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Emilio Estevez revealed on the “Happy Sad Confused” podcast that he wrote a spec script for a fourth “Mighty Ducks” movie that he says Disney was not interested in making. Estevez headlined the beloved 1992 sports movie as coach Gordon Bombay, a role he reprised in two film sequels and the 2021 Disney+ series “The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers.” But the show had some behind-the-scenes drama that led to Estevez’s exit before the second season, which also ended up being its last.
“I also wrote ‘Mighty Ducks 4,’” Estevez said. “I wanted to make up for all of the disasters that happened on the ‘Game Changers’ series.”
“[It’s] a feature script that had coach Bombay coming back, being pulled back in by Joshua Jackson’s character and Kenan Thompson’s character and to coach a new team, an expansion team, for the professional women’s hockey league,” he continued. “So, it would be an all-girl team. Now, when we discover Bombay, he’s coaching roller derby and so he says, ‘My girls are going with me. They have to have a shot.’ It was charming and contemporary and cool and organically of the moment. It’s where we’re at.. Disney was like, ‘We don’t want to pursue that.’”
“The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers” aired for two seasons and 20 episodes on Disney+. Estevez’s Gordon Bombay was a supporting character on the show’s first season. His love for hockey is reignited when a new underdog team begins to play at the Ice Palace, which he owns. He later becomes their assistant coach as they face off against the Ducks.
According to a source close to the production, Estevez parted ways with “Game Changers” ahead of Season 2 filming due to a disagreement over ABC Signature’s COVID-19 vaccination requirement, as he would not confirm that he would comply with the policy. Therefore, the studio decided not to renew his contract for Season 2. Under the return-to-work agreement between studios and unions, production for “The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers” required vaccination against COVID-19 for everyone in Zone A, which included all actors and crew members who came into contact with them.
“Game Changers” received generally positive reviews, with Variety‘s Caroline Framke writing: “By subverting its source material’s premise and keeping Bombay in the mix but not at its center, ‘The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers’ makes sharp, timely updates to the timeless story.”
Watch Estevez’s full interview on the “Happy Sad Confused” podcast in the video below.
