Cobra Kai star Xolo Maridueña has pitched his thought for a 30-year reunion after season 6 will wrap up the hit Karate Child sequel present. Set 33 years after the occasions of the unique The Karate Child film, Cobra Kai sees William Zabka’s Billy Lawrence reignite his long-running feud with Daniel LaRusso (Ralph Macchio) after he decides to reopen the Cobra Kai dojo with Maridueña’s Miguel Diaz as his first scholar. After 5 vastly profitable seasons, in January of this yr, it was introduced by showrunners Josh Heald, Jon Hurwitz, and Hayden Schlossberg that Cobra Kai season 6 would function the present’s closing outing.

Throughout an interview with V Journal, Maridueña mirrored on his time on the present, which turned him right into a family identify and provided his personal ideas a few potential present reunion. Describing the collection coming to an finish as “bittersweet,” the Blue Beetle star urged that he hopes to get the chance to return again for an additional sequel collection in 30 years, very similar to Zabka and Ralph Macchio did. Take a look at his feedback beneath:

It’s bittersweet. It positively is. I imply, I actually grew up with everybody on the present. Simply as these highschool years are necessary for youths – those self same years, I used to be spending with these with these guys. So, I simply hope that I get to work with them once more. I can’t assist however really feel just like the social gathering is ending. Particularly with filming this final season, there’s this closing tone within the air. However it’s good and useful when developing a narrative, that we get to finish the present on our personal accord. We have been so blessed for that. I do know that I communicate for everybody after I say that. We’re so grateful to have accomplished six seasons, that’s loopy. And I simply hope that we get to reunite in 30 years and do, you recognize, Cobra, Kai v2 or no matter that appears like. I like these guys.

What’s Subsequent For The Karate Child Franchise After Cobra Kai Season 6?

Whereas Cobra Kai will finish with the eventual launch of season 6, viewers will not have to attend one other 30 years for Maridueña’s reunion collection. As a substitute, Sony at present has plans for a new Karate Child film to be launched in late 2024. Touted as a “return to the unique Karate Child franchise,” the precise nature of Sony’s new film has left many viewers confused, provided that the premise is strictly what Cobra Kai additionally delivered. To additional cloud the difficulty, it has additionally been revealed that the occasions of Cobra Kai won’t serve to tie into the film.

Furthermore, the unique Karate Child himself, Macchio has admitted that he has been preoccupied with preparations for Cobra Kai season 6 and has not but been approached to seem within the new film. As such, questions on how this installment will serve to return to the unique franchise are plentiful, with many assuming it is going to be one other try at a reboot after the failed 2010 film that featured Jaden Smith and Jackie Chan. Different theories additionally middle on the potential return of Hilary Swank’s Julie Pierce from 1994’s The Subsequent Karate Child.

But maybe one of the best thought for which route the brand new film might take comes immediately from Macchio himself. Having beforehand urged an origin story for Pat Morita’s character, Mr. Miyagi, Macchio’s pitch wouldn’t solely honor the franchise’s historical past but additionally keep away from any potential conflicts or overlaps with Cobra Kai. At this stage, nevertheless, audiences have little extra to go on than rumors and baseless conjecture, and Sony might nonetheless shock everybody with an unexpected method to their new Karate Child film.

Supply: V Journal