[movie trailer] Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Once & Always

[Arthur]

The Rangers come face-to-face with a familiar threat from the past. In the midst of a global crisis, they are called on once again to be the heroes the world needs.

 

A mighty morphin reunion 30 years in the making, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Once & Always arrives on Netflix on 19 April!

 

www.imdb.com/title/tt23219684

 

[timbo343]

I wonder if they managed to film it before the actor who played the character Tommy died in real life.

 

Shame that Amy Jo Johnson (pink ranger) isn't in it either.

Edited March 22, 2023 by timbo343

[ZeroHour]

This looks both terrible and AWESOME at the same time

[Arthur]

I wonder if they managed to film it before the actor who played the character Tommy died in real life.

It was filmed before Jason died, but it's unlikely he will be in the 30th anniversary special.

 

... while several familiar faces will be back for this story, there are some Power Rangers fans online who are upset that the late Jason David Frank was excluded. However, that’s not the case at all.

 

For context, Jason David Frank died at the age of 49 on 19 November 2022, but Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Once & Always was filmed prior to his passing. Frank starred in the Power Rangers franchise as Tommy Oliver, who started out as the Green Ranger in Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers, then became the White Ranger. Frank had previously returned for anniversary episodes like Power Rangers Wild Force’s “Forever Red,” Power Rangers Super Megaforce’s “Legendary Battle” and Power Rangers Super Ninja Steel’s “Dimensions in Danger,” but in May 2022 on a Facebook live stream (via Yahoo!), Frank said that he would not participate in the Power Rangers franchise’s 30th-anniversary event. In fact, he said that he’d “done enough for the Power Rangers brand,” and at that point, he was focused on making his movie Legend of the White Dragon.

 

So there was never a scenario where Jason David Frank was going to participate in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Once & Always. However, as you’ll see below in the behind-the-scenes featurette for the special, we will see the Green Ranger in action. So two possibilities come to mind. The first, and most plausible, possibility is that Tommy is appearing in this special, but he’ll stay suited the entire time and either remain silent or be voiced by another actor. The second possibility is that the Green Ranger mantle has been passed to one of the familiar faces we will see in Once & Always. (Source)

[localzuk]

This looks both terrible and AWESOME at the same time

I think that sums up Power Rangers in its entirety!