The reason why Hilary Swank never returned to the Karate Kid franchise like so many other actors on Cobra Kai has finally been revealed. The franchise began in 1984 with the release of The Karate Kid, ...

Hilary Swank said thanks, but no thanks. The creators of the hit Netflix show “Cobra Kai” have revealed that they tried to get Swank, 50, to appear in the popular “Karate Kid” sequel series. But the ...

Pat Morita, Hilary Swank, and a hawk in 'The Next Karate Kid' "We did reach out in the very early days before the season to see if there was a path [for her to appear]," explains Heald. "We had an ...

Cobra Kai co-creator Josh Heald has revealed the show invited Hilary Swank to return to her role as Julie Pierce from 1994’s The Next Karate Kid, but the Oscar winner turned them down. Cobra Kai ran ...

The Oscar winner starred in 1994's "The Next Karate Kid." Hilary Swank refused to take a bite out of “Cobra Kai.” The Oscar-winning actress opted not to return to her roots with a cameo in the Netflix ...

You can argue that no creative has done more to invigorate a franchise than Cobra Kai creators and showrunners Josh Heald, Jon Hurwitz, and Hayden Schlossberg, as they have for The Karate Kid. Since ...

Hilary Swank and Pat Morita in 'The Next Karate Kid' (1994) Columbia Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection As legends of the Karate Kid universe were reprised for streaming and the big screen, one ...

Tim has won over 25 screenwriting awards, including Best Original Screenplay and Best Horror Feature Screenplay, with his work being hailed as "complex, layered, and bloodcurdling." He wrote the 2014 ...

The creators of Netflix's Cobra Kai managed to pack in an impressive amount of Karate Kid Easter eggs in the show's final season, but there was one major callback they weren't able to make happen: an ...