The long-running children’s series Mighty Morphin Power Rangers debuted on American television in 1993, with the popularity of the show spawning a feature film two years later. Back then it didn’t really take off as a film franchise, but since everything old is new again, the first trailer for the second attempt to make Morphin movies is here.
Jason Lee Scott (Dacre Montgomery) is a troubled teenager in Angel Grove, fresh off a car crash that leaves him with an ankle monitor and needing Saturday school to earn enough credits to graduate. This version of the Breakfast Club includes Kimberly Hart (Naomi Scott), Billy Cranston (RJ Cyler), Trini Kwan (Becky G), and Zack Taylor (Ludi Lin).
Together, they uncover some alien artifacts that grant them new powers like superhuman strength, jumping abilities, and chiseled abs. There’s no mention of what this group becomes “ the Power Rangers “ or any mention of Zordon (Bryan Cranston) or Alpha 5 (Bill Hader).
But it does offer the first glimpse of longtime Power Rangers villain Rita Repulsa (Elizabeth Banks), who notes menacingly that she’s “killed Rangers before.”
The film hits theaters March 24, 2017.
