Aussie Trick Dog to Star in in ‘Air Bud: Maiden Rover’—if Hollywood Gets On Board

While hosting Brekky on Hope 103.2 this week, the very talented Sam Robinson took the chance to make a dream come true—he created a Hollywood flick.

At least, he made a movie trailer…

…well, not quite a full video trailer, more an audio one.

And he pitched it to Hollywood…

…at least, he pitched it to a shop assistant working in a video store in Hollywood…

Anyhoo, let’s not quibble. The point is, Sam’s made an incredible trailer for a new instalment of the famous Air Bud franchise: a series of Disney kids’ movies about a golden retriever named Buddy, who has an uncanny ability to play sports like basketball, soccer, baseball and volleyball.

With the doggy-flicks now gaining a new following on Netflix, Sam thought it was high time an Australian flavour was added into the series: Buddy plays cricket.

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Listen: The final ‘Air Bud: Maiden Rover’ trailer.

With an on-air listener comp, Sam titled the film Air Bud: Maiden Rover, (a play on the cricket term maiden over). He recruited former Australian cricketer and TV presenter Mike Whitney to voice one of the main characters.

Listen: Aussie cricket legend Mike Whitney chats to Sam and voices a few lines for the new ‘Air Bud’ trailer.

And he also found, among his audience, one very talented dog named Jet, to play the voice of Buddy, with a distinctive ‘woof’ down the phone line.

In real life, Jet is a therapy dog who entertains kids and seniors with his many dog-trick talents. We even have legitimate video footage of the very talented Jet catching a ball on the full in a recent holiday game of cricket, proving that dogs truly can do anything they put their paw to / sink their teeth into.

Listen below for the final outcome of Sam’s creative venture. And look out for Air Bud: Maiden Rover at a DVD store near you… sometime in the future… if Sam can secure the funding…

Listen: Sam pitches ‘Air Bud: Maiden Rover’ to a Hollywood movie guy…