Power Rangers Alum Dacre Montgomery Reveals the 2017 Movie Was Supposed to Lead to a 'Four-Picture' Franchise

Anyone retrieve the 2017 Power Rangers movie? Well, successful lawsuit you forgot astir that one, prima Dacre Montgomery — connected the heels of his breathtaking relation successful the Faces of Death reboot premiering successful theaters this play — revealed that the movie was primitively planned to beryllium the commencement of a large franchise.

"It was a four-picture woody with Lionsgate. It was gonna beryllium a full large thing. But what tin you do, right?” the histrion explained during a caller interrogation with MovieWeb. During the convo, Montgomery besides highlighted the information that the workplace wanted to crook the movies into a Hunger Games-style lawsuit franchise.

“We're talking astir wealth and large business,” helium noted, explaining that the Power Rangers movie’s deficiency of container bureau occurrence is the crushed that ne'er happened. “And it didn't marque capable connected the concern that the workplace had made to proceed making more.”

Interestingly enough, though, it’s not implicit for the spot conscionable yet. "But I perceive they're rebooting it again. I deliberation Saban mightiness person sold the IP off, truthful I'm excited for the aboriginal of that,” Montgomery added. “Power Rangers means a large woody to a batch of people. So I cognize that whoever steps into those shoes volition beryllium great. And I had the champion time."

Though Montgomery — who went connected to play nary different than seasons 2 and 3 prima Billy Hargrove connected Stranger Things — and his chap rangers specified arsenic Smile’s Naomi Scott and Becky G were a highlight, the 2017 enactment movie ended up coming successful astatine $142 cardinal worldwide connected a $100 cardinal budget. Needless to say, that’s a beauteous coagulated nonaccomplishment for Lionsgate, 1 that would surely person them reasoning doubly astir trying for much films. That said, it’ll beryllium absorbing to spot wherever things spell from present for our favourite Mighty Morphin’ crew.

Side note: it appears the 2nd imaginable reboot Montgomery mentioned is abstracted from the upcoming TV bid announced astatine Disney past twelvemonth with the Percy Jackson and the Olympians showrunners astatine the helm. But we’re inactive waiting connected much details determination too.

Alongside Montgomery, Scott, and Becky G, RJ Cyler and Ludi Lin besides played Rangers successful the 2017 film, with Bill Hader, Elizabeth Banks, and Bryan Cranston rounding retired the cast. You tin rent oregon bargain the movie present connected Prime Video oregon Apple TV.

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Lex Briscuso is simply a movie and tv professional and a freelance amusement writer for IGN. You tin travel her connected Twitter astatine @nikonamerica.