Della's Mighty Ducks

Della's Mighty Ducks would be a 2032 live-action/hand-drawn animated sports comedy film directed by Ryan Coogler from an screenplay co-written with Sev Ohanian, and produced by Coogler, Ohanian, and Maverick Carter. Produced by Walt Disney Pictures and Walt Disney Animation Studios, the film would be a crossover between the Donald Duck franchise and The Mighty Ducks franchise created by Steven Brill, and would star Emilio Estevez and the voices of Paget Bewser, Elizabeth Banks, and Tony Anselmo. The film's score would be composed by James Newton Howard and David Newman. The film would mark the first time the character Della Duck would appear in a film as the main character.
Development on a Della Duck/The Mighty Ducks crossover film would start in early 2029, with Coogler set to direct, co-produce, and co-write the film alongside Ohanian. Carter would join as a producer in mid-2023 alongisde Jennifer Lee, The Mighty Ducks creator Steven Brill, and Frank Angones, who previously worked in the 2017 DuckTales TV series starring Della, who would join as executive-producers. Brawser and Estevez would be reported to be reprising their roles as Gordon Bombay and the voice of Della Duck in late 2029. Anselmo and Banks would join the cast for the film in early 2030. Filming would begin in July 2030 and end in October 2030, and would take place in Vancouver, Canada. Coogler would describe the film as "Disney's Space Jam, but also totally different from that". The filmmakers would consult with the Amputee Coalition in order to potray amputees accurately within the film
Della's Mighty Ducks would be released on May 3, 2032, and would be universally praised, with critics particularly praising the film for its direction, screenplay, depicition of amputees, performances (particularly Brewser and Estevez'), visual effects, musical score, and animation. The film would also be a commercial success, earning 990 million dollars at the worldwide box office over a budget of 130 million dollars. Della's Mighty Ducks would be also earn two Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Original Score.
== Cast ==
* Emilio Estevez as Gordon Bombay, the coacher for a hockey team known as "The Mighty Ducks", who is starting to worry that he may be too old to still be serving at the team's coach.
=== Voice cast ===
* Paget Brawser as Della Duck, Donald Duck's twin sister, who becomes determined to prove she can do anything in spite of her amputed leg.
* Elizabeth Banks as Daphne Duck, Donald and Daisy's aunt, who has an snubbish actitude and constantly undermines Della due to her injury.
* Tony Anselmo as Donald Duck, Della's twin brother, who has a short temper and huge amount of bad luck, but is neverthless loving and caring towards his family.
Additionally, Julie Bowen would reprise her role as Penumbra, a Moonlander and friend of Della's, from DuckTales (2017-21). Cree Summer would voice Hortense Duck, Della and Donald's mother.
== Music ==
James Newton Howard and David Newman would compose the score for the film; Newman previously composed the score for the original Mighty Ducks film. Director Ryan Coogler would Howard and Newman instead of his recurring collaborator Ludwig Gorasson due to their works on the film Space Jam and the original The Mighty Ducks film. Newman would re-use several of his themes from the original film for the score. would compose a "determined and confident" theme for Della, as well as an "snoobish and unlikeable theme" for Daphne. For Donald's theme, the two would aim to create a theme that "captures both his temper and his heart".
== Reception ==
On Rotten Tomatoes, the film would have an approval rating of 98%, with an average rating of 9/10, based on 340 reviews. The website's critical consensus would read, "As witty as it is inspiring, Della's Mighty Ducks is a combination of the most underrated Disney characters that does more than delivering, providing a wonderful, touching script that explores suprisingly timely themes while still being a fun ride for the whole family". On Metacritic, the film would have a weighted rating of 88 out of 100, indicating "universal acclaim".
== Trivia ==
* This would be the first time Daphne Duck has appeared outside of comics.
*The film would mark the first time a Ryan Coogler-directed film isn't scored by Ludwig Görasson
*This would be Hortense Duck's first dpeaking appearance outside of comics.