The search for the next basketball-playing pup is on.

Almost three decades after the first "Air Bud" became a sleeper hit, creator and producer of the 14-film franchise Robert Vince announced a new film, "Air Bud Returns," is in the works, and that Air Bud Entertainment is looking "to discover the next golden retriever to carry the 25-year legacy forward."

"We introduced the world to an incredible golden retriever called Air Bud," Vince says in the Aug. 8 video posted to the Air Bud TV YouTube page. "He proved to the world that anything is possible. Now, we're bringing Buddy back to the big screen with an all-new movie called 'Air Bud Returns'."

Vince noted that auditions for the next Air Bud pup are being conducted for the first time.

The new film, which will be written and directed b

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