“We have a buffet in front of us in terms of what we’d like to do, and it just has to line up with what our partners at Sony and Netflix want to do. There are contemporary spin-offs that take place after the events of Cobra Kai.
“There are other spin-offs that, you know, we know the audience has been speculating about that took place 100 years ago. We’ll have to see, you know, and everything in between. We’ll have to see which one is the right time and the right project. But hopefully, there’s more to share soon.”
The next installment in the Karate Kid franchise is the feature film Karate Kid: Legends, which is canon to Cobra Kai and expands on Daniel LaRusso’s future after the events in the series. There are still no details about how the movie will connect with the show, aside from the obvious presence of LaRusso. Karate Kid: Legends is set to be released on May 30, 2025.
The Cast of ‘Cobra Kai’ Pitch Their Spinoff Ideas
The show has plenty of characters that could get their own spin-off. Even Cobra Kai started as a spin-off on Johnny Lawrence’s character and then became central to the franchise often referred to as the Miyagi-verse. There are obviously many routes future installments could take, but for many new stories focused on Hawk, Demetri, and Chozen, should be among the first characters in line for their own spinoff, but two stars have some other ideas.
Xolo Maridueña, who plays Miguel in the series, said, “I would love to see the Binary Bros live on. I think Jacob and Gianni were two of the most deserving folk and getting to see their college years. If I wanted to see anyone’s college years, I want to see both of them at Cal Tech, like not knowing that high school isn’t beating people up when you are arguing with them. I think that’d be really funny.”
Ralph “Daniel LaRusso” Macchio keeps pushing for Miyagi to get his origin story: “Well, I want the Miyagi origin story to happen, you know, and that’s in discussions and works. But you know, nothing official. So, wouldn’t we all want to see who he was before we ever met him, you know? And, oh, something with Chozen because he’s awesome.”
Wherever the Karate Kid franchise heads beyond Cobra Kai and Legends, it seems that the franchise has once again found a home on the big and small screen, which seemed an impossible dream a decade ago.
