There are so many sports films
featuring an underdog triumphing against tough odds and tougher opponents that people
can have a variety of favorites. For single-athlete sports grownups might
remember “Rocky” (boxing) while younger generations in the 1980s will have fond
memories of “The Karate Kid.” For team sports, one movie series that is easily
recalled is Disney’s “The Mighty Ducks,” about the youth hockey team from
Minnesota that could and did. It was a surprise to learn that a distant sequel/soft
reboot series has been planned for streaming on Disney+, and with lead star
Emilio Estevez reprising his role.
That at least was gleaned from
the short teaser put out for “The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers” weeks ago. But
as Rolling Stone reports a longer
trailer was released just this Wednesday, February 24, that expands on the
story beats already shown. From the look of things, the Mighty Ducks from the
1990s film trilogy by Disney, primarily a youth hockey league team in Minnesota’s
Twin cities area, have undergone a full-circle revolution of sorts. That means
the former plucky underdogs with a varied ragtag membership and occasional major
sponsorship are now an established franchise with certain standards for players.
Yep, the young hockey aspirant
accompanied by his mother for a hockey tryout in the teaser was hoping to join
the Mighty Ducks. But as the seemingly-arrogant Ducks player put it, he does
not make the cut. His supportive mom (Lauren Graham) however is disillusioned
by the new attitude carried by the Ducks and encourages her son (Brady Noon) to
find companions and form their own team. To qualify for competition however, this
team needs a home rink and a coach. They find one rather easily, and the rink’s
keeper turns out to be original Ducks coach Gordon Bombay (Emilio Estevez), but
things have changed.
Where Gordon, as last seen in 1996’s
“D3,” had become a major youth hockey official working with the junior division
of the now-defunct Goodwill Games, he is reduced once again to menial work at
an ice-skating facility. He also appears to have regained animosity for hockey
from the original 1992 film, and it takes encouragement from Graham’s Alex,
plus the endearing wacky earnestness of her son Evan (Noon) and his ad hoc teammates,
to renew his hockey inspiration and take the fight to the now-bullying team he
had once coached.
“The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers”
will run 10 episodes, premiering on Disney+ this March 26.
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