Cancellations do not exist in this dojo. Season 4 of Cobra Kai, Netflix’s TV series follow-up to the Karate Kid film franchise, won’t be here until December. And yet, the streaming service has already renewed the show for Season 5, with production set to resume this fall in Atlanta, Georgia.
While Season 4 is still months away, we have some idea about what to expect. It was previously confirmed that Thomas Ian Griffith would reprise his role as the villainous Terry Silver from Karate Kid 3. He’ll be teaming up once again with John Kreese (Martin Kove) to lead the Cobra Kai dojo down a dark path en route to the All-Valley Karate Tournament.
Cobra Kai picks up three decades after the original Karate Kid film, with Daniel LaRusso (Ralph Macchio) and Johnny Lawrence (William Zabka) now grown. In the first two seasons, the duo were once again rivals–Johnny resurrected Cobra Kai, while Daniel brought back Mr. Miyagi’s dojo to oppose him. In Season 3, though, with Johnny ousted from Cobra Kai, the two longtime enemies were forced to work together to bring down Kreese once and for all. Now, with the All-Valley coming up, the warring dojos are going to settle their differences at the tournament.
Cobra Kai first premiered in 2018 on YouTube Premium, then known as YouTube Red. That was the exclusive home of the first two seasons, before it shifted to Netflix with the launch of Season 3 on January 1 of this year. All three seasons are currently available on Netflix, with Season 4 premiering in December.
