Mighty Ducks: Game Changers continuing on Disney+, but Emilio Estevez is out

After a successful first season, Disney+ will be bringing back Mighty Ducks: Game Changers for another. However, it is being reported that a familiar face won't be returning. According to Deadline.com, Emilio Estevez, who plays Gordon Bombay, has been given the axe.

"I hear Disney Television Studios' ABC Signature, which produces the hockey-themed sequel series, made the decision not to pick up Estevez's option for Season 2 after weeks of back and forth with his team over the show's Covid vaccination requirement. Reps for the studio and Estevez declined comment," said the Deadline article.

"Heading into Season 2, The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers — like many Disney TV Studios series — has adopted a mandatory vaccination policy for the cast and crew in Zone A..."

"According to sources, Estevez, through his reps, has declined to provide assurances that he would comply with the policy. With the two sides at an impasse as the Season 2 scripts were being written and the planned early 2022 start of production was looming, I hear the studio made the call to not exercise the actor's option and the scripts will be adjusted to continue the story without the character."

At the same time, Deadline is also saying sources close to Estevez believe there are creative differences between the actor and Disney TV Studios which may have led to his departure.

Season two of Game Changers will reportedly keep Lauren Graham and Brady Noon, who were both centrepieces of season 1 along with Estevez.

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