The vastly popular American seriesThe Mighty Ducks: Game Changers,is a sports comedy-drama, premiering and streaming on Disney+ fromMarch 26, 2021.
[web_stories_embed url=”https://centralrecorder.com/web-stories/the-mighty-ducks-game-changers-season-2-release-date/” title=”The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers Season 2 Release Date” poster=”https://centralrecorder.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/MightyDucksGameChangers.jpg” width=”360″ height=”600″ align=”center”]
Following the highly successful film,The Mighty Ducks,released in 1992, streaming platformDisney+, commissioned the making ofThe Mighty Ducks: Game Changers into a television and streaming series for a wider audience. Initially, filming forThe Mighty Ducks: Game Changerswas scheduled to begin in February 2020, and end in June 2020. This was delayed due to the current COVID-19 pandemic.
Starring Lauren Graham, Brady Noon, and Emilio Estevez, ABC began developingThe Mighty Ducks: Game Changersbased on the franchiseThe Mighty Ducks,originally set to release in November 2018. Created by Brill, Josh Goldsmith, and Cathy Yuspa, The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers starts as a direct sequel to the original film, The Mighty Ducks. On Rotten Tomatoes, the series has a high approval rating of 89% based on 36 critic reviews, which makes it a must-watch series of 2021.
The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers Main Plot and Summary
The Mighty Ducks: Game Changerstakes place in present-day Minnesota, and theMighty Ducks hockey team has greatly changed since Coach Gordon Bombay (played by Emilio Estevez in the original movie) has left the team. Now, the Mighty Ducksjunior hockey team has evolved from scrappy underdogs to an ultra-competitive, powerhouse youth hockey team and has become the organization the other teams love to hate.
The series starts with 12-year-old Evan Morrow (Brady Noon) being unceremoniously cut from theMighty Ducks. Evan’s struggling single mom Alex Morrow (Lauren Graham) tries desperately to take her son’s mind off the stressful, win-at-all-costs atmosphere theMighty Duckspromote.
Alex decides to help Evan start a hockey team of his own that concentrates more on playing and having fun. Following her plan, Evan and his neighbor, Nick (Maxwell Simkin), set about recruiting players, while Alex searches for a rink. The series then focuses on Alex’s hockey plans, her relationship with her son, and how with the help of former coach Gordon Bombay, Evan and his friends rediscover the joys of playing just for the love of the game.
The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers Season 2 – Latest News and Release Date
Originally, the filming ofThe Mighty Ducks: Game Changerswas set to commence on February 18, 2020, and complete by June 2020. It was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The shoot was resumed onceDisney TV Studiosmade a deal with British Columbia unions about testing the cast and crew members for COVID-19.
Show creator and executive producer, Steven Brill, has given hints that following the success of Season 1,Disney+will likely announce a deal for Season 2 ofThe Mighty Ducks: Game Changers. If that would be the case, Season 2 will have a completely different storyline from that of Season 1 going by the indications of Steven Brill in all his press meets.
Showrunners have insisted that if there is a second season, it will be made to feel like a sequel, not as the second season of a TV show. Fans can therefore expect a decision of renewal byDisney+, and an even more exciting Season 2 ofThe Mighty Ducks: Game Changers.