Sad news for Cobra Kai fans. Production on Season 6 has been halted due to the writers' strike.
Today we'll talk about this news and what it means for the series going forward.
Hi, I'm Ken Cole and if you're a fan of Cobra Kai and movies, you're in the right place.
This news is hard to deliver. A lot of you have been watching my live streams with The Cobra Kai
Kid and we've been talking about all the issues with the writers' strike, how it affects series
production in general and specifically the Cobra Kai Season 6 production. I don't think this is
going to come as a surprise for anyone who's been following our discussions and what we've been
talking about, but due to the writer's strike, no writers are allowed on set. The showrunners,
the big three, John, Josh, and Hayden are not on set. They are not performing showrunner duties
right now. So season six has had to halt production. We know that they had started
production on season six a little over a week ago, right as the writer's strike started. We
saw pictures from the costume designer, Frank Helmer, showing that production was in fact
going forward. We saw a slate from a season six, a season six episode, but we've been also hearing
a lot of industry reports just talking about the complications of the writers' strike. Obviously,
Jon, Josh, and Hayden have been picketing along with the Writers Guild, as well as actors such as
Thomas Ian Griffith and Alicia Hannah Kim have been in Los Angeles picketing along with the
writers during their ongoing strike. So today we've learned a few new pieces of information.
We have Atlanta Filming, which covers productions in Atlanta, which Cobra Kai shoots in Atlanta.
A couple days ago, posted that filming on Cobra Kai was going to be postponed after today, which
would have been Wednesday-ish. And then we also have new information, a really great find from
Shamoon, Cobra Kai Nation. Be sure to check his video out and his channel out down in the
description. He saw a post from Abraham Martinez, who's a cinematographer for the episode, and he
posted and said episode wrapped, we'll pack up gear tomorrow. Now wait for our writers.
We miss them. Then we also have this new video that Abraham Martinez posted today that shows
all of the equipment that they're having to return. And he says, returning our camera
packages, six cameras and loads of gear, five prep bays, and you can see, and he has a little
lens wipes animation there, and that's exactly what you have to do when you return gear.
this gear is rented and you have to clean it and get it ready and ship it all back.
So this is a big undertaking.
Looks like the crew is completely packing up all their camera gear and sending it back
to the rental house.
So production has stopped.
So it looks like they've produced maybe an episode that they had a script for or shot
some parts of an episode, but now they've halted production.
So why is this happening right now?
Why is Cobra Kai season six stopping production and what does this mean for the series going
forward?
Well, this is all happening right now because there's a writer's strike.
All of the writers that belong to the Writers Guild, which makes up everyone who writes
TV and movies and projects beyond, they are banding together and requiring a better deal
from the movie and TV studios in order to keep working on these projects.
far, they feel that the movie studios have not given them a good deal. So they're on
strike right now. That means no writers are working. That means anyone who would work
in the capacity of a writer is not working, including the Cobra Kai show runners, Jon
Hurwitz, Hayden Schlossberg, and Josh Heald. They're not able to run the show. They're
not able to go onto set. They're not able to perform any show running duties because
it's so intertwined with writing.
Show running is pretty much writing.
You're constantly writing
and shaping the series going forward.
So as we've seen, the big three, Jon, Josh, and Hayden,
are on the picket lines
with the writers of Cobra Kai season six.
And with television series,
writers play such an important part
of driving the series creatively
that pretty much it's impossible for the series
to go forward without the writers.
So they're at a position where they can't keep shooting and won't be able to keep shooting
as long as the writer's strike continues.
So the next question is, how long will this writer's strike continue?
There's no way to know.
If both sides come together, if there are negotiations that happen, they could come
to an agreement tomorrow.
However, it looks like even through reporting from the New York Times that no one's really
expecting this to end anytime soon. The last writer's strike was in 2007 to 2008, and it
lasted for 100 days. The longest writer's strike that ever happened was back in 1988,
and it lasted for 153 days. So that's kind of the timeframe if you're looking on the upper end
of what maybe it could be, but again, there's no way to tell what will happen. A lot of writers
have said that this particular set of negotiations is more important than other past strikes
because it deals with an existential crisis with writers and the studios.
Not only because of compensation and the unfair as they see it compensation they're getting
from writing streaming series, they're not getting paid enough for all these streaming
series where every studio wants to put their series on streaming platforms instead of traditional
network television, not only that, but also AI. So as we know, AI is really picking up steam,
and there's a possibility that studios have been looking into using AI to write scripts or rewrite
scripts or come up with ideas for movies and TV shows. And the writers are worried about this,
that the studios could do that. So part of the negotiations is that that question of AI and how
it can be used can be dealt with in a way that it wouldn't replace a human writer. So basically,
the writers would have standing and protection within the entertainment industry and wouldn't
have to worry about being supplanted by technology. So those are only a couple of the terms,
but that's why so many writers are very willing to hold the line and strike as long as possible
in order to move the studios to negotiate on these topics. So will the studios negotiate? Only time
will tell. And the longer the strike goes on, the more money it's going to cost all of these studios
because not just Cobra Kai, but all TV series, all movies that are in this position right now
are being halted. There's no writing being done on anything. All the writers are trying to force
to Studio's hand to make a good deal. So we don't know how long this is going to go. If it goes on
a while, it'll have a bigger impact. As of right now, Cobra Kai Season 6 is not canceled. It's
still going forward. It's just stopped. Production has stopped. So it's a very interesting situation.
These strikes only happen occasionally. So stay tuned to this channel. Go ahead and subscribe,
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Cobra Kai production. Hopefully we get an end to the strike soon and Cobra Kai can get back into
production for season six, but whatever happens, we'll talk about what's going on in the industry
and the repercussions on the Cobra Kai series. We definitely want the showrunners and writers to be
fully a part of Cobra Kai season six. Obviously the writers are such a huge part of what makes
this series great, so we want their full involvement in season six. So hopefully they'll get back on
board and production can get started as soon as possible. Thank you for watching. Let me know if
you have any questions or comments. Go ahead and post them below and watch for the Kencast live
streams. We'll definitely be discussing this live in the future as news comes out.
Thank you for watching and we'll look forward to seeing you next time.