Karate Kid: Legends director Jonathan Entwistle has said the Cobra Kai team have been involved in "little steps" along the way to help connect the Netflix series to the new movie.
Karate Kid: Legends stars both Ralph Macchio and Jackie Chan but, with Macchio's Daniel LaRusso kicking and punching up a storm in the Valley in Cobra Kai prior to the events of the movie, Entwistle wanted everything to fit seamlessly together.
The director continued, "And obviously, Ralph is really, really close to it after all those years on Cobra Kai, and they've been involved in little steps along the way. Everything we talked about made it into the movie in some way or other, either through Ralph or through the conversations. We’re really excited that we've added another piece to the overall universe."
"It was not a quick decision, because it was about protecting the Daniel LaRusso character, and finding where he would be at that point, and then protecting the whole legacy in the Miyagi-verse," Macchio previously told Variety on the decision to reprise his Karate Kid and Cobra Kai role on the big screen opposite Jackie Chan "Once we were able to line that up, for the Cobra Kai story to lead into the new film – even though they’re separate ecosystems – it all made sense for me. Then, working with Jackie was just super exciting. I started this on the big screen. How cool is it to get it back to the big screen?”
