Return Air Bud: 2 new dogs selected from 5,000 candidates

Two new Golden Retrievers will take turns on the screen to play the role of Buddy in a new film.

Almost 30 years later, here Air Bud.

In 1997, Disney released this family film on a dog making basketball. A nice little success in theaters ($ 30 million in revenue). And above all a huge cardboard in video and derivative products, which launched a huge deductible: four suites were shot until the early 2000s. There were spin-offs, a series …

And today the brand Air Bud is relaunched with Air Bud Returnswho will follow a new hero on all fours.

Obviously, the original dog ofAir Budnamed Buddy, is no longer of this world. He died on February 10, 1998 at the age of 9, just after the release of the first film, of a rare form of cancer. Other dogs had thus taken over. And today, the cult saga found two successors: Charlie and Summer were announced with great fanfare such as the future stars of Air Bud Returns.

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The two Golden Retrievers will take turns on the screen to play the role of Buddy, after being selected from more than 5,000 candidates across the country. A large campaign to find the two four -legged friends who “best embody athletics, charm and the heart of Buddy“.

Robert Vince, screenwriter and director of new opus, is delighted: “The search for the next Air Bud was an incredible adventure. We were not only looking for well -trained dogs, but this special spark. Charlie and Summer have the presence, the personality and, yes, the skills in basketball to make the public believe again in Buddy. They carry the magic that made the original unforgettable. “

Charlie, from Ohio, and Summer, from San Diego, will work with professional trainers before their big first on the screen. The shooting will start on October 1 in Vancouver, and the film will be released in the fall of 2026 via Cineverse.

So what will it speak of? “”In Air Bud Returns, Jacob, 12, dreams of becoming a basketball player. After the death of his father, this dream seems impossible. But everything changes when he moves with his mother to his father’s childhood house in Fernfield. There, Jacob discovers an original VHS of the first Air Bud and meets a Wandering Golden Retriever which he names Buddy. Together, they start a healing trip, unite a team of marginalized and target the championship. They learn to play with the heart, to believe each other and to always try their luck! “