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With YouTube Originals' Cobra Kai officially kicking down the door on its sophomore season today, Jon Hurwitz, Josh Heald, and Hayden Schlossberg's Karate Kid sequel is offering viewers a quick-n-easy season 1 recap of the Ralph Macchio / William Zabka – starrer. Just how "quick-n-easy'? How does under four minutes sound? Check out the video below: https://youtu.be/KMf8r1SrpVcVideo can't be loaded[...]

With only a week to go before YouTube Originals' Cobra Kai kicks down the door on its sophomore season, Jon Hurwitz, Josh Heald, and Hayden Schlossberg continue giving fans of the Karate Kid sequel series a lot to get excited about This time, the trio – along with Ralph Macchio and William Zabka, and in conjunction with ESPN 30 for 30 – takes[...]

With less than two weeks to go before YouTube Originals' Cobra Kai returns for its sophomore season on April 24th, Jon Hurwitz, Josh Heald, and Hayden Schlossberg continue to give fans of the Karate Kid sequel series a lot to get excited about This time, the trio – along with others from cast and crew – go back in time to discuss the[...]

With less than a month to go before YouTube Originals' Cobra Kai returns for its sophomore season on April 24th, Jon Hurwitz (Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle), Josh Heald (Hot Tub Time Machine), and Hayden Schlossberg's (The Pact) Karate Kid sequel series has been amping up its PR machine – and fans' expectations – with teasers, preview, and behind-the-scenes[...]

With a month to go before YouTube Originals' Cobra Kai returns for its second season on April 24th, Jon Hurwitz (Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle), Josh Heald (Hot Tub Time Machine), and Hayden Schlossberg's (The Pact) Karate Kid sequel series has been amping up its PR machine – and fans' expectations[...]

With only a month to go before YouTube Originals' Cobra Kai returns for its second season on April 24th, Jon Hurwitz  (Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle), Josh Heald (Hot Tub Time Machine), and Hayden Schlossberg (The Pact) are giving fans a sneak peek at what they can expect when the Karate Kid sequel series returns[...]

Coming off an amazingly well-received – by viewers and critics alike –  freshmen season, Jon Hurwitz  (Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle), Josh Heald (Hot Tub Time Machine), and Hayden Schlossberg (The Pact) have been making the interview rounds to tease fans on what they can expect when the Karate Kid sequel series returns. Cobra Kai Pictured: Tanner Buchanan, Mary[...]

Fans of Season 1 will remember that the YouTube Original series took a Rashoman-style approach to the Karate Kid films, exploring what the after-effects were for the first film's (arguable) antagonist Johnny Lawrence (Zabka).   Two episodes in, the show proves itself to be everything we would want from the series return It continues all the drama,[...]

YouTube Originals' Cobra Kai is coming off an amazingly strong freshmen season, and since then Jon Hurwitz  (Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle), Josh Heald (Hot Tub Time Machine), and Hayden Schlossberg (The Pact) have been making the interview rounds to tease fans on what they can expect when the Karate Kid sequel series starring Ralph Macchio (Daniel LaRusso) and William Zabka (Johnny Lawrence) returns. YouTube Premium Well, the[...]

YouTube Original's Cobra Kai coming off an amazingly strong freshmen season, and since then Jon Hurwitz  (Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle), Josh Heald (Hot Tub Time Machine), and Hayden Schlossberg (The Pact) have been making the interview rounds to tease fan on what they can expect when the Karate Kid sequel series starring Ralph Macchio (Daniel LaRusso) and William Zabka (Johnny Lawrence) returns. YouTube Premium Well, the wait[...]

Icon Heroes is showing off new products today, including finally revealing their Karate Kid Daniel and Johnny figures Each will come with interchangeable hands and three different heads They feature over 25 points of articulation, and Johnny especially features awesome detail work on their gi They will run you $39.99 each. Also coming from Icon are[...]

With the second season of YouTube Original's Cobra Kai right around the corner, series writer and executive producer Jon Hurwitz (Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle) had some time on his hands yesterday so he took to Twitter to take questions about return of the Karate Kid prequel series starring Ralph Macchio (Daniel LaRusso) and William Zabka (Johnny Lawrence). YouTube Originals   Here's a[...]

Karate Kid fans rejoice: NECA is bringing your favorite characters back to plastic They have revealed product pictures of their upcoming Karate Kid Tournament Final Battle two-pack of Daniel and Johnny Both are the retro Mego-style figures, featuring cloth karate outfits They will be 8 inches tall, and feature multiple points of articulation Also included[...]

With the second season of YouTube Premium's Cobra Kai set for early 2019, current series (and original The Karate Kid) co-stars Ralph Macchio (Daniel LaRusso) and William Zabka (Johnny Lawrence) are starting to open about what fans can expect when the Karate Kid sequel series returns. Speaking with ET Canada, Macchio and Zabka revealed that upcoming season[...]

If I told you three years ago that YouTube was bringing back Ralph Macchio and William Zabka to reprise their original The Karate Kid roles for a sequel series, you'd probably shoot me a serious look of doubt. If I told you that the series would actually focus more on Zabka's Johnny Lawrence and Macchio's Daniel[...]

With the second season of YouTube Premium's Cobra Kai set to premiere in early 2019, cast members Xolo Maridueña (Miguel Diaz), Tanner Buchanan (Robby Keene), Mary Mouser (Samantha LaRusso), and Jacob Bertrand (Eli "Hawk" Moskowitz) are giving fans of the Ralph Macchio/William Zabka-led The Karate Kid sequel series a "sneak peek" at an important season 2 set:[...]

Credit (left): Disney/(right): YouTube Premium With the second season of YouTube Premium's Cobra Kai set for some time in early 2019, The Valley's population continues to grow with Disney Channel star Peyton List (Bunk'd, Jessie) set for a recurring role. List's Tory is a troubled teen new to the Valley; and joins Paul Walter Hauser (Kingdom, BlacKkKlansman) and original[...]

AT&T Fans of YouTube Premium's Cobra Kai won't have to wait another 30 years for the further adventures of old rivals Daniel LaRusso (Ralph Macchio) and Johnny Lawrence (William Zabka) – and a new face is joining the series when it returns in early 2019. Paul Walter Hauser (Kingdom, BlacKkKlansman) has been cast in a key recurring role[...]

YouTube Red Feels like it's only been a week or two since the karate mats were put away and the lights were shut off at the All Valley Under-18 Karate Championship, especially with news that production on season 2 of YouTube Original's Karate Kid continuation series Cobra Kai is currently underway After strong, positive reactions from critics and[...]

Credit: YouTube Riding high off of the success of the first season of Cobra Kai, YouTube's Susanne Daniels, global head of original content, discussed how the The Karate Kid continuation series best represents the streaming service's programming philosophy; the extent of the series' popularity; and it's surprising Emmy nomination Speaking at their Television Critics Association (TCA) executive seesion[...]

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Credit: YouTube Red Fans of The Karate Kid had to wait over 30 years for another face-off (of any kind) between old rivals Daniel LaRusso (Ralph Macchio) and Johnny Lawrence (William Zabka) in Cobra Kai, but it looks like YouTube Red won't make fans wait quite so long this time Less than two weeks after its[...]

Credit: YouTube Red YouTube Red's The Karate Kid continuation series Cobra Kai reawakens the simmering 30-plus year rivalry between Daniel LaRusso (Ralph Macchio) and Johnny Lawrence (William Zabka)  — with a new generation of karate kids ready to further complicate matters for Daniel and Johnny Can Johnny fight his way out from under his father's shadow[...]

Credit: YouTube Red YouTube Red's The Karate Kid continuation series Cobra Kai reawakens the simmering 30-plus year rivalry between Daniel LaRusso (Ralph Macchio) and Johnny Lawrence (William Zabka)  — with a new generation of karate kids ready to further complicate matters for Daniel and Johnny Can Johnny fight his way out from under his father's shadow[...]

With the first two episodes of YouTube Red's The Karate Kid continuation series Cobra Kai ('Ace Degenerate' and 'Strike First') dropping today, the streaming service has been turning their promotional machine up to "11" over the past few weeks in some very cool ways With an emphasis on social media and online promotion, we've been[...]

Credit: YouTube Red With less than a month to go before Daniel LaRusso (Ralph Macchio) and Johnny Lawrence (William Zabka) reignite a old rivalry from over thirty years ago in YouTube Red's The Karate Kid continuation series Cobra Kai, we're getting a look at "bad sensei" Johnny's "teaching philosophy." Let's just say that Johnny's sensei style[...]

But time has changed both men, and neither are alone anymore in their fight, as these three teasers for YouTube Red's The Karate Kid continuation series Cobra Kai demonstrate. This next generation of "karate kids" may just be the "wild cards" that Daniel and Johnny weren't counting on: Robby (Tanner Buchanan) has bigger plans that extend beyond[...]

Does Johnny Lawrence (William Zabka) have what it takes to turn his life around and make-up for his father's mistakes…or is he destined to follow in his footsteps? Can Daniel LaRusso (Ralph Macchio) let go of the past and trust Johnny's efforts to reopen the dojo…or are thirty-four year not long enough to heal old[...]

But as much as Johnny looks to be changing his ways, don't look for this new sensei to take an existential approach to cleaning; as this new teaser trailer for YouTube Red's Karate Kid continuation series Cobra Kai shows: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2_2oCRPrjMVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Cobra Kai Official Teaser Trailer #2 (Karate Kid) – Sensei[...]

As he says in the first trailer for the YouTube Red series, "Johnny, you and I, this, we aren't done." Joining Macchio and Zabka are Courtney Henggeler (Mom, Fixed) as Daniel's wife, Amanda; Vanessa Rubio (How to Be Single) as Carmen, single mother and Johnny's girlfriend; and Xolo Maridueña as Carmen's son, Miguel. https://youtu.be/xLtYmhj-0KgVideo can't be loaded[...]