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On Cobra Kai, Ralph Macchio and William Zabka have picked up with their iconic Karate Kid characters decades down the line. When the actors were approached for the martial arts drama, they of course recognized the rare opportunity in front of them. “[It’s] wonderful to play characters 34 years apart, and yet discover new things about them,” Macchio said during an appearance with Zabka at Deadline’s virtual Contenders Television awards-season event.

After recurring on Cobra Kai, Vanessa Rubio and Peyton List have been promoted to series regulars for the upcoming Season 4 of the popular Netflix series starring Ralph Macchio and William Zabka. Additionally, Dallas Dupree Young (Cousins for Life) and newcomer Oona O’Brien have been tapped for recurring roles on the fourth season of the Karate Kid sequel series.

. Following in the footsteps of Martin Kove as John Kreese and Rob Garrison as Tommy, Shue returns to the franchise as Ali Mills in season 3, which premiered on Netflix on New Year’s Day.

didn’t disappoint with its return on Netflix.

brought back even more favorites for season 3, which is now streaming on Netflix.    “In its first two seasons and in this season, which I’m most excited about, is that it taps into some of those things that were left dangling. And we can go back and revisit and sort of craft new ways to continue the story 35 years later,” Ralph Macchio tells ET.

William Zabka) and Daniel LaRusso (Ralph Macchio) as adults: Season 3 was originally scheduled to come out Jan 8, but it was moved up a week and it’s now coming out Jan 1. This year’s Tournament of Roses Parade will be different, with a two-hour pre-taped special instead of a parade with crowds of fans.

Fans can expect new episodes of Cobra Kai sooner than planned!

is getting an early release!Netflix announced on Thursday that the all-new season of the hit martial arts series will begin streaming on Jan.

Cobra Kai’s Johnny is giving us an early Christmas gift. Season 3 of the Netflix sequel to the iconic Karate Kid movie franchise is set to drop on the streaming giant a week early on January 1, 2021 — the perfect way to ring in the new year.

There’s a chance that Hilary Swank might reprise her role as Julia Pierce in Cobra Kai.

It’s several generations of Karate Kids all together.

Cobra Kai has been around since 2018, when it debuted on a little-known platform you might've heard of named YouTube (well, YouTube Red, now known as YouTube Premium). Picking up 34 years after the events of The Karate Kid films, Cobra Kai reunites its stars Ralph Macchio and William Zabka in their roles as Daniel and Johnny to examine what happens when their rivalry reignites vis-à-vis their teenage children who are also — you guessed it — into karate.

The Karate Kid is having a big resurgence thanks to the Netflix‘s Cobra Kai, which brings back William Zabka and Ralph Macchio as Johnny Lawrence and Daniel LaRusso.

William Zabka has been playing misunderstood bully Johnny Lawrence for over 30 years.Zabka first rose to fame in 1984 as the motorcycle-riding black belt Johnny in “The Karate Kid,” facing off against the movie’s hero, new guy Daniel LaRusso (Ralph Macchio).Zabka also starred in CBS’ “The Equalizer” from 1986-89, got an Oscar nod in 2004 for co-writing and producing the short film “Most” and appeared on “How I Met Your Mother” in 2013.His latest project “Cobra Kai,” currently on Netflix,

The Karate Kid spinoff series Cobra Kai has been a welcome boost to the careers of Ralph Macchio and William Zabka, who donned the karategi to face off once more as timeless rivals Daniel LaRusso and Johnny Lawrence. But the series, the first two seasons of which debuted on Netflix globally Aug.

“Cobra Kai” is relocating to Netflix after two seasons on YouTube, TVLine has learned. Under the terms of the deal, Seasons 1 and 2 of the “Karate Kid” sequel series will be available on Netflix later this year, with the all-new Season 3 to follow at a to-be-determined date.Debuting last May 2018, “Cobra Kai” was a breakout hit for YouTube, notching a Season 2 renewal days after its premiere.

Though it may have seemed unlikely a few years ago, given how the possibility of a “Karate Kid” spin-off seemed downright dumb, one of the biggest acquisitions for Netflix so far this year is now official— “Cobra Kai” is coming to the streaming service.

To celebrate the home release of Cobra Kai, the spin-off series from the hit ’80s movie The Karate Kid, we have two copies of seasons one and two to give away on DVD.