“The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers”, a series follow-up to the famous 90s films, is debuting on Disney+ on March 26, 2021.
The series features the return of Emilio Estevez as Coach Gordon Bombay and stars Brady Noon as 12-year-old Evan Morrow and Lauren Graham as Evan’s mom Alex. When Evan is cut from the Mighty Ducks team, his mom encourages him to start his own. Evan and Alex, with the help of Gordon Bombay, set out to “rediscover the joy of playing just for love of the game.”
The series will be ten episodes and also stars Maxwell Simkins, Swayam Bhatia, Luke Islam, Kiefer O’Reilly, Taegen Burns, Bella Higginbotham, and DJ Watts. Steve Brill, the original creator, writer, and executive producer of “The Mighty Ducks”, is executive producer of the series alongside showrunners Josh Goldsmith and Cathy Yuspa. Michael Spiller, Emilio Estevez, Jon Avnet, Jordan Kerner, George Heller, and Brad Petrigala also executive produce. Lauren Graham serves as a co-executive producer, and James Griffiths serves as executive producer and director of the pilot.
