Go Go Power Rangers! 30 years later
The ‘Power Rangers’ are back 30 years later the debut of a franchise that, since then, has led to countless series, movies, video games and toys delighting children (and not so children) all over the world.
Entertainment Weekly has revealed the first photos of the special’Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Once & Always‘, an episode in which several original members of the team will return to save the world once again. Netflix has also published a featurette behind the scenes that you can enjoy in the header of this article.
The special will feature walter emmanuel jones as Zack Taylor (the first Black Ranger) and david jost as Billy Cranston (the first Blue Ranger), as well as Steve Cardenas as Rocky DeSantos (the second Red Ranger), Karan Ashley as Aisha Campbell (the second Yellow Ranger), JOhnny Yong Bosch as Adam Park (the second Black Ranger) and Catherine Sutherland as Kat Hillard (the second Pink Ranger).
The most painful absences are those of Thuy Trang (Trini Kwan, the first Yellow Ranger) and Jason David Frank (the Green Power Ranger Tommy Oliver), who died in 2001 and 2022, respectively.. austin st john (Jason Lee Scott, the Red Ranger) was arrested for pandemic-related government loan fraud last year, and Amy Jo Johnson (Kimberly Hart, the Pink Ranger) seems focused on her new role as director.
Barbara Goodsonwho played the villain Rita Repulsa, and Richard Horvitzthe charge of bringing Zordon’s robot assistant Alpha 5 to life, will also be back.
‘Mighty Morphin Power Rangers’ first premiered on Fox Kids in 1993 as an American adaptation of the Japanese series ‘Super Sentai’.‘. quickly becoming one of the best and most popular series of the 90s. The fourth season of the series was renamed ‘Power Rangers Zeo’ and featured the team receiving new suits and Zords. Although the stories that began with ‘Mighty Morphin Power Rangers’ concluded with ‘Power Rangers in Space’ in 1998, the franchise has continued with multiple new teams taking over. The Power Rangers also appeared on the big screen in 1995’s ‘Power Rangers: The Movie’ and 1997’s ‘Turbo Power Rangers’. The saga had a remake in the form of a new movie in 2017: ‘Power Rangers’.
‘Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers: Once & Always’ will premiere on Netflix next April 19th.
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