. Nonetheless, there’s additionally a touch of melancholy for bidding the collection farewell, because it has been confirmed that the sixth season would be the closing one. Nonetheless, it might be a bit too quickly to return to that conclusion.

Earlier than Season 6 drops on Netflix, the legendary forged of Cobra Kai has shared some tantalizing hints a few potential film to broaden the Cobra Kai franchise additional, together with their emotions about departing from the Netflix present.

A Cobra Kai film could be on the horizon

Cobra Kai stars Ralph Macchio, William Zabka, and Yuji Okumoto just lately sat down for an interview with Additional’s Melvin Rober. In the course of the interview, when requested a few potential Cobra Kai film sooner or later, all of them unanimously expressed pleasure. Whereas Macchio uttered, “Why not?“, Zabka acknowledged, “I do not know. What is the story like?“. Nonetheless, none of them may affirm the rumor. Nonetheless, Macchio did drop a touch about how the Cobra Kai film may see the sunshine of day.

Macchio talked about that they create motion pictures with followers in thoughts, and the ball is within the followers’ court docket in relation to deciding if a Cobra Kai film will occur. So, provided that they rally for a film, there could be an opportunity for the challenge to get off the bottom after the Netflix collection wraps up. Cobra Kai Season 6 encountered loads of hiccups, primarily because of the Hollywood strikes that pushed it again into delays, which additionally led to the delay of one other anticipated film within the franchise, the brand new Karate Child. However that was simply the primary disappointing replace for the upcoming film. 

Cobra Kai showrunners have additionally poured chilly water on the potential for a fan-favorite cameo within the new Karate Child film that many followers have been holding their breath for.

The brand new Karate Child may go away some die-hard followers feeling let down

When the brand new Karate Child film was introduced, everybody thought it will broaden the Cobra Kai universe. Nonetheless, showrunner Josh Heald made it very clear in an interview with ScreenRant that Cobra Kai isn’t setting the stage for the upcoming Karate Child film. In reality, the present and the film will comply with completely completely different storylines. The one widespread hyperlink between the Netflix present and the upcoming film is Ralph Macchio’s Daniel LaRusso. “The film form of exists in its personal piece of its personal universe,” mentioned Heald. 

Heald’s assertion implied that the 2010 Karate Child film, together with the Cobra Kai franchise and the upcoming new Karate Child film, all exist in separate universes. Though this isn’t notably disappointing information for moviegoers, it does put a query mark on the potential for Jackie Chan starring within the film, a need that has existed amongst followers for the reason that collection’ inception. Whether or not or not the brand new film lets down unique Karate Child followers, there’s nonetheless an opportunity to push for a Cobra Kai film, as Macchio hinted.

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