Move over, LeBron — a new MVP is headed to the court.

“ Air Bud Returns,” the latest film in the athletic canine saga, has been announced by Cineverse and Air Bud Entertainment. The film has been set for a summer 2026 release. It will be written and directed by Robert Vince, who founded ABE. Vince was a producer on all of the original films (including franchise spinoffs like “Santa Paws”) and wrote and directed ten of them.

The original 1997 film was produced independently and Disney picked it up for distribution. The family-friendly title became a sleeper hit and the franchise became a fixture on the rental market.

“Anyone who follows the box office knows that we are experiencing an important moment at the intersection of ’90s and early 2000s nostalgia and millennial parents lookin

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