Jackie Chan Returning For New ‘Karate Kid’ Movie
Cobra Kai has brought several people from the Karate Kid franchise back. The incredibly popular sequel series has Ralph Macchio and William Zabka reprising their roles from the original movies to tell an enemies-to-allies story with the new season on the way. However, a new Karate Kid movie is coming with Jackie Chan, who will resume his role as Mr. Han.
Now, fans want this to unite the Karate Kid universe on Cobra Kai.
Jackie Chan Returning For New Karate Kid Movie
There were three Karate Kid movies with Ralph Maccio playing Daniel LaRusso and a fourth with Hilary Swank as the new lead, but with Pat Morita’s Mr. Miyagi still around. Then, in 2010, a new Karate Kid movie came out with Jackie Chan as Mr. Han, a new mentor to a young man played by Jaden Smith.
In 2025, a new Karate Kid movie is coming, and it will feature Ralph Macchio returning as Daniel LaRusso. Jackie Chan will also return in that movie as Mr. Han, and he will team up with Daniel to train the new karate kid (played by Ben Wang). With Maccio playing LaRusso in Cobra Kai, fans are excited about a hopeful crossover.
There is also hope the new season of Cobra Kai will see something that will lead to the new movie. However, there is some bad news. The 2025 Karate Kid movie has nothing to do with Cobra Kai, and the two will not tie in together at all. As a matter of fact, this is not the same Daniel LaRusso who is in Cobra Kai. At least, not exactly.
Jackie Chan Won’t Be On Cobra Kai
The new Karate Kid movie is a Sony production. That means it is in no way connected with Cobra Kai, which is produced on Netflix.
“That’s a Sony feature, we kind of exist in this universe, so as we are wrapping our series, Ralph is actually going to go off to participate and film that movie. But our series doesn’t set up the movie,” Cobra Kaishowrunner Josh Heald said (via Screen Rant).
He admits that Daniel LaRusso in the movie and the one from Cobra Kai are the same characters, but he says it is in another part of the world — the Mr. Han part of the story’s universe. This means the characters and allies that Daniel has in Cobra Kai won’t be in the movie.
It also means that Jackie Chan’s Mr Han will not be able to appear in Cobra Kai either. However, with that said, there is still hope that Hilary Swank’s Julie Pierce could still show up and finally tie the last piece of the original franchise back together in Cobra Kai.
Are you excited about the next season of Cobra Kai? Are you wanting to see the new Karate Kid movie? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below.
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