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Cobra Kai showrunners Jon Hurwitz , Josh Heald & Hayden Schlossberg speak with us about finale surprise , spinoffs , " Obliterated , " and more .
Cobra KaishowrunnersJon Hurwitz , Josh Heald , andHayden Schlossberghave realize their well - deserve bows and praise for give rise arguably the bully streaming TV series ever , wrap after six season on Netflix . As definitively as they wrap each story and tied as many on the loose goal as potential , there ’s always what could have been from : " Was it always Kwon who was to die at the Sekai Taikai " at the closing of season six , part two ? There are also the seeds of spinoffs to expand the Miyagi - verse with the expected mating , where doesChozen Toguchi’s(Yuji Okumoto ) heart lie , which journeying did the three struggle with the most , and who among the originalKarate Kidfilms would join theCobra Kaicast as part of that net curtain call . The trio speak to Bleeding Cool about season six , part three ’s liberal surprisal , and the wondrous plans they had for their other Netflix series , Obliterated , had it been granted a second season . The follow containsmajor pillager .
Cobra Kai Showrunners Jon Hurwitz, Josh Heald, and Hayden Schlossberg on Kwon, Spinoffs, Chozen, and More
Bleeding Cool : At the ending of season six , part two , when you guys settle to kill Kwon , were there other names swim around as far as being alternates , and were any of the protagonists ever on the board for deaths in general ?
Hurwitz : It was always Kwon at the ending of 610 ( ' Eunjangdo ' ) because of the repercussions of what that mean for the history , all our fibre , ( especially ) Kreese in a major fashion . That was the crowing rationality for Kwan , and we purposefully place him up in those first five episode as the guy rope you cogitate is the bad badness towards the remainder . We wanted there to be a twist in that as well , so it was always Kwan . There was never a prison term we discussed it being one of the other characters . In full term of the principal fictional character , especially the main kid , there was never a moment where we ever considered bolt down any of them in any genuine way .
With the close , there are seeds of other spinoffs where you could go with " Binary Bros , " " Tory and Robby , " " Sam and Miguel , " or even maybe like a Cobra Kai 3.0 where you have Chozen and Kim Da - Eun and Johnny Lawrence teach the next course of study . What idea have you drift around as your next ' Cobra Kai ' spinoff and Miyagi - rhyme project ? Would it exclusively be another springy - action TV series or perhaps a standalone waft feature on Netflix ? Would an animated project be on the table as well ?
Heald : Anything is possible . We ca n’t officially talk about any given undertaking until such prison term when it crap sensation with our partners to talk . The way our minds work , anything from an animated television projection , a characteristic - length movie , or another streaming serial publication to a period piece , is all on the table .
Of all the characters ' journey , which was the most unmanageable to navigate ?
Schlossberg : I would say Johnny and Daniel and their rivalry and human relationship over the six season because we never wanted to repeat ourselves . We made sure every time of year there was a new phylogenesis in their family relationship . We wanted the characters to spring up , but not so much that they ever lose the center of what we do it about them originally . At the end of the series , Daniel is still very Miyagi - Do , and Johnny is very Cobra Kai , but they ’ve learned a lot about the other side .
They ’re far more liberal of each other and able to forge together while being true to themselves . That ’s been the sly journeying because we want to make trusted things do n’t get insistent . We made sure each season built off the previous time of year in terms of where they were at all leading up to the final prospect where they ’re acquaintance but still have some issues that will never quite be resolve .
You get back Randee [ Heller ] and Ron [ Thomas ] for the net episode . Did you turn over also get Elizabeth [ Shue ] , Tamlyn [ Tomita ] , or Robin [ Lively ] back ?
Hurwitz : The lineament that appear are the ones we were focused on . There was a debate on Tamlyn , and the bigger question was , " Where does Chozen ’s heart prevarication ? " by the end of the series . That was discourse over a long period , even while we were in production in the earlier theatrical role of the time of year , because first , we have intercourse Tamlyn , and we love Kumiko . We love the scene where Chozen allow the voicemail at the end of time of year five .
Our Black Maria were in that centering initially , and that was something as the authorship was befall and as the acting was happening , like the hooey in 608 ( ' ophidian on a planer ' ) that happen with Chozen and Kim Da - Eun ( Alicia Hannah - Kim ) , there was a large split in the writers ' room with everybody being happy with either manner , but feeling like lean like a little turn this mode or that way . When it all was say and done , and utter it through with ourselves , the actors , and the mathematical group , it felt like we down in the right-hand management , so Tamlyn did not end up returning .
Of the entire series , what was the biggest surprisal execution you were able-bodied to pull up off that possibly you guy doubt would work but ended up working in the last ?
Heald : We ’ll expect for the audience ’s reaction to it , but I would say the " explosiveness " that happens in episode 14 ( ' Strike Last ' ) aboard a sure yacht was something we hit early and often in our pitches to the studio apartment web . They see it as a little bit with a bit of tongue - in - cheek attitude that we were try out to steer thing in that charge . We know how far we ’ve pushed the envelope , having already figure out how to pull off that brawl in episode ten , which was by far the biggest undertaking we had done before that , and with a series of huge project in its viewing , crop from the school day fight ( ' Mercy ' ) to a fight to the destruction over a pit of snakes ( ' December 19 ' ) .
All these things were done much with little greenscreen and CGI on the show take to get out on open piddle , shoot stunts , put lagger in the sky , and do everything that finger cinematically worthy of that final confrontation was something that pushed this production to the breaking point , but we were able-bodied to get through it .
If you had another shot at doing another time of year of ' obliterate , ' what you guys would have done ?
Schlossberg : We had plans every season to take this crew of theatrical role and put them in a dissimilar party metropolis . For our second season , we like the idea of bring them to Miami , whereas the first time of year we were in Vegas for the desert . We loved the estimation of this party metropolis of Miami with the sea and the water there , and the idea of some natural process - set pieces that involved water gravy holder .
We got some of those desires out in ' Cobra Kai , ' but also planes and thing like ' Air Force One , ' movies we grew up loving we want to put our group of characters in . We still are huge fans , and we conceive that cult fan root accrue over the years ; that ’s a show that did n’t have the advantage ' Cobra Kai ' had in terms of having this established franchise and a built - in sports fan base , but it was one of Netflix ’s most viewed show when it come out . There ’s already a huge fan root word for it , and we ’re all about fanning the flame because we would love to return to that world and those characters in whatever loop possible .
All six seasons ofCobra KaiandObliteratedare uncommitted to stream onNetflix .
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