New particulars concerning the deliberate Energy Rangers Cinematic Universe on Netflix have come to gentle a yr after the mission was scrapped.
In 2019, it was reported that Jonathan Entwistle was in talks to direct a movie reboot of the Energy Rangers franchise, with Patrick Burleigh set to put in writing the screenplay. Three years later, in 2022, Jenny Klein was tapped by Netflix, Hasbro, and Leisure One to function showrunner on a brand new Energy Rangers collection. Entwistle was additionally said to be concerned with the collection, with the plan being for the movie and collection to be a part of the identical universe. Nevertheless, in June 2024, it was reported that the deliberate shared universe had been scrapped at Netflix.
What do we all know concerning the scrapped Energy Rangers Cinematic Universe?
Now, throughout a latest Reddit AMA to advertise his new film Karate Child: Legends, Entwistle has opened up about what his tackle the Energy Rangers franchise would have encompassed. “I used to be engaged on Energy Rangers waaaay again in 2018 when it was at Paramount. I used to be writing a film model. Then Hasbro purchased eOne and it was all shaken up once more, the film was shelved after which a TV collection grew to become the brand new focus,” the filmmaker defined.
He continued, “I began work on that, mapping out how that would work with a number of films, exhibits and animations – we labored carefully with Netflix on all of that. After which eOne was no extra and the entire idea of the present and films simply bought misplaced in that shuffle. It actually sucks as a result of it was such a cool method, Star Wars degree, however I feel Hasbro simply couldn’t get everybody behind the identical method.”
Entwistle later divulged that his tackle Energy Rangers wouldn’t have been a remake of the unique Mighty Morphin Energy Rangers collection, however would have taken a multiverse method to the franchise, with fan-favorite character Tommy Oliver as “the middle of the world,” explaining that “all of the mythology was surrounding him being probably the most necessary individuals within the universe… as a result of everyone knows what he would turn into. So it was principally a time-bending HUGE story about stopping Drakkon from taking energy over every little thing.”
He additionally shared that the Netflix collection “had a form of actually cool King Arthur-vibe, that was the angle, extra mystical, magical to start out us off. Jenny Klein who was writing that present additionally got here up with a really very cool thought for sentient colours… however alas, it by no means went wherever. Which sucks, I might’ve LOVED to have made that universe a actuality!”
Whereas Entwistle and Klein’s Energy Rangers Universe is seemingly useless, the franchise will reside on. A brand new live-action collection is at present in growth for Disney+, with Percy Jackson showrunners Jonathan E. Steinberg & Dan Shotz in talks to function writers, showrunners, and govt producers. A brand new movie can be rumored to be in growth at Paramount with a late 2026 launch date in thoughts.
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The 2017 Energy Rangers film and choose seasons of the long-running present are at present streaming on Netflix.
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