power rangers

Over the weekend, Lionsgate released some Power Rangers photos — of which the highlight was clearly Elizabeth Banks in the gloriously ridiculous role of the film’s villain, Rita Repulsa. If anyone can pull off an absurdly elaborate costume, it’s Banks, who basically proved herself to be the Lady Gaga of the acting world in The Hunger Games. But as this new photo from the upcoming reboot proves, sometimes it’s best to leave such insane wardrobe choices to the professionals. Or Joel Schumacher’s Batman movies.

In news to be filed under “Sure, okay,” Bryan Cranston has some interesting things to say about what we can expect from that new Power Rangers movie reboot — mostly that it’s “unrecognizable,” except not, and that it’s comparable to Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight trilogy, except also kind of not. But really, who’s to say?

The Mighty Morphin Power Rangers was a campy kids TV show from the 90s with not much in the way of budget, so the costumes were cheap lycra bodysuits. The new Power Rangers movie is a big-budget reboot from Lionsgate with a big-budget, so naturally the costumes have gotten a major upgrade, and man you have got to see these things...

Just in case you weren’t sure, this is just your regular reminder that the live-action Power Rangers movie is not a prolonged April Fools joke and is actually something that is happening. For real. While we’ve heard a lot of talk about the movie, today we have our first photo from the film with Elizabeth Banks as the villainous Rita Repulsa...

Like Ben Affleck, Elizabeth Banks is proving that just because you’re a successful director, doesn’t mean you can’t take on the occasional silly role in a superhero movie. Affleck went from winning an Oscar to Batman vs. Superman and now Banks is going from Pitch Perfect 2 to the live-action Power Rangers movie, where she’ll star as the villainous Rita Repulsa.

The 'Power Rangers' are ready to "go, go" onto the big screen once again. Twenty-one years after this team of super-powered, mighty morphin' "teenagers with attitude" debuted in the Saban TV series of the '90s, spawning a massive franchise with toys, games, movies and the like, they're now ready to return for a potentially franchise-starting film.