“The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers” premieres Friday, March 26, streaming only on Disney+.
Official Synopsis: Nearly 30 years after first taking flight, “The Mighty Ducks” returns in a brand new series, “The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers,” on Disney+. 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 (Brady Noon) is unceremoniously cut from the Ducks, he and his mom, Alex (Lauren Graham), 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 (Emilio Estevez), they rediscover the joys of playing just for love of the game.
The series features a talented new team of up-and-coming young actors including Brady Noon, Maxwell
Simkins, Swayam Bhatia, Luke Islam, Kiefer O’Reilly, Taegen Burns, Bella Higginbotham, and DJ Watts.
“The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers” is produced by ABC Signature, a part of Disney Television Studios. Steve
Brill (“The Mighty Ducks”) serves as executive producer with. Josh Goldsmith and Cathy Yuspa (“The King of
Queens,” “13 Going On 30”) as as executive producers and showrunners. Michael Spiller is also as executive
producer / director on the series, with James Griffiths serving as director/EP on the Pilot.
Emilio Estevez is an executive producer and Lauren Graham is co-executive producer. George Heller and Brad Petrigala of Brillstein Entertainment Partners and Jon Avnet and Jordan Kerner also serve as non-writing executive producers.
“The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers” premieres Friday, March 26, streaming only on Disney+.
