Why will Smith be listed as an executive producer in Cobra Kai

“Cobra Kai” is the best thing happening for “Karate Kid” since we first heard Esposito “You are the best” in the original 1984 movie. This is an old complement that has been achieved correctly, a TV program, which is what made the original films very successful and very loved (Even “Karate Kid Part III”, which was almost similar to the world), While carving his way and identity as well. In fact, the attraction of “Cobra Kai” is that it is a great reflection of the original film, with a new generation that takes the location of the original characters, and a new karate child learns to defend himself before there is a short turn to the dark side, and a teacher struggling learning to embrace balance.

But it was also the best possible scenario for continuing an original trilogy, not only with Johnny Lawrence (William Zaba) and Daniel La Roso (Ralph McCio) over the course Johnny gang of the first movie Or even the evil boy Mike Barnes (Sean Kanan) from “Part Three”. The show has turned even the most unilateral supporting characters into complex people (mostly) with motives, defects, complex material and aspirations. Terry Silver (Thomas Ian Griffiths) has turned one of the best bad guys in the past few years, even She managed to recover the original bad teacher, John Craice (Martin Cove).

“Cobra Kai” has shared almost everyone from the original trilogy, but if you look at the credits, it also included an unexpected actor in the A list of unprecedented in any of the films-woe Smith. Given that Smith abandoned a famous role that would have been characterized by a prominent fighting art in New “The Matrix”, it may be surprising that fans know that he participated in “Cobra Kai” as an executive product. The reason for this is due to the 2010 “Karate Kid” edition.

In 2010, “The Karate Kid” transferred a new edition of the valley to Beijing while we follow a small child who is in the martial arts only, instead of karate, Dre Parker (Jaden Smith) Kung Fu – although the title “Karate Kid”.

When his son Jadin joined a new edition 2010, Will Smith produced the film through the production company Overbroook Entertainment. Not only that, but Smith has gained the “Karate Kid” franchise rights, which they keep to this day. This means that when John Horwitz, Josh Hilde and Hayden Shalosburg began working on what would become “Cobra Kai” On the red broadcast platform on YouTube RedNot only had to approach Sony (who owns Colombia that made original films) but also from Smith Overbrok to agree (across Business Insider). Originally, the idea was for “Cobra Kai” to live in her world.

“We have gone to this meeting, believing that we will say to him, you can still get the world of the movie, and if Jaden wants to make another Karate Kid feature, you can still do this, but like Marvel, there is now a TV show and films.” In the end, they managed to put the show on the same continuity as the original films.

This, of course, became a problem only when, as “Cobra Kai” was about to approach its end, Sony Pictures announced the new movie “Karate Kid” in “Karate Kid: Legends”, which will be a continuation not only the movie “Cobra Kai” but even the 2010 edition. The result was somewhat chaotic, and in a very disappointing step for the masses, I completely ignore Smith Duri Parker.