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Air Bud (series)

{{Short description|American film franchise}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2012}}

{{Infobox media franchise

|title = Air Bud

|origin = Air Bud (1997)

|owner = Air Bud Entertainment (original films and Air Buddies)
The Walt Disney Company (all other films)

|years = 1997–2013

|films = {{Plainlist|

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|dtv =

{{Collapsible list

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|expand = true

|title = Air Bud series

|1 = Air Bud: World Pup (2000)

|2 = Air Bud: Seventh Inning Fetch (2002)

|3 = Air Bud: Spikes Back (2003)

}}

{{Collapsible list

|framestyle = border:none; padding:0;

|expand = true

|title = Air Buddies series

|1 = Air Buddies (2006)

|2 = Snow Buddies (2008)

|3 = Space Buddies (2009)

|4 = Santa Buddies (2009)

|5 = Spooky Buddies (2011)

|6 = Treasure Buddies (2012)

|7 = Super Buddies (2013)

}}

{{Collapsible list

|framestyle = border:none; padding:0;

|expand = true

|title = Santa Paws series

|1 = The Search for Santa Paws (2010)

|2 = Santa Paws 2: The Santa Pups (2012)

}}

|footnotes =

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The Air Bud film series (also known as Disney Buddies) is an American film franchise based on a sports-playing Golden Retriever named Buddy, portrayed by Buddy.{{cite news|last=Wolk|first=Josh|title=Air Bud|url=http://ew.com/article/1998/04/03/pooch-comes-shove/|access-date=May 11, 2011|newspaper=Entertainment Weekly|date=April 3, 1998}} The franchise began in 1997 with the theatrical release of Air Bud, followed by the theatrical release of Air Bud: Golden Receiver in 1998. Following the box office failure of Golden Receiver, the rest of the films in the series were released in direct-to-video form. The Air Buddies or Disney Buddies spin-off series began in 2006 with the release of Air Buddies and it focuses on the adventures of Buddy's talking Golden Retriever puppies.{{cite news|last=Finley|first=Adam|title=Air Bud is Coming Back|url=http://blog.moviefone.com/2006/02/24/air-bud-is-coming-back|access-date=May 11, 2011|newspaper=AOL Moviefone|date=February 24, 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120612025450/http://blog.moviefone.com/2006/02/24/air-bud-is-coming-back/|archive-date=June 12, 2012|url-status=dead}} The franchise features fourteen films (five of which were in the Air Bud series and seven in the Air Buddies series),{{cite news|last1=Strowbridge|first1=C.S.|title=DVD and Blu-ray Releases for August 27th, 2013 - The Numbers|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/news/120880830-DVD-and-Blu-ray-Releases-for-August-27th-2013|access-date=December 18, 2017|work=The Numbers|publisher=Nash Information Services, LLC|date=August 26, 2013}} in addition to two Christmas spin-offs of the Air Buddies series.

Disney Buddies is one of the top direct-to-DVD franchises, just behind Disney Fairies at $300 million, with the first 12 films grossing $220 million by March 2014.{{cite news|last1=McClintock|first1=Pamela|title=How Tinker Bell Became Disney's Stealthy $300 Million Franchise|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/how-tinker-bell-became-disneys-692559|access-date=December 18, 2017|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=April 3, 2014|language=en}}

History

Kevin DiCicco's Golden Retriever Buddy was featured on America's Funniest Home Videos and David Letterman's "Stupid Pet Tricks". He then (in 1991), approached the independent production company Keystone Entertainment to produce Air Bud, a film based on Buddy. He also formed his production company, Air Bud Productions, that year. Disney's Miramax was brought on as the distribution company.{{cite news|last1=Goodridge|first1=Mike|title=Miramax gets in family way with Keystone|url=https://www.screendaily.com/miramax-gets-in-family-way-with-keystone/408423.article|access-date=December 18, 2017|work=Screen Daily|date=February 20, 2002|language=en}} Keystone indicated that no sequel was planned. The film did well in the home video market.

By April 1998, DiCicco and Robert Vince, the film's producer at Keystone, had a falling out, as Keystone and Vince had gone forward with a sequel, Air Bud: Golden Receiver, without DiCicco, who also claimed he wasn't paid anything for the first film and that he owns the Air Bud rights (based on the name of this production company name).

DiCicco bred three offspring of Buddy and trained them for sports like Buddy. The puppies were signed to an endorsement deal by DiCicco for Milk-Bone dog biscuits for puppies. He intended to make his own sequel, Air Bud: The Next Generation, which was scheduled to start production in the fall of 1999, with its concept being a "cross between Ferris Bueller and Home Alone".

Disney and William Morris Agency were sued in December 2011 over the Santa Paws films being unauthorized copies of a 1991 script for Santa Paws: The Story of Santa's Dog.{{cite news|last1=Gardner|first1=Eriq|title=Lawsuit Claims Disney Ripped Off Films About Santa Claus' Dog|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/christmas-lawsuit-disney-santa-claus-dog-276165|access-date=December 19, 2017|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=December 23, 2011 |language=en}}

Film series

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center; margin=auto; width:100%;"

! style="width:14%" | Film

! U.S. release date

! Directed by

! Screenplay by

! Story by

! Produced by

! {{nowrap|{{Abbr|Refs.|References}}}}

colspan="7" style="background-color:#ccccff;" | Air Bud
Air Bud

|August 1, 1997

|Charles Martin Smith

|colspan="2" rowspan="2"| Paul Tamasy & Aaron Mendelssohn

|Robert Vince and William Vince

|{{cite web|title=Air Bud (1997)|url=https://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1800020092/details|work=Yahoo! Movies|access-date=May 11, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100722225930/http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1800020092/details|archive-date=July 22, 2010|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}

Air Bud: Golden Receiver

|August 14, 1998

| Richard Martin

| Robert Vince

|{{cite web|title=Air Bud: Golden Receiver|url=http://www.fandango.com/airbud:goldenreceiver_v168180/plotsummary|work=Fandango|access-date=May 11, 2011}}

Air Bud: World Pup

|December 12, 2000

| Bill Bannerman

| colspan="2"| Mike Whiting and Robert Vince & Anne Vince

| Ian Fodie

|{{cite web|title=Air Bud: World Pup Plot Summary and Details|url=http://www.moviefone.com/movie/air-bud-world-pup/1165226/synopsis|work=AOL Moviefone|access-date=May 11, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120404121147/http://www.moviefone.com/movie/air-bud-world-pup/1165226/synopsis|archive-date=April 4, 2012}}

Air Bud: Seventh Inning Fetch

|June 18, 2002

| Robert Vince

|Sara Sutton & Stephanie Isherwood and Anne Vince & Anna McRoberts

|rowspan=2| Robert Vince

| Robert Vince and Anna McRoberts

|{{cite web|title=Air Bud: Seventh Inning Fetch|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/261094/Air-Bud-Seventh-Inning-Fetch/overview|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080131190445/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/261094/Air-Bud-Seventh-Inning-Fetch/overview|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 31, 2008|department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=The New York Times|author=Buzz McClain|date=2008|access-date=May 11, 2011}}

Air Bud: Spikes Back

|June 24, 2003

|Mike Southon

| Anne Vince & Anna McRoberts

|Anna McRoberts, Robert Vince and Benjamin Kutz

|{{cite news|last=Tyner|first=Adam|title=Air Bud Spikes Back|url=http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/6789/air-bud-spikes-back/|access-date=May 11, 2011|newspaper=DVD Talk|date=24 June 2003}}

colspan="8" style="background-color:#ccccff;" | Air Buddies
Air Buddies

| December 12, 2006

| rowspan="7"| Robert Vince

|colspan="3" rowspan="7"| Anna McRoberts & Robert Vince

|

Snow Buddies

| February 5, 2008

|{{cite news|last=Kho|first=Nancy|title=Snow Buddies|url=http://www.commonsensemedia.org/movie-reviews/snow-buddies|access-date=May 11, 2011|newspaper=Common Sense Media|date=December 20, 2010}}

Space Buddies

| February 3, 2009

|{{cite news|last=Orange|first=B. Alan|title=Space Buddies DVD|url=http://www.movieweb.com/dvd/DV2Xw633Ny6m53/RExFODCDGPH8BE|access-date=May 11, 2011|newspaper=MovieWeb|date=February 6, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120929075013/http://www.movieweb.com/dvd/DV2Xw633Ny6m53/RExFODCDGPH8BE|archive-date=September 29, 2012}}

Santa Buddies

| November 24, 2009

|

Spooky Buddies

| September 20, 2011

|

Treasure Buddies

| January 31, 2012

|{{cite web|url=http://www.acfcwest.com/productions/2010/wrapped/treasurebuddies.html|title=TREASURE BUDDIES Straight to DVD Feature|publisher=Association of Canadian Film Craftspeople|access-date=October 1, 2011}}{{cite news|last=Katz|first=Josh|title=Treasure Buddies Blu-ray|url=http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=7677|access-date=November 11, 2011|newspaper=Blu-ray.com|date=November 4, 2011}}

Super Buddies

| August 27, 2013

|

colspan="8" style="background-color:#ccccff;" | Santa Paws
The Search for Santa Paws

| November 23, 2010

| rowspan="2"| Robert Vince

| colspan="3" rowspan="2"| Anna McRoberts & Robert Vince

|{{cite news|last=Herman|first=Joly|title=The Search for Santa Paws|url=http://www.commonsensemedia.org/movie-reviews/search-santa-paws#whats-the-story-main|access-date=May 11, 2011|newspaper=Common Sense Media|date=November 23, 2010}}

Santa Paws 2: The Santa Pups

| November 20, 2012

|

Recurring cast and characters

{{Cast indicator|V}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" width=99%
rowspan="2" width="7%" | Characters

! colspan="5" | Air Bud film series

! colspan="7" | Buddies film series

! colspan="2" | Santa Paws film series

width="7%" | Air Bud

! width="7%" | Air Bud: Golden Receiver

! width="7%" | Air Bud: World Pup

! width="7%" | Air Bud: Seventh Inning Fetch

! width="7%" | Air Bud Spikes Back

! width="7%" | Air Buddies

! width="7%" | Snow Buddies

! width="7%" | Space Buddies

! width="7%" | Santa Buddies

! width="7%" | Spooky Buddies

! width="7%" | Treasure Buddies

! width="7%" | Super Buddies

! width="7%" | The Search for Santa Paws

! width="7%" | Santa Paws 2: The Santa Pups

Buddy

|Buddy

|Rush

Chase
Zak
Chance

|Dakota

Walker
Shooter
Tango
Poacher

|Shaq

Dakota
Shooter
Sniper
Tango

|Bailey

Brandy
Charlie
Walker

|colspan="2" | Tom Everett Scott{{ref|voice|V}}

|colspan="7" style="background-color:lightgrey;"| 

Jackie Framm (Sullivan)

|Wendy Makkena

|Cynthia Stevenson

|Chilton Crane

|colspan=4|Cynthia Stevenson

|colspan="7" style="background-color:lightgrey;" | 

Josh Framm

|colspan=4|Kevin Zegers

|colspan="10" style="background-color:lightgrey;"| 

Tom Stewart

|colspan="4" | Shayn Solberg

|colspan="10" style="background-color:lightgrey;"| 

Andrea Framm

|Jessibelle and Katy Mather

|Alyson MacLaren

|colspan=2|Caitlin Wachs

|Katija Pevec

|colspan=9 style="background-color:lightgrey;"| 

Dr. Patrick Sullivan

|style="background-color:lightgrey;"| 

|Gregory Harrison

|Dale Midkiff

|Richard Karn

|Alf Humphreys

|colspan=2|Richard Karn

|colspan="7" style="background-color:lightgrey;" | 

Molly

|colspan="2" style="background-color:lightgrey;"| 

|various Golden Retrievers

|colspan="2" style="background-color:lightgrey;"| 

|colspan=2|Molly Shannon{{ref|voice|V}}

|colspan="7" style="background-color:lightgrey;"| 

Noah Sullivan

|colspan="3" style="background-color:lightgrey;"| 

|Hannah Marof and Emma Marof

|Jake D. Smith

|Slade Pearce

|Dylan Minnette

|colspan="7" style="background-color:lightgrey;" | 

Sheriff Bob

|colspan="3" style="background-color:lightgrey;"| 

|colspan=3|Patrick Cranshaw

|colspan="8" style="background-color:lightgrey;"| 

B-Dawg

|colspan="5" style="background-color:lightgrey;" | 

|colspan="6" |Skyler Gisondo{{ref|voice|V}}

|Cooper Roth{{ref|voice|V}}

|colspan="2" style="background-color:lightgrey;" | 

Buddha

|colspan="5" style="background-color:lightgrey;" | 

|Dominic Scott Kay{{ref|voice|V}}

|Jimmy Bennett{{ref|voice|V}}

|colspan="2" |Field Cate{{ref|voice|V}}

|colspan="2" |Charles Henry Wyson{{ref|voice|V}}

|Tenzing Trainor{{ref|voice|V}}

|colspan="2" style="background-color:lightgrey;" | 

Budderball

|colspan="5" style="background-color:lightgrey;" | 

|colspan="4" |Josh Flitter{{ref|voice|V}}

|Nico Ghisi{{ref|voice|V}}

|Tucker Albrizzi{{ref|voice|V}}

|Jeremy Shinder{{ref|voice|V}}

|colspan="2" style="background-color:lightgrey;" | 

Mudbud

|colspan="5" style="background-color:lightgrey;" | 

|Spencer Fox{{ref|voice|V}}

|colspan="2" |Henry Hodges{{ref|voice|V}}

|colspan="4" |Ty Panitz{{ref|voice|V}}

|colspan="2" style="background-color:lightgrey;" | 

Rosebud

|colspan="5" style="background-color:lightgrey;" | 

|Abigail Breslin{{ref|voice|V}}

|colspan="3" |Liliana Mumy{{ref|voice|V}}

|colspan="3" |G Hannelius{{ref|voice|V}}

|colspan="2" style="background-color:lightgrey;" | 

Sniffer

|colspan="5" style="background-color:lightgrey;" | 

|Don Knotts{{ref|voice|V}}

|colspan="2" style="background-color:lightgrey;" | 

|colspan="4" |Tim Conway{{ref|voice|V}}

|colspan="2" style="background-color:lightgrey;" | 

Eli

|colspan="8" style="background-color:lightgrey;" | 

|Danny Woodburn

|colspan="3" style="background-color:lightgrey;" | 

|colspan="2" |Danny Woodburn

Santa Claus

|colspan="8" style="background-color:lightgrey;" | 

|George Wendt

|colspan="3" style="background-color:lightgrey;" | 

|Richard Riehle

|Pat Finn

Mrs. Claus

|colspan="12" style="background-color:lightgrey;" | 

|Patrika Darbo

|Cheryl Ladd

  • Note: A dark gray cell indicates the character does not appear in the film.

Crew

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" "width:99%;"
rowspan=3| Credited as

! colspan="5" rowspan="2" align="center" style="background-color:ivory;"| Air Bud film series

! colspan="9" align="center"| Spin-offs

colspan="7" align="center" style="background-color:ivory;" | Air Buddies film series

! colspan="2" align="center" style="background-color:ivory;" | Santa Paws film series

Air Bud
(1997)

!Air Bud: Golden Receiver
(1998)

!Air Bud: World Pup
(2000)

!Air Bud: Seventh Inning Fetch
(2002)

!Air Bud: Spikes Back
(2003)

!Air Buddies
(2006)

!Snow Buddies
(2008)

!Space Buddies
(2009)

!Santa Buddies
(2009)

!Spooky Buddies
(2011)

!Treasure Buddies
(2012)

!Super Buddies
(2013)

!The Search for Santa Paws
(2010)

!Santa Paws 2: The Santa Pups
(2012)

Director

|Charles Martin Smith

|Richard Martin

|Bill Bannerman

|Robert Vince

|Mike Southon

|colspan="9"|Robert Vince

Producer(s)

|{{small|Robert Vince,
Michael Strange,
William Vince}}

|{{small|Robert Vince}}

|{{small|Ian Fodie}}

|colspan="111" | {{small|Anna McRoberts,
Robert Vince}}

Screenwriter(s)

|rowspan="2" colspan="2"| {{small|Paul Tamasy,
Aaron Mendelsohn}}

|rowspan="2"| {{small|Mike Whiting,
Robert Vince,
Anne Vince}}

|{{small|Sara Sutton,
Stephanie Isherwood,
Anne Vince,
Anna McRoberts}}

|{{small|Anne Vince,
Anna McRoberts}}

|rowspan="2"| {{small|Anna McRoberts,
Robert Vince,
Phil Hanley}}

|rowspan="2" colspan="7"| {{small|Robert Vince,
Anna McRoberts}}

|rowspan="2" | {{small|Robert Vince,
Anna McRoberts,
Philip Fracassi}}

Story by

|colspan="2"| {{small|Robert Vince}}

Composer(s)

|colspan="7"| {{small|Brahm Wenger}}

|{{small|Brahm Wenger,
Gregory Prechel}}

|colspan="6"| {{small|Brahm Wenger}}

Cinematographer

|colspan="2"| {{small|Mike Southon}}

|{{small|Cyrus Block}}

|{{small|Steve Adelson}}

|colspan="2"| {{small|Mike Southon}}

|colspan="3"| {{small|Kamal Derkaoui}}

|{{small|Mike Southon}}

|{{small|Kamal Derkaoui}}

|{{small|Mark Irwin}}

|{{small|Kamal Derkaoui}}

|{{small|Mark Irwin}}

Editor(s)

|{{small|Alison Vince}}

|{{small|Bruce Lange,
Melinda Seabrook}}

|{{small|Kelly Herron,
Laura Mazur}}

|colspan="3"| {{small|Kelly Herron,
Jason Pielak}}

|colspan="4"| {{small|Kelly Herron}}

|{{small|Jason Pielak}}

|colspan="3"| {{small|Kelly Herron}}

See also

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

  • Disney Buddies {{url|http://disney.com/Buddies|official website}}

{{The Air Bud Series}}

{{Disney franchises}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Air Bud (Series)}}

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