If that seems unlikely given the success of Cobra Kai, follow the money. There have been rumors circulating around that since the first film came out, although there’s never been any confirmation from either actor. It could be a sequel to Jackie and Jaden’s redux. Don’t know much about it, but wish it well.” But this one isn’t from us or focused on the Cobra Kai cast. The day after Sony made its announcement about the 2024 Karate Kid film, Jon Hurwitz took to Twitter and tweeted diplomatically: “The guys and I would love to make Karate Kid and Cobra Kai movies and hope to someday. There’s just one problem with this upcoming film project and the Miyagi-verse. Will The Karate Kid Project Be in the Miyagi-Verse? Despite being outside of canon, a version of that shrine appears in Chozen’s (Yuji Okumoto) dojo in Cobra Kai season 3. Miyagi, and Taki were trying to recover in the cartoon was a miniature pagoda shrine. But back to that Easter egg, the artifact that Daniel, Mr. Both Jackie Chan and Pat Morita did appear in these cartoons in cameo-like introductory or concluding segments. A fictional Jackie Chan (voiced by James Sie) was joined by Jade Chan (voiced by Stacie Chan and Lucy Liu) and that series ran 95 episodes. Miyagi (voiced by Robert Ito, not Morita) were joined by an Okinawan girl Taki Tamurai (voiced by Janice Kawaye), and together, this threesome chased the artifact around the world.Ĭoincidentally, the animated series Jackie Chan Adventures was also about a globe-trotting quest, but to recover several magical artifacts. Daniel (voiced by Joey Dedio, not Ralph Macchio) and Mr. ![]() The cartoon was a globe-trotting quest to recover a stolen magic artifact. There’s a clever Easter egg for the animated series buried in the show too. Miyagi (Pat Morita) does not appear in any way. “But these characters in that storyline are not something that does have overlap.” It makes sense for this film to stand outside the Miyagi-verse because Mr. “The actor exists in our universe,” says Heald. Jackie Chan is referenced in a sly nod in season 1 of Cobra Kai, but as the actor, not as Mr. The show’s creators have stated that neither the cartoon nor the 2010 redux are part of their Miyagi-verse canon. It moved to Netflix for the third season, where it rose to become one of their most watched series. And now there’s Cobra Kai, which began on YouTube Red, and enjoyed a theatrical premiere of the first two episodes through Fathom Events. Then in 2010, there was the redux film The Karate Kid starring Jackie Chan and Jaden Smith. It only ran for one season, just 13 episodes (the animated Return to the Planet of the Apes only lasted 13 episodes too). A short-lived and mostly forgotten animated series was televised in 1989. The Karate Kid franchise began with four feature films from 1984 to 1994. That reboot resulted in four more films with a fifth film allegedly about to begin production around now. It began as five feature films from 1968 to 1973, then evolved into two TV series, one live action and the other animated, and then was rebooted in 2001. The closest parallel franchise to what the Miyagi-verse might become is the Planet of the Apes. Both are from the Spider-verse, which is its own alternate dimension, sometimes part of Disney’s MCU and sometimes not. It’s almost all under Disney now, but it’s worth to note that accompanying Sony’s Karate Kid announcement was the postponement of two of Sony’s Marvel properties: Kraven the Hunter and Madame Web. The MCU is messier because the rights for certain properties were held by different companies. Star Trek began as a TV show, then beamed up to the movies, and returned to TV, for a staggering total 11 TV series and 13 films. ![]() While the Star Trek and Marvel franchises have darted back and forth between the big and small screens with tremendous success, what’s happening with Karate Kid is different. And relevant to this new film, that deal included spinoffs and other offshoots of the Cobra Kai and Karate Kid universe, which Heald dubbed the ‘Miyagi-verse.’ Per Variety, however, no cast or crew is currently attached to the new untitled Karate Kid film. Heald spoke to Den of Geek last year right after he and his two creative partners, Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg renewed their contract with Sony. “It’s a ginormous universe,” teased Josh Heald, one of the show’s creators. For anyone following along, the show’s creators have already tipped their hands.
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