The upcoming Mighty Morphin Power Rangers reboot film, which has been scheduled to get released on March 24, 2017, has released it first official cast photo.
Entertainment Weekly has managed to provide the first cast photo of the new Mighty Morphin Power Rangers team.
The photo features Dacre Montgomery as Jason the Red Ranger, RJ Cyler as Billy the Blue Ranger, Naomi Scott as Kimberly the Pink Ranger, Becky G. as Trini the Yellow Ranger and Ludi Lin as Zack the Black Ranger.
"From the very beginning, diversity was a very important part of the whole process," director Dean Israelite told EW about the cast, adding that "we made sure that the essence of each of those characters are who they were in the original show, and this really will be an origin story of those characters."
While, the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers cast appeared sans their new Power Ranger outfits in the picture, the director said the costumes, which have been designed by the famed Weta Workshops, are of "really modern, edgy, badass, aspirational quality."
"We've really pushed ourselves to make them feel different from any other superhero costume that's out there," Israelite said, reported People Magazine.
"One key that's different to the Power Rangers suits is that they're not really suits that people get into. They're suits that morph onto our kids, so they already have this almost metaphysical quality to them."
Talking about Elizabeth Banks playing alliterative villain Rita Repulsa in the upcoming Power Rangers film, Israelite said, "It's very exciting that we got [Banks], and I think what she loves is the opportunity to really embrace the insanity and deliciousness of Rita Repulsa in terms of how weird and wonderful that character was, and really dive into and consume that character."
"You should always be off-balance when you're watching her. Is she insane? Is she totally calculated? Does she know what she's doing? Elizabeth can toe that line really well," he added, reported Movie Web.
