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Cobra Kai
''Cobra Kai'' is an American Martial arts film, martial arts comedy drama television series created by Josh Heald, Jon Hurwitz, and Hayden Schlossberg, and distributed by Sony Pictures Television. It serves as a sequel to the first three ''The Karate Kid (franchise), The Karate Kid'' films created by Robert Mark Kamen. ''Cobra Kai'' premiered on May 2, 2018, and concluded on February 13, 2025, after List of Cobra Kai episodes, six seasons consisting of 65 episodes. Originally released on YouTube Premium, YouTube Red / YouTube Premium for its first two seasons, the series later moved to Netflix. Ralph Macchio and William Zabka, reprising their respective roles as Daniel LaRusso and Johnny Lawrence (character), Johnny Lawrence from the film series, star in ''Cobra Kai'' alongside Courtney Henggeler, Xolo Maridueña, Tanner Buchanan, Mary Mouser, Jacob Bertrand, Gianni DeCenzo, Peyton List (actress, born 1998), Peyton List, Vanessa Rubio, and Dallas Dupree Young. Martin Kove and Tho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Outro (closing Credits)
Closing credits, aka end credits or end titles, are a list of the Cast member, cast and Film crew, crew of a particular Film, motion picture, television show, or video game. While opening credits appear at the beginning of a work, closing credits appear close to or at the very end of a work. A full set of credits can include not only the cast and crew, but also production sponsors, distribution companies, works of music licensed or written for the work, various legal disclaimers, such as copyright, and more. Appearance Typically, the closing credits appear in white lettering on a solid black background, often with a musical background. Credits are either a series of static frames, or a single list that scrolls from the bottom of the screen to the top. Occasionally closing credits will divert from this standard form to scroll in another direction, include illustrations, extra scenes, bloopers, joke credits and post-credits scenes. History The use of closing credits in film to l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Martin Kove
Martin Kove (; born ) is an American actor and martial artist. He is best known for his role as John Kreese, the main antagonist of ''The Karate Kid'' (1984). Kove reprised the role in ''The Karate Kid Part II'' (1986), ''The Karate Kid Part III'' (1989), and the television series ''Cobra Kai'' (2018–2025). He also appeared as Nero the Hero in ''Death Race 2000'' (1975), and afterward as Clem in ''White Line Fever (film), White Line Fever'' (1975). Kove was a regular on the TV series ''Cagney and Lacey'' (1982–1988), portraying Police Detective Victor Isbecki. He appeared in ''Rambo: First Blood Part II'' (1985) and Quentin Tarantino's ''Once Upon a Time in Hollywood'' (2019). Early life Martin Kove was born into a Jewish family in Brooklyn, New York. He attended Valley Stream Central High School before attending ITT Technical Institute - Maumee Campus. Career Kove worked as a substitute math teacher at the Ward Melville High School before moving to Los Angeles to pursue a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Sony Pictures Television
Sony Pictures Television Inc. (abbreviated as SPT) is an American television production company, production and broadcast syndication, distribution studio. Based at the Sony Pictures Studios complex in Culver City, California, it is a division of Sony Entertainment's unit Sony Pictures, Sony Pictures Entertainment and a subsidiary of the Japanese conglomerate Sony, Sony Group Corporation. It is the fourth iteration of what had originated as Columbia Pictures' television studio, Screen Gems#Television subsidiary (1948–1974), Screen Gems. History Sony Pictures Television's history goes back to 1947, when Ralph Cohn, whose father Jack and uncle Harry Cohn, Harry co-founded Columbia Pictures, founded Pioneer Telefilms. It was bought by Columbia and renamed Screen Gems#Television subsidiary (1948–1974), Screen Gems in November 1948, reincorporated as Columbia Pictures Television on May 6, 1974, and merged with sister studio TriStar Television (formed in 1986 and relaunched in 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Westbrook Studios
Westbrook Inc. is an American multimedia and entertainment Multimedia, venture company founded by actor Will Smith and his wife, actress Jada Pinkett Smith. The company was founded in 2019, in order to execute the Smith Family's global content with Will Smith's production company Overbrook Entertainment becoming one of its subsidiaries. It is headquartered in Calabasas, California, with 80 employees as of March 2021. In August 2021, the company announced that they signed a first-look deal with National Geographic and will produce their productions with National Geographic. Westbrook's debut film, ''King Richard (film), King Richard'', garnered widespread acclaim and earned numerous awards including six nominations (including Academy Award for Best Picture, Best Picture; the first nomination for this company) at 94th Academy Awards and four nominations at the 79th Golden Globe Awards (including Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama, Best Motion Picture – Drama), w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Overbrook Entertainment
Overbrook Entertainment, Inc. is an American production company based in Culver City, California. It was founded by partners Will Smith and James Lassiter in 1998, around the same time production for ''Wild Wild West'' (1999) began. The name "Overbrook" is derived from Will Smith's neighborhood in West Philadelphia. The on-screen logo consists of a spinning record with the company name. The company produces music, films and television shows. Smith claimed to have started the company in order to serve as producer and find roles. He uses his role in the company to help unknown artists record music, and also records music for some of his films in Overbrook. History On November 11, 1997, actor Will Smith (age 29) and manager James Lassiter signed an overall first-look term deal at Universal Pictures. Thus, Overbrook Entertainment was born. It was formally incorporated on February 2, 1998. David Tochterman, formerly employee of The Carsey-Werner Company, joined the company on Septe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Single-camera
In filmmaking, television production and video production, the single-camera setup or single-camera mode of production (also known as portable single crew, portable single camera or single-cam) is a method in which all of the various shots and camera angles are taken using the same camera. The single-camera setup originally developed during the birth of the Classical Hollywood cinema in the 1910s and has remained the standard mode of production for cinema. In television production, both single-camera and multiple-camera methods are commonly used. Description In this setup, all of the various shots and camera angles are taken using the same camera, or multiple cameras pointed in one direction, which are moved and reset to get a new angle. If a scene cuts back and forth between actor A and actor B, the director will first point the camera toward A and run part or all of the scene from this angle, then move the camera to point at B, relight, and then run the scene through from th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Los Angeles
Los Angeles, often referred to by its initials L.A., is the List of municipalities in California, most populous city in the U.S. state of California, and the commercial, Financial District, Los Angeles, financial, and Culture of Los Angeles, cultural center of Southern California. With an estimated 3,878,704 residents within the city limits , it is the List of United States cities by population, second-most populous in the United States, behind only New York City. Los Angeles has an Ethnic groups in Los Angeles, ethnically and culturally diverse population, and is the principal city of a Metropolitan statistical areas, metropolitan area of 12.9 million people (2024). Greater Los Angeles, a combined statistical area that includes the Los Angeles and Riverside–San Bernardino metropolitan areas, is a sprawling metropolis of over 18.5 million residents. The majority of the city proper lies in Los Angeles Basin, a basin in Southern California adjacent to the Pacific Ocean in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Atlanta
Atlanta ( ) is the List of capitals in the United States, capital and List of municipalities in Georgia (U.S. state), most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. It is the county seat, seat of Fulton County, Georgia, Fulton County and extends into neighboring DeKalb County, Georgia, DeKalb County. With a population of 520,070 (2024 estimate) living within the city limits, Atlanta is the eighth most populous city in the Southeastern United States, Southeast and List of United States cities by population, 36th most populous city in the United States according to the 2020 United States census, 2020 U.S. census. Atlanta is classified as a Globalization and World Cities Research Network#Beta +, Beta + global city and is the principal city of the much larger Atlanta metropolitan area, the core of which includes Cobb County, Georgia, Cobb, Clayton County, Georgia, Clayton and Gwinnett County, Georgia, Gwinnett counties, in addition to Fulton and DeKalb. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
James Lassiter
James Lassiter is an American film producer and talent agent. He served as the manager of American rapper and actor Will Smith before the two co-founded the production company Overbrook Entertainment in 1998. Also Smith's business partner, Lassiter has co-produced several films in which he starred. Prior, he founded Jarola Artist Management in 1991, and Brookside Artist Management in 2002 as sole proprietor. Career Lassiter attended University of Miami and Temple University and befriended Jeffrey "Jazzy Jeff" Townes, who was in a rap duo with soon-to-be actor Will Smith. Lassiter became acquainted with Smith, and became his road manager. Lassiter briefly worked with other companies including Handprint and The Firm, but ultimately shifted focus towards managing Smith full time, also serving as his business partner. Lassiter and Smith formed Overbrook Entertainment in 1998, a production company which has produced films including '' Hitch'' and '' ATL''. While Overbrook had a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Will Smith
Willard Carroll Smith II (born September 25, 1968) is an American actor, rapper, and film producer. Known for his work in both Will Smith filmography, the screen and Will Smith discography, music industries, List of awards and nominations received by Will Smith, his accolades include an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a British Academy Film Awards, BAFTA Award, and four Grammy Awards. Films in which he has appeared in have grossed over $10 billion worldwide, making him one of Hollywood's most bankable stars. Smith first gained recognition as part of DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince, a hip hop duo with DJ Jazzy Jeff, with whom he released five studio albums which contained five Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100-top 20 singles—"Parents Just Don't Understand", "A Nightmare on My Street", "Summertime (DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince song), Summertime", "Ring My Bell (DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince song), Ring My Bell", and "Boom! Shake the Room"—from 1985 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Leo Birenberg
Leo Birenberg is an American composer and orchestrator for film and television. Career Born in Kentucky and raised in Chicago, Birenberg studied composition at NYU and University of Southern California, USC. While there, he started composing his first scores in collaboration with his roommate, filmmaker Jeremy Reitz. His favorite score is from ''Out of Africa (film), Out of Africa''. After graduating, he had a chance encounter with composer Christophe Beck, who ended up taking Birenberg on as a mentee. Under Beck's tutelage, Birenberg worked as the score coordinator on numerous large projects, including The Muppets (2011 film), ''The Muppets'', ''Pitch Perfect'', ''Runner Runner'', and Frozen (2013 film), ''Frozen''. In 2014, Birenberg started composing additional music for Beck’s films, including ''Muppets Most Wanted'', ''Edge of Tomorrow'', and Ant-Man (film), ''Ant-Man''. In 2014, Birenberg also started composing his own original scores for television shows, including ''N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Dallas Dupree Young
Dallas Dupree Young (born October 25, 2006) is an American actor best known for his recurring role in '' The Fosters'', and his starring role in the Nickelodeon sitcom '' Cousins for Life''. In 2021, he joined the cast of the Netflix series ''Cobra Kai'', a sequel to ''The Karate Kid'' films. Early life Young was born and raised in Houston, Texas. He is the son of Major League Baseball player Eric Young Sr. and his wife Beyonka Jackson. His older brother, Eric Young Jr., is also a professional baseball player. Young dreamed of becoming a professional athlete like his father and brother. He had aspirations of playing for the Colorado Rockies like they did. In addition to baseball, Young also loves basketball and football. Between the ages of 5 and 6, Young studied karate. He would later take kickboxing lessons as well. Though he was sure he would become a baseball player, plans changed when a neighbor encouraged Young to go into acting. Young credited shows he grew up watching su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
