‘Cobra Kai’ Creators Say Season 3 Will Be The Biggest Yet, Explain Why Netflix Is The Perfect New Home
Netflix recently announced that the original seriesCobra Kai, a sequel to theKarate Kidfilm franchise that YouTube supported for two seasons, would be arriving on the streaming service sometime in the future. YouTube has pulled back on how much they’re spending on original narrative programming, so Netflix is alsopicking up the show’s third season. Thankfully, it’s a shift that creatorsJon Hurwitz,Hayden Schlossberg, andJosh Healdare very happy about, especially since the third season is said to be their biggest season yet.
Cobra KaistarsRalph MacchioandWilliam Zabkaas Daniel LaRusso and Johnny Lawrence, reigniting their rivalry over 30 years after their famous fight in the 1984 All Valley Karate Tournament. This time, each of their kids gets caught up in the drama after Johnny reopens the infamous Cobra Kai dojo, which introduces some other new characters to the franchise. This doesn’t sit well with Daniel, who now runs his own car dealership and tries to instill the values of his mentor Mr. Miyagi in his family’s life.io9caught up with Hurwitz, Schlossberg and Heald this week after news ofCobra Kaion Netflix was announced. The upcoming third season will continue to dig into the past ofThe Karate Kidfranchise, and this time they’re heading to Okinawa, Japan, where Daniel and Mr. Miyagi traveled to inThe Karate Kid Part II. With the third season being the biggest the series has had, the creators wanted to make sure it could debut at their new streaming home. Hurwitz said:
Funnily enough, Netflix was extremely interested in picking upCobra Kaifrom the beginning, but YouTube, at a time when they were ambitious to expand their offering of original programming, outbid them in just the right way to snag it. Hurwitz explained:
“Netflix was extremely interested when we first went out with it. They didn’t pass on it. They made offers and were very aggressive at the time. The only reason it didn’t go to Netflix back then was simply because of YouTube’s aggressiveness and guaranteeing a full season of the show before we had ever put a word on the page.”
WhenCobra Kaireturns on Netflix, Hurwitz says, “It’s a season of rebirth and regrouping for a lot of characters. And it’s a season where we look to the past to see our pathway to the future.” Hopefully that means Netflix will be on board to keepCobra Kaigoing for a little while, at least as long as Hurwitz, Schlossberg and Heald have more ideas to continue the story. You can hear more from them aboutCobra Kaiover atio9.
There’s no date for when the first two seasons ofCobra Kaiwill land on Netflix, but they’re expected to arrive sometime later this year, and the third season will follow not long after.
