power rangers
The new line-up of Mighty Morphin’ heroes, unmasked.
It’s morphin’ time! Tigerzord! Mastodon! Pterodactyl! Er... stegosaurus? No? Woolly mammoth?
It doesn’t matter just yet – there isn’t much morphenomenal action happening in this first look at the de-suited Power Rangers. But, while it may be distinctly more ‘catalogue model’ than ‘Turbo’ or ‘Megaforce’, it does at least give us a glimpse at the soon-to-be colourful team all together.
From left to right, we have R.J. Cyler ( Me And Earl And The Dying Girl) as Billy aka The Blue Ranger; Naomi Scott ( The Martian) as Kimberly aka The Pink Ranger; Ludi Lin ( Monster Hunt) as Zack aka The Black Ranger; pop star Becky G. ( Empire) as Trini aka The Yellow Ranger; and Dacre Montgomery as team leader Jason aka The Red Ranger.
The film, directed by Dean Israelite ( Project Almanac), powers up the original premise once more, with five high-school teenagers again chosen by destiny to save the world from evil alien villainess Rita Repulsa, played by Elizabeth Banks in the film.
“I think what [ Banks] loves is the opportunity to really embrace the insanity and deliciousness of Rita Repulsa in terms of how weird and wonderful that character was,” Israelite told Entertainment Weekly.
But what of the colourful costumes? “One key that’s different to the Power Ranger suits is that they’re not really suits that people get into,” Israelite said. “They’re suits that morph onto our kids, so they already have this almost metaphysical quality to them.” It sounds like the final Power Rangers look is going to be Mighty interesting. MLo ETA | 24 March 2017 Power Rangers is currently filming.