“Percy Jackson and the Olympians” showrunners Jonathan E. Steinberg and Dan Shotz are in talks to write, showrun and produce a live-action “Power Rangers” series for Disney+ and 20th Century TV, TheWrap has exclusively learned.
Hasbro will produce the series, which will reinvent the franchise for a whole new generation of fans while delighting those who already know and love the world of Power Rangers.
I think I'll enjoy this liminal space of anticipation until Disney finds a way to screw this up.
The franchise has been a mess lately, we were supposed to get a reboot on netflix that ended up getting canned. We got 'once and always' which, I thought was great in spite of the unfortunate passing of Jason David Frank (although fyi, he had already turned it down when was still living, so he wouldn't have been in it regardless)
But I had really hoped we would see a follow up to that, especially with how they introduced Trini's daughter, and teased the return of Zordon.
But with this new news, I'm mostly wondering what the age demo is going to be. Lately they've been aiming new seasons at preschoolers, which is younger than even the original show was. It didn't work, it dummed things down too much. I'm not saying we need a PG 13 version of the show, but it would be nice to not feel too insulted either like most of the neo saban era. (as in, the era of PR when saban bought the show back from Disney)
Kyle wrote: ↑Sun Mar 23, 2025 8:05 pm
The franchise has been a mess lately, we were supposed to get a reboot on netflix that ended up getting canned. We got 'once and always' which, I thought was great in spite of the unfortunate passing of Jason David Frank (although fyi, he had already turned it down when was still living, so he wouldn't have been in it regardless)
But I had really hoped we would see a follow up to that, especially with how they introduced Trini's daughter, and teased the return of Zordon.
I had mixed feelings about "Once and Always," but I was also eager to see what Netflix did with the franchise before that all went the way of the dodo.
The Power Rangers situation had always had that fun little place in my mind as the one time in history that Disney ever gave up the rights to something, but I guess that was only ever going to last for so long.
I remember the Power Rangers in Hollywood Studios years ago, but otherwise I didn't know they had continued with so many versions of the show.
Saban was mainly after enough leverage to break into the film industry—an industry they’re still part of today through Saban Films. The kids’ licenses were just Haim doing what he always did best: using them as a springboard to something bigger. He missed his shot at the big leagues the first time around, back when Fox Family failed to turn a profit.
These days saban doesn't have anything to do with kids programing.
I'm guessing it'll be less "cheesy" than the '90s show, but I loved that when I was a kid. I'm cautiously optimistic.
