Warning: The following contains potential spoilers for the "Power Rangers" reboot
This year's "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2" will bring to a close one of the most popular young adult film franchises of all time, but the YA genre is still primed for a lot more content from Lionsgate Studios. In an attempt to take advantage of your sense of nostalgia, a "Power Rangers" reboot, directed by Dean Israelite ("Project Almanac"), is expected to hit theaters in 2017. This new series will try to recapture the attention of fans of the original while also enticing a new generation of audiences. Apparently, the film will do this with an all-too-familiar storyline.
Umberto Gonzalez of Heroic Hollywood recently got his hands on the rumored plot details for the introduction of the new protagonists and much of the film's first act. Remember, though, these plot details are still unconfirmed so take them with a grain of salt, pepper and any other table condiments you prefer.
- "As previously red, the story will begin during the cretaceous period on Earth, where Zordon -the original Red Ranger - and his team of Power Rangers are fighting Rita Repulsa and Goldar. Zordon detonates a black hole, in order to defeat Rita.
- Fast forward 65 million years to Angel's Grove, California where we meet 16 year old Jason at Hart Automotive.
- Next, we meet Zack at a Dave & Busters. Zack is athletically gifted but does not play any sports for his high school - he's not exactly a team player.
- Meanwhile, back at Hart Automotive we meet Kimberly, a perfectionist on every level (and romantically involved with Jason).
- We are then in a bedroom where we meet Billy who is brilliant in his own way.
- Finally, we meet Trini, the loner and free spirit of the group. She is out in the desert doing yoga.
- Jason and Billy investigate a T-Rex fossil at a military base, which leads them to discover the five power coins that belonged to the first Power Rangers
- Zack, Billy, Trini, Jason & Kimberly meet up & work as a team together for the first time when a meteor shower that struck the moon cause massive waves on Earth to surge inland - threatening the residents of Angel Grove.
- Elsewhere, in a mysterious portal room, Zordon reappears. An ethereal version of his entire body hovers in a glass tube. He meets the robot, Alpha 5.
- Alpha 5 informs Zordon that when he detonated the black hole in the opening scene, it tore the fabric of time around the solar system, transporting them years into the future.
- Zordon realizes that Rita Repulsa is also alive and that her starship landed in Russia. Rita Repulsa awakens in Russia and begins her quest to find gold, as a means of reviving Goldar (whose molecular presence scattered around the globe in the form of gold after the black hole opened up).
- Back at the command center of Zordon's ship, Zordon and Alpha 5 discover Rita's plan.
- Zordon and Alpha 5 discover the power coins have already bonded five teenage humans on Earth and fears they are not ready to be Power Rangers, let alone save the world."
It sounds as if the Power Rangers will follow the same path as the Avengers or the X-Men with a rocky beginning before eventually coming together as a team. While that formula has proven successful for the aforementioned franchises, it's unclear if a campy version featuring teens will be able to do the same.
Again, this is all just unconfirmed at the moment so save your final judgments until there is something a bit more official.
