Post by The Ultimate Nullifier on Apr 10, 2015 18:45:55 GMT -6
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‘Project Almanac’ Director to Helm ‘Power Rangers’ for Lionsgate
After a lengthy search that saw several top tier directors vying for the job, Lionsgate has tapped Dean Israelite to direct its reboot of “Power Rangers.”
Ashley Miller and Zack Stentz are penning the script with Haim Saban, Brian Casentini and Allison Shearmur producing.
The story reimagines the origins of the “Mighty Morphin Power Rangers,” a group of ordinary high school kids who find themselves infused with extraterrestrial powers and unite as a team to save the world with the aid of giant mechanical vehicles known as Zords.
The characters gained popularity thanks to the 1993 Fox Kids TV series of the same name, which became a pop culture phenomenon and inspired a spinoff theatrical film, “Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie,” in 1995. The original iteration of the series ran until 1996, when the franchise was renamed simply “Power Rangers,” with different subtitles every season. In later seasons, the titular teens were replaced with new characters and vehicles every year. A second theatrical pic, “Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie,” was released in 1997 and was presented as a link between “Power Rangers” series “Zeo” and “Turbo.” The show was originally adapted from the long-running Japanese “Super Sentai” series, recycling footage from the Japanese version to cut down on production costs.
The pic is expected to go up against Guy Ritchie’s retelling of the “King Arthur” story which also bows on July 22.
Israelite seemed like a long shot for the job, given the popularity of the property and his relative inexperience helming feature films, but after a presentation that blew away studio execs, Lionsgate is said to have decided to give Israelite the job fairly quickly.
He is repped by Principato-Young Entertainment and CAA. The Wrap first reported the news.
‘Project Almanac’ Director to Helm ‘Power Rangers’ for Lionsgate
After a lengthy search that saw several top tier directors vying for the job, Lionsgate has tapped Dean Israelite to direct its reboot of “Power Rangers.”
Ashley Miller and Zack Stentz are penning the script with Haim Saban, Brian Casentini and Allison Shearmur producing.
The story reimagines the origins of the “Mighty Morphin Power Rangers,” a group of ordinary high school kids who find themselves infused with extraterrestrial powers and unite as a team to save the world with the aid of giant mechanical vehicles known as Zords.
The characters gained popularity thanks to the 1993 Fox Kids TV series of the same name, which became a pop culture phenomenon and inspired a spinoff theatrical film, “Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie,” in 1995. The original iteration of the series ran until 1996, when the franchise was renamed simply “Power Rangers,” with different subtitles every season. In later seasons, the titular teens were replaced with new characters and vehicles every year. A second theatrical pic, “Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie,” was released in 1997 and was presented as a link between “Power Rangers” series “Zeo” and “Turbo.” The show was originally adapted from the long-running Japanese “Super Sentai” series, recycling footage from the Japanese version to cut down on production costs.
The pic is expected to go up against Guy Ritchie’s retelling of the “King Arthur” story which also bows on July 22.
Israelite seemed like a long shot for the job, given the popularity of the property and his relative inexperience helming feature films, but after a presentation that blew away studio execs, Lionsgate is said to have decided to give Israelite the job fairly quickly.
He is repped by Principato-Young Entertainment and CAA. The Wrap first reported the news.