Netflix is reportedly not pursuing plans for its live-action Energy Rangers collection.
The present is not transferring ahead after greater than two years of labor, based on info that was first shared by @Jinsakuu on X/Twitter and later corroborated by TVLine. Hasbro is now stated to be trying to take the collection in a brand new artistic path with a brand new accomplice.
In 2020, Hasbro introduced that I’m Not Okay With This co-creator Jonathan Entwistle would oversee a brand new related universe of Energy Rangers motion pictures and TV exhibits. Daisy & the Six co-executive producer and Supernatural story editor Jenny Klein was beforehand hooked up as showrunner for the now-canceled present. It’s unclear if she is going to stay hooked up to the mission if and when it reemerges.
IGN has reached out to Netflix and Hasbro for remark.
Netflix’s relationship with the Energy Rangers franchise extends previous the now-shuttered live-action collection. Simply final 12 months, the streaming megacorporation launched Mighty Morphin’ Energy Rangers: As soon as and All the time, a one-hour particular that introduced the return of some acquainted Putty-fighting faces. It was a reunion that we didn’t fairly fall head over heels for, giving it a 6/10 in our evaluation. On the time we stated, “Regardless of its genuinely emotional story about grief that honors the Yellow Ranger, Mighty Morphin Energy Rangers: As soon as and All the time is weighed down by disappointing results and dialogue, even for Energy Rangers.”
For extra, you possibly can learn up on the not too long ago revealed spinoff sport, Mighty Morphin’ Energy Rangers: Rita’s Rewind. Then make sure you try Hasbro’s Lightning Assortment set of Energy Rangers motion figures.
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