- This episode of Nerdist News
is sponsored by Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order.
New details reveal how the Power Rangers
will get rebooted again.
Well, that didn't take too long.
After getting rebooted just two years ago
with 2017's Power Rangers,
the Mighty Morphers themselves are getting
the overhaul treatment once more,
as they prepare to head back to the big screen
for another chance at box office gold.
- That's a lot of gold.
- However, new details have emerged about this outing,
which may hold the keys for its success.
We're gonna break it down right now.
We've previously reported
that a new Power Rangers re-boot was in the works,
featuring an all different cast,
thanks to a Reddit ask me anything
for 2017's red ranger, Dacre Montgomery,
in which he spilled the beans.
And now an exclusive from the folks
at the Hollywood Reporter over the weekend,
has confirmed it's official.
Well fans of the teens with attitude,
were on board for the most recent remake,
it effectively bombed with general movie goers,
and then plans for any subsequent sequels were scrapped.
Despite the films obvious setup
for the introduction of Tommy the green ranger,
AKA the best ranger,
per our own producer, Nate.
I think he just likes dudes with ponytails,
which explains why he hangs around with Kyle Hill so much.
However since then,
the owners of the Power Rangers brand, Saban,
sold the rights to Hasbro,
who also own the rights to other toy brands
like Transformers and G.I Joe.
And it appears that Hasbro's decided to team up
with their go to film studio, Paramount
for this latest Power Rangers offering.
It was also revealed that Johnathon Entwistle,
the creator of The End of the (beep) World on Netflix,
is in negotiations to helm this reboot,
based on his understanding of the younger audience,
that Paramount's aiming for.
While that all sounds like a lot of inside Hollywood
baseball jibber jabber,
do we actually have any cool details
about the story,
or what we can expect from this new iteration?
Well actually, we do.
According to the Hollywood Reporter,
the studio's hoping they can get back
to the franchises roots,
specifically their flannel infused 1990s roots.
The story is said to involve a time travel element,
that brings the kids back to the 1990s,
and in Back to the Future fashion,
they have to find a way to get back to their present.
Whoa, okay.
Wow, seriously it's gonna be like
Back to The Future meets 90s Power Rangers, well.
- Excuse me, but will like somebody come back to Earth
and pick me up?
Because I am totally confused.
- I don't know, that's certainly a choice,
and what I'm actually pretty okay with.
While we know that we're gonna be getting
an entirely new cast for this film,
the bigger question that we have is,
which iteration of the Power Rangers team
are we gonna get this time around?
Lightspeed Rescue, Wild Force, Zeo, Turbo,
Space Lost Galaxy, Ninja Storm, Ninja Steel,
Time Force, Mystic Force, Dino Thunder,
Dino Supercharge, RPM, S.P.D,
Jungle Fury, Samurai, Beast Morphers,
Megaforce, Operation Overdrive,
Alien Rangers?
First off, those are all real teams,
and secondly,
it's not gonna be any of them.
Our best bet is that the producers
are gonna want to focus on the original,
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers,
who jump started the whole ranger craze in America.
Something that even the most uninformed fans can understand.
Of course fans are already beginning to speculate
on how the Power Rangers will end up back in the 1990s.
The obvious theory is that the Ranger team
is from modern times,
but due to some time traveling hi-jinks,
they get sent back to the 90s,
and end up in some fish out of water shenanigans,
as they cope with that decades aesthetics and technology.
Or rather lack thereof.
100 free hours of AOL,
is this useful?
Does anyone remember that?
I was extremely online as a child.
Anyway, this also opened up the door to possible cameos
from the original cast.
Something every ranger fan would probably be down to see.
The other theory getting steam online
with die hard fans,
is that the new re-boot will follow the Time Force Rangers.
This iteration of the Power Rangers
were from the year 3000,
and tasked with protecting the timeline,
from evil doers.
And some are speculating
that we can see them being the ones
possibly going back in time,
to team up with the OG Mighty Morphers from the 1990s.
Now while it's possible,
it seems like it's too deep of a cut for general audiences,
but then again, who knows?
This would be the second biggest Power Rangers crossover
of all time.
I say second biggest,
because we all know the number one spots
always gonna be when the Power Rangers
teamed up with the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
In fact, why don't they just do that movie instead?
Because, that's the real crossover that we all wanna see.
Am I right?
- Yeah.
- Anyway, we'll just have to wait and see
as the new details about this Power Rangers reboot
continues to develop.
But what do you folks think?
Are you excited for this new Power Rangers reboot?
Which Power Rangers team is your favorite, and why?
And how the hell did the green ranger
play a flute dagger through his helmet?
I have questions, let's discuss.
Thank you again to Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order
for sponsoring today's episode.
You play Cal Kestis,
a Jedi Padawan who narrowly escaped the purge of Order 66,
following the events of Episode III, Revenge of the Sith.
On a quest to rebuild the Jedi order,
you must pick up the pieces of your shadowed past,
to complete your training,
develop new powerful force abilities,
and master the art of the iconic light saber.
All while staying one step ahead of the Empire
and its deadly inquisitors.
Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order's available now on
Xbox One, PS4 and PC.
(upbeat music)