‘Power Rangers’ Reboot News: Robie Amell Expresses Desire to Portray the Red Ranger
Power Rangers reboot movie is a go!
Lionsgate has stated its release date will be on July 22, 2016 and in a post by Variety, the reboot is a modern retelling of the origin of the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. The story follows a group of ordinary high school kids who are given extraterrestrial powers and tasked to harness their newfound powers to save the world.
Zack Stentz and Ashley Miller, who were behind the Marvel superhero movies X-Men: First Class and Thor, were tasked to write the script.
Executive Producer Roberto Orci said that they have about 600 pages of research on Power Rangers, which they went through to find the right material to use for the film. He pointed out to its creator Haim Saban that they were sticking to the canon so that the story would remain faithful to the original.
Orci stressed that he would not ruin the Power Rangers franchise because children all over the world know what the Power Rangers are.
Based on the long-running Japanese "Super Sentai" series, Power Rangers gained popularity when it was adapted into the 1993 Fox Kids TV series. This inspired the film Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie which was released two years later. The TV series ran until 1996, when the franchise was renamed simply "Power Rangers." In later seasons, the titular teens were replaced with new characters every year. The second film, Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie, was released in 1997. This was presented as a link between "Power Rangers" series "Zeo" and "Turbo."
Meanwhile, CW's The Flash actor, Robbie Amell, who plays Firestorm, had expressed interest in gaining the role of the Red Ranger. 26-year-old Robbie grew up watching Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, and he has been a fan ever since. So he decided to post about in on his Twitter account maybe to get the attention of the producers.
According to Movieweb, Robbie tweeted: "My childhood dream. RT @TDR1411: @KhiryHuggins@MuseZack Way too old! @RobbieAmell for Red Ranger!"