Times are changing in the wild world of the Power Rangers. The long-running series is not just coming off 25th anniversary celebrations, but transitioning to new ownership, under the auspices of toy giant Hasbro. For the first season of the show under Hasbro’s watch, however, Power Rangers is reaching back into the recent past—and fan's have got an early look!
Just debuted at the Power Rangers Super Ninja Steel panel at Power Morphicon 2018 in Anaheim, check out the first trailer for Power Rangers Beast Morphers along with the seasons' description below!:
Update (9/5) - Rorrie Travis, who plays Beast Morphers Red in the new season of Power Rangers, has revealed in a interview with WFMV 95.3 FM that Nickelodeon USA will premiere Power Rangers Beast Morphers in February 2019!:
"Set in the future, a secret agency combines a newly discovered substance called “Morph-X” with animal DNA to create the Power Rangers Beast Morphers team. The Rangers must fight off an evil sentient computer virus bent on taking over the source of all Ranger power, the Morphin Grid itself. Featuring never-before-seen leather suits and an all-new beast-themed arsenal (including dynamic new Zords), fans should get ready for a season full of secret ops and morphinominal fun."
Using footage from the 2012 Super Sentai series Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters (the 36th season overall)—initially skipped over by Power Rangers in favor of turning Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger into Power Rangers Dino Charge. The latest season of Power Rangers, Ninja Steel, was actually based on the 39th season Shuriken Sentai Ninninger, and many fans thought that the next to be adapted would be season 41, Uchu Sentai Kyuranger. When Saban announced Go-Busters, it was a welcome surprise for many fans.
Beast Morphers is set in a near future where scientists have harnessed the power of the Morphing Grid (the energy field that transforms Power Rangers into their mighty heroic selves) itself to create powerful new technology.
This is all well and good until a corrupted computer virus named Evox gains sentience and threatens to destroy the Earth. Combining the power of the Morphing Grid and animal DNA, only one fighting force can come together and stop Evox once and for all: the three new Beast Morpher Power Rangers and their Beast Bot sidekicks!
Let the cyber battle begin – #PowerRangersBeastMorphers coming in 2019!
Although the trailer doesn’t show off too much of just what Beast Morphers will bring to the table, outside of its use of the Go-Busters footage that primarily makes up this early look, given the Sentai show’s intriguing departures from the typical franchise formula, it’ll be interesting to see just how different a show its Power Rangers counterpart ends up being, too.
Saban and now Hasbro went all out form Beast Morphers, creating all new costumes for the anticipated season, though they still resemble the suits from the source material.
Beast Morphers heads to Nickelodeon USA in 2019!
In addition to the trailer, the cast of Power Rangers Beast Morphers has also been announced!
The new cast was introduced at Power Morphicon 6, at the conclusion of Hasbro’s Power Rangers Super Ninja Steel panel. Meet the official cast below, coming to Nickelodeon in 2019!
Red Ranger – Rorrie Travis
Blue Ranger – Jasmeet Baduwalia
Yellow Ranger – Jacqueline Scislowski
The identities of the Gold and Silver Rangers, who will premiere later in the season, were not revealed.
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— Power Rangers NOW (@PowerRangersNOW) August 18, 2018
Meet the Beast Bots!
For the first time ever, each of the Power Rangers will have their own sidekick in Power Rangers Beast Morphers, and the names for those characters have been revealed. The Beast Bots are the lovable sidekicks that will aid the Rangers in the quest to defeat Earth’s evildoers.
- The Red Ranger’s Beast Bot will be a Cheetah named Cruise.
- The Blue Ranger’s Beast Bot will be a Gorilla named Smash.
- The Yellow Ranger’s Beast Bot will be a Jackrabbit named Jax.
The new names were revealed publicly by a Calendars.com listing for an upcoming Power Rangers Beast Morphers calendar.
Power Rangers Super Ninja Steel, the current season of the long-running franchise, returns with new episodes beginning Saturday 25th August 2018 at 12:00pm (ET/PT), with a special anniversary episode airing at 8:00pm (ET/PT) Tuesday 28th August 2018 - the date that Mighty Morphin Power Rangers first premiered on the Fox Kids Network, only on Nickelodeon USA! Visit nick.com for more Power Rangers!
More Nick: Saban Brands Announces Power Rangers’ 26th Season, 'Power Rangers Beast Morphers'!
Originally published: Sunday, August 19, 2018 @ 12:25am BST.
Sources: io9, Power Rangers NOW (II), Comic Book, Den of Geek
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