Last week it was announced that Roberto Orci (Star Trek) had signed on to executive produce the upcoming Power Rangers reboot, as well as developing the story with Ashley Miller and Zack Stentz (X-Men: First Class), who will pen the screenplay. During an interview with IGN, Orci has discussed working with Haim Saban on the latest big screen version of the long-running series, promising that “I won’t ruin your franchise”.
“One of the first things we did was learn and read,” says Orci. “They have 600 pages of research that they have on their stuff. We read through the synopsis of everything they did and we are actually taking into account quite a bit of the canon in a real way. We’re not just a leave it behind reboot. [Haim] Saban cares very much about that. This is something that he created. I had to go to his house, personally, to tell him, ‘Listen, I’m your man. Miller and Stenz, these are your guys. I promise you I won’t ruin your franchise.’ And he said, ‘It’s very important to me, because kids around the world know what the Power Rangers are. So you can’t just come in here and walk all over it. It better be consistent with what I’ve been doing.’ And I said, ‘Yes sir!'”.
Power Rangers launched in 1993 with the original series Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, which spawned the feature film Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie in 1995 and its 1997 sequel Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie.
Originally published July 22, 2014. Updated April 15, 2018.
