New Power Rangers Live-Action Disney+ Series Reportedly Designed to Reinvent the Franchise for a New Generation of Fans

Power Rangers is reportedly acceptable for a live-action bid connected Disney+.

The Wrap reported that Percy Jackson and the Olympians showrunners Jonathan E. Steinberg and Dan Shotz are successful talks to write, showrun, and nutrient a live-action Power Rangers bid for Disney+ and 20th Century TV.

According to The Wrap, Power Rangers proprietor Hasbro intends for the bid to reinvent the franchise for a caller procreation of fans, portion keeping existing fans on-side.

Power Rangers was indispensable viewing for a procreation of kids successful the '90s. Photo by Fox/Getty Images.

The ‘90s TV amusement The Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers was indispensable viewing for a procreation of kids who idolized its teenage superheroes and their associated mechs, which could harvester to signifier an adjacent bigger mech.

In 2018, Hasbro acquired the Power Rangers franchise arsenic good arsenic different brands from archetypal proprietor Saban Properties successful a woody worthy $522 million. At the time, Hasbro said the Power Rangers marque had “tremendous upside potential.”

“We spot important accidental for Power Rangers crossed our full Brand Blueprint, including toys and games, user products, integer gaming and entertainment, arsenic good arsenic geographically passim our planetary retail footprint,” Brian Goldner, Hasbro’s president and main enforcement officer, said upon announcing the deal.

The woody came successful the aftermath of the failed 2017 movie reboot, which gave Power Rangers a gritty makeover that was designed to spawn aggregate sequels. Those plans were scrapped amid mediocre container bureau performance, and Saban sold the rights to Hasbro soon after.

Other eye-catching Hasbro projects see a live-action Dungeons & Dragons bid called The Forgotten Realms, which is presently successful improvement astatine Netflix, an animated Magic: The Gathering series, besides successful the works astatine Netflix, and a Magic: The Gathering cinematic universe.

Photo by Fox/Getty Images.

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