The Creators of COBRA KAI Talk About a Possible Season 6 Delay, Bringing Chozen Back, and Johnny's Major News
Cobra Kai fans saw another great season released last month with Season 5. We saw some of the characters who had feuds in previous seasons finally make amends, we saw the end of a major battle, one of the original Karate Kid character seemed to truly turn a new leaf and make strides in his personal life, and there were, of course, some incredible fight scenes that pushed the envelope further than any season before.
Surprisingly, even with the show in the number one streaming spot at Netflix, we still haven’t heard a definite renewal order from the streamer. While we are pretty certain this is just a formality that is coming soon, the creators of the show talked about why this may mean we have a little delay before the next season.
Josh Heald, Jon Hurwitz, and Hayden Schlossberg are in very high demand. The trio is currently working on their upcoming Netflix series Obliterated, a “high octane” action-comedy that tells the story of an elite special forces team who thwarts a deadly threat to Las Vegas; as well as a film for Paramount Pictures titled Sam and Victor’s Day Off, a spinoff of Ferris Bueller’s Day Off focusing on the valet drivers who went on a joyride in the John Hughes film.
So it’s not like they’re bored waiting for Cobra Kai to return. But when asked if we may see a delay, they responded:
“We’re still working all that out with Sony and Netflix, and we don’t have an official Season 6 to announce yet,” Hurwitz said during a recent interview. “What we can say is that we’re constantly thinking about these characters. We are working on Obliterated right now for Sony and Netflix. We’re in our second month of production on that, and I think it’s going to blow people’s minds. But we’re hopeful that there’s going to be more Cobra Kai on the horizon. There may be a little bit more of a wait potentially, just because we are in the midst of working on that other show, but it won’t be far behind, assuming everything goes as we’re expecting.”
When talking about Chozen’s bigger role this season and his friendship with Daniel and Johnny, they explained:
“We knew from the first time we talked to Yuji in Season 3, what an important part of this series he was going to become. He was such a pivotal character in the original franchise, but like with Johnny and Kreese [Martin Kove), it’s Daniel’s story and he gets to play kind of one note. We began to explore a little bit of the nuance of what makes adult Chozen tick in Season 3, but it was really that choice at the end of Season 4 to bring him back and have him basically feel like an assassin who’s arrived in the valley to go murder all of Daniel’s enemies.”
Heald went on to talk about Johnny’s big news this season, saying:
“Maybe the third time’s the absolute charm for Johnny. He has a biological son that he messed up and he holds a lot of regret and resentment at himself for how he behaved as an unprepared father. He’s had a mostly good but somewhat tumultuous relationship with Miguel at times in terms of not always doing the right thing or saying the right thing, and fear that maybe he’s not the greatest mentor at times, but ultimately, these two keep coming back to each other and we’re feeling really good about that relationship.”
He added, “But Johnny and Carmen, she’s been this breath of fresh air in his life, one of the only calming influences that kind of draws him back to reality and gives him a person to really connect with— who isn’t as deep into the karate wars as he is. It was important to us that we not look for ways to sully that. They are having a baby and we think it’s a wonderful thing for Johnny.”
And for everyone also hoping to see Johnny become a #girldad, you’re not alone. But the trio is keeping that news in a lockbox until their pens are ready to shape the future of Cobra Kai.
“We’ll see,” the trio said in unison.
I can’t wait to see how the show ties up the rest of the series. I know they can’t wait too much longer, as these “kids” are aging quickly. But I know however it pans out, it will be fun to watch. Seasons 1-5 of Cobra Kai are available to watch now on Netflix.
via: Deadline