Ralph Macchio has confirmed where Karate Kid: Legends, the latest installment in the franchise, takes place in the Cobra Kai timeline.
“It wasn't a quick decision, because it was about protecting Daniel LaRusso's character, finding where he would be at that moment and then protecting the whole legacy in the Miyagi-verse,” Macchio told Variety. “Once we were able to line that up, have the 'Cobra Kai' story lead into the new movie, even though they're separate ecosystems, it all made sense to me. Then working with Jackie was just super exciting. I started this on the big screen. How great is it to be back on the big screen?
The film takes place three years after the end of Cobra Kai season 6, part 2, and sees Daniel and Amanda LaRusso move outside of the United States. In the trailer that was released behind closed doors at New York Comic Con, Mr. Han (who Jackie Chan reprises from the 2011 Karate Kid remake) visits Daniel in what we can only assume is the new Miyagi-Do . Han recruits Daniel to help him train Li Fong (Ben Wang) to become the next Karate Kid. Jonathan Entwistle (The End of the Fucking World) directs from a script written by Rob Lieber (Peter Rabbit).
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