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While all the characters in Cobra Kai showcase tremendous karate skills, the actors who play them aren’t all proficient in the martial art, or any martial art, for that matter. Some of them, however, do have extensive training in real life. Thomas Ian Griffith, for example, who plays Terry Silver, has been studying karate since he was in high school and has amassed more than 40 years of training. Sean Kenan, who plays Mike Barnes, was initially hired for The Karate Kid III because he already had karate experience.

What about the younger, new cast members? Some of them have dabbled in martial arts prior to receiving training for this series. In the latest and final sixth season of the series, one actor who has real-life martial arts experience is Rayna Vallandingham, who plays the fierce Iron Dragons student and social influencer Zara Malik.

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When actors take on physically demanding roles in movies and TV shows, it often requires intense training. This might involve hand-to-hand combat, gun use, a specific sport, and martial arts. When it comes to Cobra Kai, almost everyone in the cast has had to show off martial arts skills as they engage in fight scenes both in the dojo and outside of it. But fans are curious: did any of the actors who play the main characters have prior training, or did they all have to fast-track learning the basics of karate to make it believable?

Of course, Ralph Macchio and William Zabka received some training more than 30 years ago for The Karate Kid, but did they study a martial...

The end of an era is arriving, as Cobra Kai is wrapping up early next year. Netflix has just shared a new sneak peek at the third and final portion of episodes for Season 6, and it includes the announcement of a premiere date.

As noted in the video, Cobra Kai Season 6, Part 3 will premiere on Netflix on Feb. 13, 2025. "Four decades of history all leading to this moment," declares a voiceover heard in the announcement trailer. Also heard is the phrase, "This may be the end, but Cobra Kai never dies." A brief look at the show's final battles is put on display in the preview, which can be watched below.

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Hayden Schlossberg hoped the audience would embrace the idea.

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Cobra Kai creator Jon Hurwitz has an exceptional update about a potential spin-off. The show, which was a sequel to the Karate Kid franchise, is coming to an end with the upcoming Cobra Kai season 6, part 3. A sequel movie, Karate Kid: Legends, is already in development. It will follow Daniel Larusso (Ralph Macchio) working with Mr. Han (Jackie Chan) to help train the young Li Fong (Ben Wang), and it will be released on May 30, 2025. While it does mean a future for many characters from the franchise, some remain in limbo.

In a post on his official Twitter account, Hurwitz announced that he is "actively working" on a potential spin-off. While he did not officially state that there would be a follow-up show, he did emphasize that he has high hopes for the project. Check out his post below:

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Ralph Macchio, the actor who has given life to the lead character in the Karate Kid franchise for over 30 years, is having the time of his life. The Netflix spin-off Cobra Kai is more successful than ever, and he is enjoying his return to the spotlight alongside William Zabka, who plays his longtime nemesis. But, as all good things must end, so must Cobra Kai. The Og Karate Kid star says the show has to end because it will lead into a new story.

Thats right. Hes not hanging his gi or his headband. Macchio will continue to play Daniel Larusso for as long as he can keep doing it. However, as Variety reports, the Karate Kid star understands that Cobra Kai is a phase thats supposed to end because the timing is right. For Macchio, things are certainly not over. Hes set to reprise Larusso in the upcoming big-screen adventure Karate Kid: Legends,...

New NCIS season 11,episode 12 additional official spoilers revealed by CBS. Recently, CBS served up new,official spoilers for their upcoming "NCIS" episode 12 of season 11. The episode is entitled, "Kill Chain," and it sounds pretty interesting as the NCIS crew has to partner up with the Dod to track down a very dangerous device, and more. In the new, 12th episode press release: When a stolen U.S. Navy surveillance drone is used to kill a sailor, NCIS will partner with the Department Of Defense to track down the device. Press release number 2: When a stolen drone is linked to the elusive terrorist Parsa, the NCIS team is going to partner with the Department of Defense, including Gibb's former girlfriend Hollis Mann, to track down the device before it is used for a large scale attack. In the meantime, McGee will hesitate to ask for time off to attend a black-tie gala honoring his girlfriend.

As part of its “Fight with Style” pro-social initiative, The Style Network takes on the campaign to combat obesity among children and adults with the premiere of its first-ever town hall special, Too Fat For 15: The Obesity Crisis, on Monday, June 27 at 8:00 p.m. Et/Pt. Alison Sweeney of NBC’s Days Of Our Lives and The Biggest Loser hosts this one-hour event and is joined by Style talent and health experts in a spirited discussion that offers parents and children advice and tips for a healthier lifestyle. The town hall also includes questions from the audience and candid answers from the panel participants, covering a range of topics from how to deal with bullies who call a young girl “fat” to how cold weather is not an excuse for being inactive. The town hall was filmed in St. Louis, Mo, at the West County Ymca.

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Jonathan Kesselman, director of Comedy Central's "The Hebrew Hammer," will helm the remake of Blake Edwards' The Party that Marco Garibaldi is producing under his Godfather Entertainment. The project is a $20 million independently financed film that will aim for cameos by a number of high-profile Hollywood personalities. In Edwards' "Party," Peter Sellers starred as Hrundi V. Bakshi, an Indian extra who inadvertently is invited to a swank Hollywood party. Garibaldi, who has brought on Brandon Gibson and Jim Russo to help him write the script, will tweak the conceit, focusing on a blond Midwesterner whose appearance is changed by studio executives eager he fit a part.

Jonathan Kesselman has signed on to will direct the remake of Blake Edwards' The Party that Marco Garibaldi is producing under his Godfather Entertainment banner. The 1968 cult hit starred Peter Sellers. In the original film, Sellers starred as Hrundi V. Bakshi, an Indian extra who inadvertently is invited to a swank Hollywood party. Garibaldi, who has brought on Brandon Gibson and Jim Russo to help him write the script, will tweak the story, focusing on a blond Midwesterner whose appearance is changed by studio executives eager he fit a part. Garibaldi said last the summer that he was jumping back into the Hollywood game by producing an update of the movie after several earlier attempts at MGM and DreamWorks. The project is a $20 million independently financed film that will aim for cameos by a number of high-profile Hollywood personalities. Kesselman is best known for the Jewish blaxploitation spoof The Hebrew Hammer,...

Jonathan Kesselman will be the life of the party.

Kesselman, director of Comedy Central's "The Hebrew Hammer," will helm the remake of Blake Edwards' "The Party" that Marco Garibaldi is producing under his Godfather Entertainment banner.

Garibaldi said last the summer that he was jumping back into the Hollywood game by producing an update of the movie after several earlier attempts at MGM and DreamWorks. The project is a $20 million independently financed film that will aim for cameos by a number of high-profile Hollywood personalities.

Kesselman, repped by Apa and Sleeping Giant, is best known for the Jewish blaxploitation spoof "Hammer," which starred Adam Goldberg as a violence-prone hero on a quest to save Hannukah. He also is directing and co-writing "Odd Todd," about a man faced with the hard luck of locking himself out of his apartment as his unemployment checks stop, for Paramount/Nickoledeon.

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Marco Garibaldi, the colorful entrepreneur and Hollywood writer-producer, is getting back in the entertainment game after a decade-long absence, forming a new production company that will produce a remake of the Peter Sellers cult hit "The Party."

Garibaldi, perhaps best known in celebrity circles for a longtime romantic involvement with Priscilla Presley, is an Italian screenwriter and producer who has dabbled in a number of areas, helping turn Graceland merchandising into big business and even directing several episodes of the "Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers" television show.

His new banner, Godfather Entertainment, will aim to make movies in the $20 million range in a manner he says will be more efficient than the one practiced by the studios, and will attract talent by coming up with creative back-end deals. "The studios are in business to spend money," he said. "I want to make movies for less and put every dime of it on the screen."

The hyphenate said he also is in the process of securing a debt facility with an unnamed bank.

Among its projects, Godfather will team with Avi Lerner's Nu Image Films for "Last Chance Motel," a psychological thriller that Garibaldi will write and direct with shooting planned for 2009. Godfather also is developing a mob movie titled "The Vault," written by Alex Merkin and Jesse Mittelstadt.

But Garibaldi's flagship project will be a remake of "Party," the Blake Edwards-directed film that has had a devoted following since its 1968 release by United Artists.

This version, however, will bear only small resemblance to the original.

The original film centered on Sellers' Hrundi V. Bakshi, a bumbling Indian extra accidentally invited to a glamorous Hollywood party, with Sellers hamming it up in a series of loosely connected vignettes.

In the new version, only part of the conceit is the same: a hapless blond Midwesterner will have his appearance changed to resemble an Indian by a zealous studio eager he fit a part. Garibaldi says that he sees the movie as ripe for a number of star cameos, all of whom will attend the titular party.

Garibaldi and "Sex and the City" writer-producer Darren Star had originally set up the project at MGM in 2003. After a series of corporate moves, it ended up at DreamWorks, which kept the project in development for several years. The rights reverted to Garibaldi two months ago, and he enlisted screenwriters Brandon Gibson and Jim Russo to help him write the new script.

Garibaldi says he can make the movie for a fraction of the budget it might have cost at DreamWorks, possibly for about $20 million.

Godfather also is the production company behind "Across the Hall," the Brittany Murphy romantic thriller directed by Merkin from a script he wrote with Mittelstadt and produced with NBA star Elton Brand's production banner. The film is close to finding domestic distribution and is likely to be released in 2009.

Garibaldi said he has high hopes for a company even in a tough market for independent and slate film financing.

"Everybody and their mother is now raising half a billion dollars," he said. "I want to go trench by trench. We're going to start with enough money to make a $20 million movie and then make another one and another one, and go from there."...