If Karate Child: Legends is successful, Ralph Macchio would like to see a Cobra Kai film launched in a number of years.
After the discharge of The Karate Child Half III in 1989, Ralph Macchio thought he was finished with the martial arts franchise, however thirty years later, he was introduced again into the fold for Cobra Kai. The ultimate episodes of the collection at the moment are streaming on Netflix, however Macchio isn’t able to name it quits, telling the New York Occasions that he’d like to see a Cobra Kai film in a number of years.
“Listen, I said it was the end for me when I got done with the last 1980s Karate Kid movie. So I will say never say never,” Macchio stated. “If Karate Child: Legends does properly, I might like to see a Cobra Kai film in two or three years. So long as there’s a technique to be truthful to the characters, to propel a narrative in a approach that opens it as much as generations, it’s one thing I’d be open to having a dialog about.“
As Macchio talked about, he’s additionally set to reprise the function of Daniel LaRusso in Karate Child: Legends, the place he’ll star alongside the one and solely Jackie Chan. “After a family tragedy, kung fu prodigy Li Fong (Ben Wang) is uprooted from his home in Beijing and forced to move to New York City with his mother,” reads the official synopsis. “Li struggles to let go of his past as he tries to fit in with his new classmates, and although he doesn’t want to fight, trouble seems to find him everywhere. When a new friend needs his help, Li enters a karate competition – but his skills alone aren’t enough. Li’s kung fu teacher Mr. Han (Jackie Chan) enlists original Karate Kid Daniel LaRusso (Ralph Macchio) for help, and Li learns a new way to fight, merging their two styles into one for the ultimate martial arts showdown.” Karate Child: Legends will hit theaters on Might 30, 2025.
Cobra Kai creators Hayden Schlossberg, Josh Heald, and Jon Hurwitz have additionally been contemplating extra spinoffs of the collection, together with a prequel collection centered on Mr. Miyagi. Nonetheless, nothing is official.
Sadly, our personal Alex Maidy discovered the ultimate episodes of Cobra Kai to be a bit of underwhelming. “Cobra Kai VI brings the series to a close in a way that could have been daring, special, and even unique, but rather than rock the boat or the legacy of The Karate Kid, the finale plays it safe and does only one surprising thing, which you will all see as you binge the closing chapters,” Maidy wrote. “I wish I was more satisfied with where this series ended up, but I will always look back fondly on the overall series as a worthy continuation of one of the most iconic films of the 1980s.” You may take a look at the remainder of Maidy’s evaluation proper right here.
Would you prefer to see a Cobra Kai film after Karate Child: Legends?