Overview

• Emilio Estevez disclosed on the 'Happy Sad Confused' podcast that he wrote a spec script for a fourth 'Mighty Ducks' film.
• The proposed script featured Coach Gordon Bombay coaching an all-female expansion team in a professional women's hockey league.
• Estevez described the script as contemporary and reflective of current trends in storytelling, but Disney declined to pursue it.
• This revelation comes after Estevez’s 2022 departure from the Disney+ series 'The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers' over contract and creative differences.
• The original 'Mighty Ducks' franchise debuted in 1992, with Estevez reprising his role in two sequels and the 2021 Disney+ reboot.