Cobra Kai could have lastly come to its bittersweet finish on Netflix, however The Karate Child universe continues to be going sturdy. A brand new movie within the saga, Karate Child: Legends, is slated to hit theaters on Could 30 and options an all-new chapter within the Miyagi-Do story. However how does Karate Child: Legends relate to Cobra Kai? Nicely, it’s difficult.
Karate Child: Legends shouldn’t be produced by the creators of Cobra Kai. When TV Insider spoke to the co-creators of the Netflix collection forward of its ultimate bow, Josh Heald stated of the movie, “We’re interested by it. We didn’t develop up with the Jackie Chan film in 2010. We grew up with the story from 1984, and clearly, they’re doing a little bit of a mix the place they’re bringing Daniel into that storyline. So we go into it with a Karate Child fan’s curiosity.”
In Karate Child: Legends, Ralph Macchio reprises his position as Daniel LaRusso, and sure units and costumes associated to Mr. Miyagi’s (Pat Morita) beloved residence can be featured as nicely, as seen within the movie’s trailer.
Nonetheless, the movie is a direct sequel to the Jaden Smith– and Jackie Chan-led movie The Karate Child, which happened in China and centered on a 12-year-old boy’s journey to studying kung fu from a reclusive grasp of the self-discipline. Though The Karate Child (2010) did borrow sure parts from the unique 1984 movie of the identical identify, it wasn’t a sequel. As an alternative, it was a reboot and didn’t characteristic any returning characters from the primary 4 movies, The Karate Child (1984), The Karate Child Half II (1986), The Karate Child Half III (1989), or The Subsequent Karate Child (1994). The inclusion of Daniel, then, will carry the diverging storylines collectively for the primary time.
The story of Karate Child: Legends can be set three years after the occasions of Cobra Kai, Macchio informed Selection earlier than including, “It was not a fast determination [to join the film] as a result of it was about defending the Daniel LaRusso character and discovering the place he could be at that time, after which defending the entire legacy within the Miyagi-verse. As soon as we had been in a position to line that up, for the Cobra Kai story to steer into the brand new movie — regardless that they’re separate ecosystems — all of it made sense for me. Then, working with Jackie was simply tremendous thrilling. I began this on the large display. How cool is it to get it again to the large display?”
The movie facilities on a boy named Li Fong (Ben Wang), a kung fu prodigy who struggles to slot in together with his classmates and enters a karate competitors. He’ll need assistance from Mr. Han (Chan) and Daniel to merge the 2 types if he desires to succeed. It brings collectively Daniel and karate with Mr. Han and kung fu for the primary time.
Cobra Kai, Netflix
Karate Child: Legends, In theaters, Could 30