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Update: October 9, 2015
POWER RANGERS Villains, Timeline, Opening Scene Revealed
According to Collider, director Dean Israelite's Power Rangers movie wont be focused on mining old property, but rather continuing the story told in the long-running television show. In fact, its looking like the movie will be wholly set after the events of the current TV iteration, Power Rangers Dino Charge. And since the site is hearing that Dino Charge characters factor into the movies opening, perhaps it will serve as a hand-off of the franchise to the new super-suited team.
Collider also learned that Power Rangers is expected to shoot in Vancouver from January to April of next year, which is the earliest that fans will be able to get a glimpse of what the final film might just look like. Keep in mind that whatever set photos inevitably leak, the site has learned that Power Rangers will mix location work with quite a bit of green screen, so the fully polished version is going to differ significantly from any amateur long-lens shots.
The site also learned that the movie will open with a huge battle scene. It seems that in Ashley Miller and Zack Stentz's script, Rita Repulsa and Lord Zedd will not be the main antagonists. As loyal fans of the series know, both of those villains were among the evil forces purified by Zordons energy wave (or Z-wave) that spread peace throughout the universe. However, not all adversaries were neutralized. Theres even one major villain from the early days of the series who promised she would return, but never did, prompting people to assume that she was destroyed or turned good by the Z-wave.
Sources tell Collider that Scorpina, the ruthless and dangerous minion of Rita, has returned to plague the Rangers once more. And it seems shes brought an army, which she uses to battle the Power Rangers and their robot Megazords in the epic opening battle scene. The Rangers (presumably the Dino Charge team at this point) are protecting the Morphin Grid, an energy field that provides power to every generation of Rangers. This energy grid not only lets the Rangers borrow its power to morph into their super versions, it gives them access to past, present, and future Ranger memories so that they can glimpse other Rangers and glean strategies from battles.
Exclusive: Power Rangers Movie Villains, Timeline, and Opening Scene Revealed
Sweet! I'd rather it be a new team than a reboot of the old team anyway.