Every once in a while, you may find yourself thinking about the 2017 Power Rangers movie. What seemed like a not good idea on paper ended up being not half bad in execution, mostly thanks to its real-feeling cast.
It’s been nearly a decade since the film came out, and Hollywood’s moved on from it. Still, that hasn’t stopped Dacre Montgomery, who played Jason, opining about what could’ve been. While talking to Movieweb at the Faces of Death premiere, he revealed that Lionsgate had big hopes for the reboot—enough to offer the cast a four-movie deal. Before it came out, the studio had about seven movies in mind, and things were certainly leaning toward more adventures, given a post-credits tease hinted at Tommy Oliver joining the fray.
For Lionsgate, the plan was for Power Rangers to become the studio’s new Hunger Games as a reliable tentpole IP. But things fell apart after the reboot underperformed: it was a hit for merchandising and home release at the time, but in theaters, it “didn’t make enough on the investment that the studio had to continue making more,” Montgomery explained. There was some back and forth over whether a sequel could happen, but in 2019, it was he who revealed plans for another reboot without any of the cast returning.
Flash forward a few years, and now we’re meant to get a reboot for Disney+. We’re all waiting to see what comes of that, and you can count Montgomery among them. “Power Rangers means a great deal to a lot of people,” he said. “I know that whoever steps into those shoes will be great. And I had the best time.”
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