Cobra Kai Season 7 – Will It Ever Happen?

For six seasons, “Cobra Kai” introduced ’80s nostalgia and absurd karate motion to YouTube after which to Netflix, solely to come back to a climactic conclusion earlier this 12 months with the end of “Cobra Kai” season 6. Netflix constructed as much as the right finale with loads of fanfare, giving every character a correct send-off (some extra explosive than others), and wrapping issues up with a sequence of one-on-one world championship duels for the important thing characters.

It is uncommon within the streaming period that exhibits get to exit so decisively on their very own phrases, and but, the present’s reputation implies that many followers are nonetheless hoping there might be an opportunity for “Cobra Kai” season 7. Is there actually, although? Effectively, in all probability not — not less than, not beneath that title. The showrunners, stars, and Netflix itself have all made it clear that season 6 is the tip, however they’ve additionally talked extensively concerning the potential for spin-offs or sequels down the road.

A type of is already coming to massive screens later this 12 months. “Karate Kid: Legends,” a film that brings collectively Daniel LaRusso (Ralph Macchio) and Mr. Han (Jackie Chan) from the 2010 “Karate Child” reboot, will premiere on Could 30. Whereas that is technically a distinct artistic crew than the one behind “Cobra Kai,” the director has confirmed that the 2 tales are canonical with each other, and that the movie takes place three years after “Cobra Kai” season 6. However maybe extra thrilling for followers of the Netflix sequence are all of the theorized streaming successors that would functionally take the place of a “Cobra Kai” season 7.

Formally, “Cobra Kai” is over, and whereas it appears inevitable that the “Karate Kid” saga will continue, it is sensible that we might see a little bit of a pause earlier than the following massive undertaking at Netflix. Even when a considerable portion of forged and manufacturing crew from “Cobra Kai” have been to maneuver over to a brand new sequence, there would nonetheless be adjustments, which implies extra time spent in improvement. Writers rooms would should be assembled, new actors forged — all of the issues that need to get carried out earlier than a present can begin manufacturing.

In different phrases, this hole is certain to be bigger than what we have beforehand seen between individual “Cobra Kai” seasons. Whereas Netflix positively wish to maintain the fan base that is been constructed across the franchise, it takes time to get an entire new present able to go — particularly when the corporate in query has a number of potential spin-off concepts to select from, as appears to be the case with “Cobra Kai.”

“Cobra Kai” showrunners Josh Heald, Jon Hurwitz, and Hayden Schlossberg have made it very clear that they need to maintain working within the “Karate Child” universe, or the “Miyagi-verse,” as they name it. And it appears that evidently out of all of the attainable path the franchise may go, two potential spin-offs are main the cost. One could be a prequel series starring a young Mr. Miyagi, and the opposite could be a “Cobra Kai” sequel and spin-off starring Hawk (Jacob Bertrand) and Demetri (Gianni DeCenzo).

The showrunner trio mentioned the latter thought in an interview with Entertainment Weekly, with Hurwitz teasing that there “could” be “a really thorough doc” detailing a Hawk and Demetri “Binary Bros” spin-off. (“Cobra Kai” star Xolo Maridueña has additionally endorsed the thought.)

As for the potential Miyagi sequence, there’s loads of ardour from the artistic crew to get issues shifting. “I’d say that we positively need to do this and have been speaking about that,” Schlossberg mentioned in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter. “As we’re ending that up, we’ll see precisely what path we take when it comes to spin-offs, however it’s positively one thing that we have been eager to do. It is simply that we need to wait till we get completed with Cobra Kai first earlier than we get into that.”

With the Sekai Taikai over and Cobra Kai again within the fingers of Johnny Lawrence (William Zabka), a lot of the main storylines from “Cobra Kai” have been wrapped up. Johnny can be educating lessons and elevating his new child with Carmen (Vanessa Rubio); Sam (Mary Mouser) and Miguel are going to varsity; and Robby (Tanner Buchanan) and Tory (Peyton Checklist) have grow to be skilled karate opponents and influencers. Each John Kreese (Martin Kove) and Terry Silver (Thomas Ian Griffith) are presumably dead after the apparent murder-suicide on Silver’s yacht, and Daniel is freed from all of the high-stakes karate drama, not less than for now.

Any present or season that takes place in spite of everything that must drum up some new storylines. If we do get a present following Demetri and Hawk in faculty, it could in all probability look extra just like the campus episodes of “Cobra Kai” that we have already gotten — extra comedic writing within the beer bong style (one thing Hurwitz, Schlossberg, and Heald are well-versed in), with an occasional little bit of karate to maintain issues attention-grabbing. The Miyagi prequel sequence could be extra formidable, each as a result of it could require all of the manufacturing trimmings of a full interval piece, and since it could seemingly have much more give attention to the martial arts.

Jacob Bertrand and Gianni DeCenzo would each should be on the high of the decision sheet for a “Binary Bros” spin-off, whereas the Miyagi sequence would require a completely new forged. Brian Takahashi performed a younger model of Mr. Miyagi in some dream sequences throughout “Cobra Kai” season 6, however the present additionally relied closely on some fairly reprehensible AI/CGI sorcery to deliver authentic actor Pat Morita “again” in different sequences. It is unclear whether or not a brand new present would proceed with Takahashi or herald somebody new.

For any tales set after season 6, “Binary Bros” or in any other case, there’s the potential for cameos. “Cobra Kai” itself has made a convention of together with smaller appearances from previous “Karate Child” actors, so that will be nothing new. It is unlikely that actors like Xolo Maridueña or Peyton Checklist would have massive roles once more, as they each have some fairly main initiatives going elsewhere at this level. However there’s at all times the likelihood for single-episode reprisals, particularly among the many older “Cobra Kai” actors.

Past the initiatives that appear to be within the works, there are tons of other “Cobra Kai” spin-offs fans would love to see. For now, it is a “hurry up and wait” recreation, however it could be surprising if the franchise did not return to Netflix in a single type or one other. It simply may not be “Cobra Kai” season 7, precisely.