According to the Netflix app graphic, Cobra Kai was the number one show in the United States on the streaming service over the weekend, so it’s clear that the karate Kid The series sequence opened its way into cultural awareness in a big way with its third season. The fourth season has already been given the green light, but how long will the series last? “We have a game over in our heads,” the producers said in a new interview, and hinted that we could see a lot more of this story unfolding before things were over.
Also, find out how 10 Cloverfield Lane director Dan Trachtenberg helped facilitate one of Cobra Kai the big revelations of season 3. Spoilers for season 3 ahead.
Cobra Kai completion plans
Speaking to TV Line, executive producer and co-showrunner Josh Heald he dropped that fascinating nugget about his plans to eventually end the show. Don’t worry, fans – if they do, it looks like it won’t happen for long.
“We have an endgame in our heads,” he said. “We’ve been having one for a while, and it’s not in season four. It is far beyond that. In our minds, we have seasons of history that we need to tell before we reach the end of the game. This will be a future discussion with our new Netflix partners. Can we write for that end of the game? Can we know what’s coming? It is not always the case with television and we respect that. For now, we continue to write at the same speed and with the same path that we have traced since the beginning. “
So, what happens when the producers of a popular series formulate an ambitious one-season arc for the story they want to tell – but find themselves on Netflix, a platform that becomes increasingly averse to renewing shows after their third seasons? It looks like we’re about to find out.
How Dan Trachtenberg helped a third season plot come to life
Final warning: season 3 spoilers forward.
It turns out that our friend and his, Dan Trachtenberg, played a significant role in convincing Elisabeth Shue go back to karate Kid universe and reprized his role as Ali (“with an i”).
“It started when I was working on The boys, ”Shue explained in an interview with EW. “I was working with this wonderful director, Dan Trachtenberg, who directed the pilot to The boys. To be honest, I didn’t really think about being Cobra Kai. When I appeared on the set [of The Boys] on the first day, Dan came right up and said, ‘Are you doing Cobra Kai, right?’ I was like, ‘What? I don’t know … Do you think it’s a good idea? ‘He said,’ This is a good idea? You Tue be in Cobra Kai! ‘I said,’ Why do you care so much? ‘ He said, ‘You have no idea how important The Karate Kid is in my life. ‘
“He told me that film is great and how much he loved it Cobra Kai, and that it would be devastating – ‘devastating’, he said – for the fans and the memory of The Karate Kid if I weren’t [on the show]. I was like, ‘Wow – ok!’ It was very sweet and made me think, Oh, I didn’t really investigate it. “
Trachtenberg’s passion convinced Shue to meet Heald and his co-showrunners Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg, and his pitch won her over. The full interview is definitely worth reading if you are a fan of the program.
Cobra Kai season 3 is now being streamed on Netflix.
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