Co-creator Josh Heald has confirmed that post-production for the upcoming third season of “The Karate Kid” sequel series “Cobra Kai” was completed just before the pandemic hit Hollywood and causing production shutdowns.
The first season of the YouTube series was a major success, garnering over 50 million views within five months of airing and critics and audiences praised the series. The second season also fared very well.
Speaking to Comic Book Resources, Heald indicates the only thing left to do are some final proofing and finishing touches before release:
“Thankfully with Season 3, we wrapped production before the end of 2019 and we wrapped post-production…I think there was a little bit of overlap. We were still doing some finishing touches for the effects and some quality checks on Season 3 while the quarantine aspect of the pandemic was just beginning but we finished our final mix – the last big piece of post-production – that was done in-person with raising champagne and eating cupcakes and all the things you do to feel like you’re at your absolute unhealthiest coming out of the completion of a season. [Laughs] So there were no major delays in terms of COVID.”
Netflix officially acquired the new season and will release the first two seasons on August 28th. They have yet to set a release date for the third.
