Game on: “The Mighty Ducks” reboot at Disney+ is a go, with Lauren Graham set to star as the new coach of the youth hockey team.
The series is set in present-day Minnesota, where the Mighty Ducks have evolved from scrappy underdogs to an ultra-competitive, powerhouse youth hockey team. After 12-year-old Evan (Brady Noon) is unceremoniously cut from the Ducks, he and his mom Alex (Graham) set out to build their own ragtag team of misfits to challenge the cutthroat, win-at-all-costs culture of competitive youth sports.
Steve Brill, who wrote all three of the original “Mighty Ducks” films in the 1990s, will return as co-creator and executive producer, with Josh Goldsmith and Cathy Yuspa serving as showrunners. James Griffiths and Michael Spiller will serve as executive producers, with Griffiths directing. George Heller and Brad Petrigala of Brillstein Entertainment Partners and Jordan Kerner also serve as non-writing executive producers. Graham is also a co-executive producer.
Graham is best known for her roles on “Parenthood” and “Gilmore Girls” and currently stars in “Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist” on NBC. Noon is coming off his starring role in last summer’s surprise comedy “Good Boys” and can next be seen in “Marry Me” alongside Jennifer Lopez and Owen Wilson.
(Excerpt) Read more in: The Wrap