Air Bud Returns Acknowledges Original Dog Buddy Is Canonically Dead

The first footage from Air Bud Returns was screened at CinemaCon on Tuesday, revealing that this movie is a series reboot set within the continuity of the earlier films. The footage also reveals that the canonical golden retriever Buddy of the original Air Bud films is dead, as acknowledged by a memorial statue of him with a basketball that’s been erected in the town of Fernfield.

By Jim Vejvoda