Cobra Kai Season 6: Netflix renews Karate Kid spin-off series for final season

Streaming service Netflix has announced that the popular series Cobra Kai will end with its upcoming sixth season. The streamer shared the news on Friday with a video message that announced that the show’s final chapter would be the show’s “worst” season.

Cobra Kai is a spin-off series tied to The Karate Kid franchise that follows the competitive world of martial arts in Southern California. The series started out on YouTube for the first two seasons, before moving to Netflix.

Let me ask you: do you have one more fight left?

The sixth and final season of COBRA KAI is coming to Netflix soon. pic.twitter.com/uCTLSa68dx

— Cobra Kai (@CobraKaiSeries) January 20, 2023

It features original Karate Kid stars Ralph Macchio and William Zabka along with an ensemble cast of Courtney Henggeler, Xolo Mariduena, Tanner Buchanan, Mary Mouser, Jacob Bertrand, Gianni DeCenzo, Peyton List, Martin Kove and Thomas Ian Griffith.

In a statement, posted on the show’s official Twitter account, creators Josh Heald, Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg called the decision to end the series “bittersweet”.

“Rediscovering to the world the universe of ‘Karate Kid’ has been our humble honor. Doing ‘Cobra Kai’ allowed us to join the same sacred dojo once inhabited by the great Robert Mark Kamen, John Avildsen, Jerry Weintraub and all the incredible original cast members.

“It also allowed us to play sensei, expand on the original storylines and bring forth a new generation of underdogs. We never took this opportunity for granted,” they said.

A letter to you, the biggest fans in the world, from the showrunners of COBRA KAI. pic.twitter.com/Nz71m5iOOm

— Cobra Kai (@CobraKaiSeries) January 20, 2023

The trio said they were happy to be able to end the series on “our terms, leaving the Valley at the time and place we always imagined”.

“While this may be a bittersweet day for the fandom, the Miyagiverse has never been stronger. This fandom is the BEST on the planet and we hope to tell more ‘Karate Kid’ stories with you all over the world. line. Because, as we all know, Cobra Kai never dies,” they concluded.

Cobra Kai is written and produced by Heald, Hurwitz and Schlossberg through their production company, Counterbalance Entertainment.

Will Smith, James Lassiter and Caleeb Pinkett are producing for Westbrook Entertainment with Susan Ekins in association with Sony Pictures Television. Macchio and Zabka are also executive producers.

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