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The Power Rangers will not be returning to the small screen. A new live-action series was in development for Disney+ for the last year-and-a-half, but Deadline now reports that the series is not moving forward.
The first Power Rangers series premiered in 1993, with several films following the series. Another reboot was in development in 2017.
The following was revealed about the cancellation of this planned series:
“According to sources, the reasons for the pass are not so much creative than they are business- (aka budget-) related. Mounting a high-end, live-action superhero series of the caliber of Power Rangers is a major investment, the economics of which are not as favorable when the streamer and/or the producing studio do not own the IP, which is the case here. The Power Rangers brand is owned by Hasbro, which has been looking to get a live-action series adaptation off the ground, with Netflix taking a crack at it several years ago.”
What do you think? Did you watch the original series? Did you want to see a new series on the small screen?
