Dacre Montgomery, whose second feature film appearance was as Red Ranger Jason in Dean Israelite‘s 2017 film Power Rangers, has explained why the third film version of the original superhero TV franchise received no sequels.
Israelite’s film served as a soft reboot of the debut episode of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, which aired from 1993 to 1995 and kickstarted the franchise’s 23 following shows. The premise follows a gang of teenagers who are trained as superheroes to take on enemies, all marked by distinct colours and visual themes.
Israelite’s film spin-off also starred Naomi Scott, RJ Cyler, Becky G, and Ludi Lin, alongside Bill Hader, Bryan Cranston, and Elizabeth Banks. Power Rangers was made from a budget of $100-105 million but underperformed at the box office, with a gross of $142.5 million.
“It was my first job. It was literally the most formative period of my life. Like after wanting to be an actor for 10 years and not getting hired, and then getting that film, and yeah, it was a four-picture deal with Lionsgate,” the Stranger Things actor shared with MovieWeb.
“Similar sort of structure to what they did with Hunger Games. The same studio at the same time.”
Montgomery added that the studio “had a lot of ambitions” as well as “…a lot of creative expansion of the franchise, of the IP.”
“I had the best time with those cast,” the star reminisced. “You know we’ve spoken about it before.” He then concluded that the reasoning behind abandoning the film’s follow-up is that the first “didn’t recoup or make enough on the investment that the studio had made to continue making more.”
“I hear they’re rebooting it again. I think Saban might have sold the IP off. I’m excited for the future of that. Power Rangers means a great deal to a lot of people,” Montgomery shared. “Whoever steps into those shoes, I know that they’ll be great, and I had the best time.”
Jonathan E. Steinberg and Dan Shotz are reported to be behind a Disney + reboot.
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