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I read about this over on facebook the other day. It's crazy to think it's finally ending after all these years in Japan.
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End of another era.
'Power Rangers' Live-Action Series Dead At Disney+ (Exclusive)
Disney+ is not proceeding with a live-action Power Rangers series from 'Percy Jackson and the Olympians' showrunners Jonathan E. Steinberg & Dan Shotz.
deadline.com
EXCLUSIVE: Disney+ is not proceeding with its live-action Power Rangers series.
The project, written and executive produced by Percy Jackson and the Olympians executive producers/showrunners Jonathan E. Steinberg and Dan Shotz, was set up for development at the Disney streamer about a year and a half ago with sibling 20th Television as the studio. It will not be going past the development stage.
According to sources, the reasons for the pass are not so much creative than they are business- (aka budget-) related. Mounting a high-end, live-action superhero series of the caliber of Power Rangers is a major investment, the economics of which are not as favorable when the streamer and/or the producing studio do not own the IP, which is the case here. The Power Rangers brand is owned by Hasbro, which has been looking to get a live-action series adaptation off the ground, with Netflix taking a crack at it several years ago.
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What a shame, I feel like it would have been good.