Ralph Macchio Says He's Been Kept in the Dark About the New Karate Kid Movie

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With a caller Karate Kid movie connected the horizon, the franchise's archetypal prima Ralph Macchio has revealed what helium knows astir plans for the reboot. Find retired what helium said here.

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It's clip for different travel to the dojo.

On Sept. 16, Sony announced plans for a caller Karate Kid movie to beryllium released June 7, 2024, described arsenic "the instrumentality of the archetypal Karate Kid franchise." But that's each the item that the workplace provided.

Despite the secrecy, it would crushed to deliberation that Ralph Macchio—who played Daniel LaRusso successful the archetypal 3 Karate Kid films from 1984 to 1989 and reprises the relation on Netflix's Cobra Kai—might person immoderate penetration astir what the aboriginal holds for the franchise. 

As it turns out, not truthful much.

"I cognize nary different information," Macchio told Entertainment Weekly Sept. 30. "It's excessively aboriginal to archer what that communicative is [with the movie]. This is all, like, happening successful existent clip arsenic you're asking maine this question."

Macchio remained cautiously optimistic that determination inactive whitethorn beryllium immoderate much waxing connected and waxing disconnected successful store for him, however.

"I deliberation that [will beryllium figured out] successful the adjacent future, oregon I whitethorn person thing to bash with it," helium said. "We'll speech erstwhile I cognize what's going on."

Macchio isn't the lone 1 being near successful the dark. On Sept. 17, Cobra Kai co-creator Jon Hurwitz told fans that helium has nary engagement successful the movie.

"The guys and I would emotion to marque Karate Kid and Cobra Kai movies and anticipation to someday," Hurwitz tweeted. "But this 1 isn't from america oregon focused connected the Cobra Kai cast. Don't cognize overmuch astir it, but privation it well."

Macchio remained focused connected the aboriginal of Cobra Kai, which dropped its 5th play connected Sept. 9. And portion a sixth play has not been confirmed yet, the histrion is hopeful. 

"We're feeling beauteous confident," Macchio said. "People look to emotion the amusement and it doesn't look similar it's slowing down. I deliberation we'll person the accidental to fto the stories evolve."

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However, the 60-year-old Macchio did admit that the upcoming Ferris Bueller's Day Off spinoff—titled Sam and Victor's Day Off and produced by Cobra Kai's Hurwitz, Hayden Schlossberg and Josh Heald—might make a much extended lay-off than usual.

"Hopefully, it's not excessively agelong for the fans," he joked. "None of america guys are getting younger."

All 5 seasons of Cobra Kai are disposable to watercourse connected Netflix and Macchio's memoir, Waxing On, hits shelves Oct. 18.

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