When released on August 1, 1997, Charles Martin Smith's sporting image was already rounded by the public. This was because of his title inspired by Nike, and for her premise, which many found fishy: 12-year-old boy, Oshosh (Kevin Zagers), moved to the small town of Henfield, Washington after his father's death. Desperate and alone, he is taking place in the company of a friendly golden retriever named Buddy, who is on the run of a clown at a wicked party (Michael Ethter). Oshoshos reveals that Buddy can tie nose and sink baskets, a remarkable dog talent. Oshosh is in the basketball team of his school, but they are not very good. I think you can see where this is.

In the climate of the film, Oshosh and his team have to win a big game against another school, and they are short of one player. Fortunately, the referee checks the book for the rule. Is not a rule to say a dog can't Play basketball. Buddy is welcome in the game, full of Lille Dogie's cult shirt and cuts Lille Dogie's sneakers.

"Air Bud" was enough for a hit to guarantee four additional extensions with the character, each having a different sport; Buddy plays football, football, baseball and beach volleyball. There were seven films in the series "Air Friends" (starring his puppies) and two films in the Santa Potus series with Christmas themes.

According to the announcement of diversityThe inheritance will continue next year. "Air Budging" is scheduled for publishing in the summer of 2026 by Cineverse and Air Bud Studios. And, whom the dog sounds weird. Not only will it be an inherited sequel, but also a meta-commentator. The main character of "Air Budging" will find an old VHS of the original "air bud" ... while it will also meet a very real golden retriever that can play basketball.

Here's the poster for the new movie:

A study of air buds

Synopsis reads as follows:

"In" Returning Air Buds ", 12-year-old Jacecob has always dreamed of being a Starwar basketball player. After his father passed, that dream felt even more impossible. But everything changes when he and his mother move to his father's childhood in Fernfield. There, Jacecob reveals original VHS of the movie "Air Buds" in his father's objects and has a chance to meet "Stray", "Together," Together ". Unite a team of accidents and chase a champion.

I have questions. First, if Jacecob returns to Fernfield, his father's children's home, is he a 12-year-old son of Oshosh, a protagonist from the first film? Was Oshos inspired by Charles Martin Smith's film in 1997 and trained his dog to play basketball? Or, the new friend is a manifestation of the old friend, magically released by the 1997 film's boundaries, like Freddie Krueger in "New Nightmare?" Fernfield is also a fictional place, invented for an "air bud". Did Oshos drove somewhere invented, How does Sam Neil in "In the Mouth of Madness?" And what does this description of the conspiracy only remind me of horror films that bend from reality in the mid-90s?

The chief image officer of Cineverse Motion, Jolanda McAsas, has essentially admitted that the new "air bud" is transparent nostalgia Gotovina. Her statement reads: "Everyone who follows the box office knows that we are experiencing an important point at the intersection of nostalgia of the 90's and early 2000s, and the thousand-year-old parents looking for films that are friendly to the family to share with their children." We see how many millennial parents out there are so nostalgic for the "air bud" that they will drag their children to see a sequel in 2026.

For those who have never seen it, Charles Martin Smith directed Hell of the Air Bud. He managed to make Fernfield, Washington looks like a real city. It is wet and lush and lived. It actually allows Oshos to pass through a legitimate emotional journey, and his dog bonding feels like a real form of therapy. Also, Air Bud has one of the most useful basketball exercises I've ever seen on the movie: An old coach (Bill Cobbs) asks his young athletes to play a basketball game where Mimiel spend the ball around during the mockery. This forced them to pay careful attention to their teammates, not to be obsessed with the ball itself. It's something that professionals could learn from ... And it's in "Air Buds!"

Also, along with "I could be an opponent", "and" This looks like the beginning of a beautiful friendship "," Air Buds "contains one of the best lines of dialogue ever written" is not a rule that the dog cannot play basketball ".

Means "air bud" while silly in the coreis a real movie. These are the many sequels where they began to look cheap and the script began to suck. Also in the films "Air Friends", the puppies spoke English (one of them played Actor "Superman" Jimi Olsen Skiller Geysono) And he encountered supernatural things, so every kind of realism Charles Martin Smith inserted into his film came out well through the window. Time will say whether "Returning to the Air Buds" will evoke the magic of the first 1997 film, or whether it will feel like another cheap sequel to a very long line. The latest film in the series "Super Friends" was released in 2013. Maybe with a 13-year break, the audience will be ready again.