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The Mighty Ducks are skating back into action on the upcoming Disney+ original series The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers, but things are different this time. As you’ll see in the first trailer for the series below, the Ducks are the villains this time around. Some things never change, though, and it wouldn’t be a piece of the Mighty Ducks movie mythology without Coach Gordon Bombay (Emilio Estevez) involved. Granted, this isn’t the same hopeful and inspiring Bombay fans will remember. At least, not yet.
As it turns out, though, he might not be the only cast member from the original trilogy of films appearing on the show. Asked directly at the series’ TCA winter press tour panel about whether or not Joshua Jackson would return to reprise his role as Charlie Conway, former team captain of the Ducks, executive producer Steve Brill–who also wrote all three movies–wouldn’t deny it.
“We’ve talked to Josh over the years in developing this, and he’s part of the family and part of the group and him and everyone else when and where they show up is an open exciting question,” While that’s not a confirmation, it certainly sounds like seeing Charlie on the ice one more time could be in the cards.
As for how deep the show is going to dive into nostalgia, Brill is quick to note that it’s a crutch the creative team doesn’t want to depend on too heavily. “We’re very excited to keep definitely reinventing from square one the storyline and creating a new mythology, but we’re not ignoring the past or the people in the past,” he said. “We’ve always been trying through the whole series to bring people, literally, emotionally, and suggestively back into the story.”
In addition to Estevez, Game Changers stars Lauren Graham, Brady Noon, Maxwell Simkins, and a slew of others. A description of the series reads, “In present day Minnesota, the Mighty Ducks have evolved from scrappy underdogs to an ultra-competitive, powerhouse youth hockey team. After 12-year-old Evan Morrow is unceremoniously cut from the Ducks, he and his mom, Alex, set out to build their own team of misfits to challenge the cutthroat, win-at-all-costs culture of youth sports today. With the help of Gordon Bombay, they rediscover the joys of playing just for love of the game.”
The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers premieres on Disney+ on Friday, March 26.
