‘Cobra Kai’ Season 6 Filming Begins and New Casting Calls Issued

Cobra Kai. (L to R) Dallas Dupree Young as Kenny, Joe Seo as Kyler in episode 510 of Cobra Kai. Cr. Courtesy of Netflix © 2022 Filming is now getting underway for the sixth and final season of Cobra Kai, which is taking place in Atlanta, Georgia.  Alongside the news of filming having commenced, numerous casting calls have been issued for a range of roles over the next few weeks for background extras. If you’re in the Atlanta, Georgia, area or desperate to appear in on-screen roles, this is your last chance to do so. Jon Hurwitz, one of the three main showrunners for Cobra Kai, posted last night a picture with fellow showrunners and a writer (Joe Piarulli) and director (Joel Novoa Schneider) with the caption, “The Night Before.” Picture: jonhurwitz/X Recently, William Zabka posted a video on X showing his ongoing training for the new season. # pic.twitter.com/YrkAQ0hgo2 — William Zabka (@WilliamZabka) January 2, 2024 With filming underway, it’s currently unclear when filming will have wrapped. One estimate on a production listing, and per Xolo Mariduena, suggests filming may be ongoing for six months until Q3 2024. It’s unclear how accurate that is, given that showrunners have hinted that they’re gunning for a 2024 release date for the final season. Casting Calls for Cobra Kai Season 6 ProjectCasting first reported on the casting call for extras for the new season ahead of filming getting underway throughout January 2024. Per the casting call, “We are currently looking for passionate individuals to fill the roles of extras in the dynamic Karate Dojo scenes of “Cobra Kai” Season 6. As an extra, you will be required to perform background activities in a Karate Dojo setting and may interact with the main cast members as directed.” They’re currently looking for both female and male participants. Additional casting calls from CAB Castings (a casting company based out of the Atlanta area specializing in casting extras) on their Facebook page. They’re also looking for females aged between 18 and 25 to play Sorority Girls for a shoot on January 10th, 202 and another call for January 11th states they’re looking for “High School Students, College Students, Teachers, Professors, Parents.” In other recent Cobra Kai news – you may have seen last week, the showrunners behind the show teased a longer runtime for the final season despite it being once again ten episodes. We’ll soon be updating our main Cobra Kai season 6 preview with everything we know for the final season. Will you be applying for any of these background roles for Cobra Kai? Let us know in the comments below.