Cobra Kai Season 7 – Will It Ever Occur?

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 yr with the top 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 collection of one-on-one world championship duels for the important thing characters.

It is uncommon within the streaming period that reveals get to exit so decisively on their very own phrases, and but, the present’s recognition signifies that many followers are nonetheless hoping there could possibly be an opportunity for “Cobra Kai” season 7. Is there actually, although? Effectively, in all probability not — at the very least, not below that identify. The showrunners, stars, and Netflix itself have all made it clear that season 6 is the top, however they’ve additionally talked extensively in regards to the potential for spin-offs or sequels down the road.

A type of is already coming to large screens later this yr. “Karate Child: 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 unique inventive 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 collection are all of the theorized streaming successors that might functionally take the place of a “Cobra Kai” season 7.

Formally, “Cobra Kai” is over, and whereas it appears inevitable that the “Karate Child” saga will proceed, it is smart that we might see a little bit of a pause earlier than the subsequent large venture at Netflix. Even when a considerable portion of forged and manufacturing crew from “Cobra Kai” had been to maneuver over to a brand new collection, there would nonetheless be modifications, which suggests extra time spent in growth. 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 particular person “Cobra Kai” seasons. Whereas Netflix positively wish to preserve 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 preserve working within the “Karate Child” universe, or the “Miyagi-verse,” as they name it. And evidently out of all of the attainable route the franchise may go, two potential spin-offs are main the cost. One can be a prequel collection starring a younger Mr. Miyagi, and the opposite can 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 Leisure 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 concept.)

As for the potential Miyagi collection, there’s loads of ardour from the inventive crew to get issues transferring. “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), many of the main storylines from “Cobra Kai” have been wrapped up. Johnny will probably be educating lessons and elevating his new child with Carmen (Vanessa Rubio); Sam (Mary Mouser) and Miguel are going to school; and Robby (Tanner Buchanan) and Tory (Peyton Record) have turn out to be skilled karate rivals and influencers. Each John Kreese (Martin Kove) and Terry Silver (Thomas Ian Griffith) are presumably useless after the obvious murder-suicide on Silver’s yacht, and Daniel is freed from all of the high-stakes karate drama, at the very least 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 might 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 collection can be extra formidable, each as a result of it might require all of the manufacturing trimmings of a full interval piece, and since it might doubtless have much more give attention to the martial arts.

Jacob Bertrand and Gianni DeCenzo would each should be on the prime of the decision sheet for a “Binary Bros” spin-off, whereas the Miyagi collection would require a wholly 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 convey unique actor Pat Morita “again” in different sequences. It is unclear whether or not a brand new present would proceed with Takahashi or usher in 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 may be nothing new. It is unlikely that actors like Xolo Maridueña or Peyton Record would have large roles once more, as they each have some fairly main tasks going elsewhere at this level. However there’s at all times the chance for single-episode reprisals, particularly among the many older “Cobra Kai” actors.

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