'Power Rangers' Movie News: 'X-Men: First Class' Writers Join Roberto Orci On Screenplay For Reboot Series [VIDEO]
The Power Rangers movie has recruited X-Men and Star Trek alums to work on the screenplay.
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According to The Hollywood Reporter, X-Men: First Class writers Ashley Miller and Zack Stentz will join Transformers and Star Trek writer Roberto Orci on the screenplay for the reboot series. Orci will also serve as executive producer.
Orci, who recently split with screenwriting partner Alex Kurtzman, has formed Sneaky Shark, a new venture. He is currently working on his new show, Matador, for the El Rey Network in addition to the next Star Trek film, which he may also direct.
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Miller and Stentz previously worked on Marvel's Thor and are currently working on a new Terminator television series, but this isn't their first venture with Orci--the duo once worked with Orci on the cult television show, Fringe, along with Kurtzman.
Initially titled The Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, the show featured footage from a Japanese children's show. It was later renamed Power Rangers and became a 90's hit TV series and global marketing franchise.The show first aired on Fox Kids before moving to Disney-owned channels in the 2000s. A movie also hit theaters in 1995.
The new movie promises to completely re-envision the Rangers, a group of high school kids gifted with unique superpowers which they must harness and use as a team if they want to save the world.
Haim Saban created the franchise and will produce Power Rangers with Saban Brands' head of development and production Brian Casentini. Also producing is Allison Shearmur, who oversaw The Hunger Games when she was Lionsgate's president of production. Shearmur recently produced Disney's Cinderella.
Miller and Stentz found success with movies like Thor and X-Men: First Class so having them in charge of the screenplay sounds safe. The problem lies with Orci, who has been a part of nearly every recent big budget Hollywood film. Orci's resume includes Star Trek: Into Darkness, The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Cowboys & Aliens, and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, none of which show he can produce quality work, critically speaking. But these are movies that studios love, as they are entertaining enough to bring in the masses.
