The director of Power Rangers has explained his decision to make Elizabeth Banks’ Rita Repulsa the Green Ranger. The Green Ranger is perhaps the most popular character from the original Mighty Morphin Power Rangers TV show and while the character doesn’t appear in its traditional form, there is a certain reworking present. Dean Israelite, the […]
Power Rangers director believes PG-13 rating hurt its box office
Lionsgate and Saban certainly had big plans for their Power Rangers reboot, hoping to use the movie as the launching point for a franchise of up to seven instalments. Unfortunately, the film disappointed at the box office, grossing just $140 million worldwide, leaving a second instalment looking very unlikely (although there has been some talk […]
Movie Review – Power Rangers (2017)
Power Rangers, 2017. Directed by Dean Israelite. Starring Dacre Montgomery, Naomi Scott, RJ Cyler, Ludi Lin, Becky G, Matt Shively, John Stewart, Cody Kearsley, David Denman, Robert Moloney, Anjali Jay, Sarah Grey, Morgan Taylor Campbell, Wesley MacInnes, Elizabeth Banks, Bill Hader, and Bryan Cranston. SYNOPSIS: A group of high-school kids, who are infused with unique […]
Second Opinion – Power Rangers (2017)
Power Rangers, 2017. Directed by Dean Israelite Starring Dacre Montgomery, Naomi Scott, RJ Cyler, Ludi Lin, Becky G, Matt Shively, John Stewart, Cody Kearsley, David Denman, Robert Moloney, Anjali Jay, Sarah Grey, Morgan Taylor Campbell, Wesley MacInnes, Elizabeth Banks, Bill Hader, Bryan Cranston, Amy Jo Johnson, and Jason David Frank. SYNOPSIS: A group of high-school […]
Movie Review – Power Rangers (2017)
Power Rangers, 2017. Directed by Dean Israelite Starring Dacre Montgomery, Naomi Scott, RJ Cyler, Ludi Lin, Becky G, Matt Shively, John Stewart, Cody Kearsley, David Denman, Robert Moloney, Anjali Jay, Sarah Grey, Morgan Taylor Campbell, Wesley MacInnes, Elizabeth Banks, Bill Hader, Bryan Cranston, Amy Jo Johnson, and Jason David Frank. SYNOPSIS: A group of high-school […]
Power Rangers director calls upcoming reboot “mature but still playful”
Last month it was announced that Power Rangers fans will have a further eight months to wait before the Mighty Morphin’ heroes return to the big screen for Lionsgate and Saban Brands’ upcoming reboot, with the film being pushed back to January 2017. Now IGN has caught up with director Dean Israelite (Project Almanac), who […]
Project Almanac director in talks for Power Rangers reboot
Apart from the ultra-violent Power/Rangers short film that debuted earlier this year, we haven’t heard much about the Power Rangers, who are set to get another shot at the big screen next summer. That’s about to change, however, as word has hit that the film may have just found a director. According to TheWrap, Lionsgate and Saban are […]
Second Opinion – Project Almanac (2015)
Project Almanac, 2015 Directed by Dean Israelite Starring Jonny Weston, Sofia Black-D’Elia, Sam Lerner, Allen Evangelista, Virginia Gardner and Amy Landecker SYNOPSIS: A found-footage teen-flick, whereby our college-applying scientists find a clock-rewinding contraption in the basement… Creating a time travel movie that doesn’t have any leaky gaps in its plot is a very tricky thing to pull off. Similarly creating a […]
Movie Review – Project Almanac (2015)
Project Almanac, 2015. Directed by Dean Israelite. Starring Jonny Weston, Sofia Black-D’Elia, Sam Lerner, Allen Evangelista, Virginia Gardner and Amy Landecker. SYNOPSIS A found-footage teen-flick, whereby our college-applying scientists find a clock-rewinding contraption in the basement… The word ‘almanac’ isn’t in the vocabulary I use. Perhaps ‘annual’, but I’d assume a collection of lists isn’t what the director is […]
