Netflix: ‘Cobra Kai’ was supposed to be a movie, but ‘The Karate Kid’ changed everything

‘Cobra Kai’ has become one of the most successful series in the history of Netflix, a title that has greatly expanded the cinematic universe of ‘Karate Kid’, however, this production was not surprisingly initially planned to be narrated through episodes, since in the first instance this title would become a movie.

In a recent interview for BuzzFeed, the creators of ‘Cobra Kai’ Netflix, josh heal, Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossbergrevealed what the beginnings of this successful production were like, indicating that the first time they imagined making a title centered on the character of Johnny Lawrence was in the early 2000s.

The authors and creators of this spin-off of ‘Karate Kid’ indicate that their original idea was to depict this production in a film, however, after holding the idea for a few years and after the release of the film ‘The Karate Kid’, starring Jayden Smith in 2010, it was clear that This production with William Zabka could not be a film, so they changed their plans to a series.

We were talking about making a movie, which was going to be called Cobra Kai, and Johnny Lawrence was going to be the central character,” the writers reveal.

Undoubtedly, the change made by the writers of this story seems very successful today, since, as we have pointed out, this production is a spin off of “Karate Kid” and has become one of the most viewed titles in history. Netflixa production that currently has five installments and everything seems to indicate that it will have a sixth.

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Season 6 of ‘Cobra Kai’

Importantly for nowCobra Kai’ still does not have a confirmed sixth installment, however, taking into account the gigantic success of this title in its fifth season, it is very likely that the streaming giant will announce new episodes in early 2023 for this exciting production centered on the characters of Johnny Lawrence and Daniel LaRusso.

However, it is surprising that “Cobra Kai” still has no confirmation for more episodes, since its arrival NetflixIt is the first time that this title has not been renewed, and according to various rumors, this is because the streaming platform and the writers of this story are preparing the end of this spin-off.

That’s right, everything seems to indicate that the 6th season of ‘Cobra Kai’ will be the one that will end with this karate story, however, the makers of this production have indicated that they have more ideas for the launch of more spin offs of ‘ Karate Kid’ , so it is very likely that fans of this franchise will see more productions set in the cinematic universe.