Entertainment One (eOne) and Hasbro have closed a deal to bring on Bryan Edward Hill to write the Power Rangers feature film adaptation from director Jonathan Entwistle. eOne will develop and produce the project. The news was first reported by Deadline.
eOne and Hasbro recently announced that Entwistle will shepherd a new Power Rangers film and television adaptations. Power Rangers is an American entertainment and merchandising franchise built around a live-action superhero television series, based on the Japanese tokusatsu franchise Super Sentai. The first Power Rangers entry, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, debuted in 1993 on TV and has since been rebooted most recently by Lionsgate in 2017. Currently in its 27th season, the latest iteration of the franchise, Power Rangers Beast Morphers is currently airing on Nickelodeon, with season 28, Power Rangers Dino Fury set to premiere on the network in 2021.
Hill is a prolific, African-American creator working in film, television and comics. He recently adapted Black for Studio 8/Warner Bros, penned Revenge of Magic for Stampede, and a rewrite of I Am Yours for Paramount. In television, he is currently a Co-Producer on Greg Berlanti’s new DC series Titans. Over the last year, he has written some of the biggest comics for Marvel, DC, Top Cow, Boom and Vertigo. Previously he wrote Gone for Universal/Marc Platt, Phantom for Paramount/Mary Parent and The Russian Specialist for Nu Image/Millennium Films.
He is represented by Verve Talent & Literary Agency, Heroes and Villains Entertainment, and Jackoway Austen Tyerman Wertheimer Mandelbaum Morris Bernstein Trattner & Klein.
Commenting on the news, Hill tweeted: "I'm INCREDIBLY excited about this. I LOVED Jonathan's work before I came aboard this, and when I heard his ideas I immediately got stoked. This is one of those "Wow I get to do this!" projects. And you guys supporting my work helped me get it. Thank you. Appreciate you."
Last December, it was reported that Hasbro was teaming up with Paramount Pictures for a new Power Rangers movie. It’s unclear if this particular project is still in the works (albeit at Entertainment One now) or if it’s been shelved.
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