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The first trailer for the Disney+ show Turner and Hooch has been released. The series is a reboot of the 1989 Tom Hanks movie about a cop and his slobbering canine assistant.
The new show is actually a sequel to the original movie, with Josh Peck (Fuller House) playing Scott Turner Jr., a US marshal and the son of Hanks’s now-dead character. It seems that before he died, Turner Sr. rescued another giant French mastiff from a shelter and wanted his son to have it–as one character says, “It’s almost like the original Hooch came back.” Lots of chaotic dog-related hijinks ensure, as Turner tries to control his to his unruly new pet and the pair set out to solve crimes. Check the trailer out below:
Turner and Hooch is a 12-episode show, and it premieres on Disney+ on July 21. It also stars Carra Patterson (Straight Outta Compton), Brandon Jay McLaren (Graceland), Anthony Ruivivar (The Haunting of Hill House), Lyndsy Fonseca (Kick-Ass), Becca Tobin (Glee), and Jeremy Maguire (Modern Family).
The original movie hit theaters in July 1989, and also starred Mare Winningham, Craig T. Nelson, and Reginald VelJohnson. There was an earlier attempt to make a spin-off show, and a pilot was shot with Tom Wilson replacing Hanks as Turner. However, the series wasn’t picked up and the pilot was instead released a made-for-TV movie in 1990.
For more Disney+ coverage, check out GameSpot’s guide to all the movies, shows, and exclusives hitting the service in July.
