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The 'original' Karate Kid was one of the biggest blockbuster films of the 1980s, and for good reason. It serves as more than just an inspirational tale of the new kid standing up to the local. The Karate Kid's hard-ass sensei John Kreese was played by Martin Kove, a veteran of TV show Cagney & Lacey and guest spots in numerous other classic US TV shows (Gunsmoke, Kojak, Rockford Files. 'The Karate Kid' Cast: This Is What They're Doing Now It’s been over 30 years since “The Karate Kid” was released! Isabelle Khoo The Huffington Post Canada.

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Cobra Kai Season 2 is officially happening! No one will be putting this show in a body bag, since Season 2 is a done deal, with another 10-episode run (half-hour each), now set to arrive on YouTube Red at some point in 2019. Upon Cobra Kai‘s May 2 premiere on YouTube Red, the show appropriately struck first and struck hard, delivering no mercy to low expectations. Indeed, the TV sequel to the classic 1980s The Karate Kid films – after initially coming across as farcical – managed to take fans and critics alike by surprise (,) with its entertaining earnestness; a deadly move that would make the proverbial dojo of any other karate series look like a knitting class (yeah, that's another movie reference). Showrunner/writer/director/executive-producer trio of Josh Heald ( Hot Tub Time Machine), Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg ( Blockers) are all set to return for Cobra Kai Season 2. They will, again, be joined by executive producers Lassiter and Caleeb Pinkett, who are onboard on behalf of Overbrook Entertainment in association with Sony Pictures Television Studios. As the Heald/Hurwitz/Schlossberg trio express in a statement: “Continuing the Karate Kid saga with YouTube Red has been a dream come true. We are grateful to all our creative partners for giving us the freedom to revisit and expand the LaRusso/Lawrence rivalry.

And we are truly exhilarated by the tidal wave of support from fans of this story, both old and new.” As Susanne Daniels, Global Head of Original Content, YouTube lauds in a statement of the Cobra Kai Season 2 renewal. Peyton List is the latest cast member to join Cobra Kai Season 2,. She will field the recurring role of Tory, a troubled teenage newcomer to the Valley. List, a longtime Disney teen actress from shows like Bunk’d and Jessie, co-stars on the new Hulu horror series,. She’s appeared in films such as Then Came You, Anthem of a Teenage Prophet, The Outcasts and Diary of a Wimpy Kid sequels Rodrick Rules and Dog Days. Interestingly, List previously worked with YouTube Red, having co-starred in its 2016 horror film, The Thinning, opposite prominent YouTube vlogger Logan Paul.

Martin Kove will return for Cobra Kai Season 2 to reprise his role as John Kreese from The Karate Kid films, this time as a regular, according to, which the actor has. Kove, a veteran actor who's banked myriad television guest roles, was best known as series regular Victor Isbecki on Cagney & Lacey before setting his handprint in the cement of cinematic history as the sadistic Svengali sensei, Kreese, in 1984’s The Karate Kid (and its two subsequent sequels). He was also prominently seen as Ericson in 1985's Rambo: First Blood Part II, along with a sizable CV of made-for-video/DVD efforts that spans to the present.

Of course, those who saw the entirety of Cobra Kai Season 1 know that Kove's character has already showed up on the series. He was seen in the finale’s closing moments, confronting his long-estranged student, Johnny, in a moment that resembles the tone of a Marvel movie post-credits scene, teasing a turn for Season 2. Interestingly, Kove might not be the only movie series alumnus to show up for Cobra Kai Season 2, since Sean Kanan as his The Karate Kid Part III villain, Cobra Kai tournament ringer Mike Barnes. Plus, in, the showrunners even tease the possibility that Hilary Swank could show up (at some unspecified point,) as her Miyagi-trained protagonist, Julie Pierce, from 1994’s The Next Karate Kid. Cobra Kai Season 2 Release Date Cobra Kai Season 2 has not set a specific release date other than the declaration of it being in 2019. However, the show was confirmed to go into production in the fall, which makes a return around the same time next year – May 2019 – a realistic prospect.

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Cobra Kai Season 2 Trailer.