Despite previous rumors, the "Power Rangers" reboot characters will have the same names as those in the original TV series.
The official "Power Rangers" Twitter confirmed the news today.
IT'S MORPHIN TIME, Jason, Kimberly, Zack, Billy & Trini! #PowerRangersMovie, coming 2017!
— Power Rangers (@PowerRangers) October 30, 2015
Screen Rant has listed the talents appearing as the iconic Power Rangers characters.
Dacre Montgomery as The Red Ranger/Tyrannosaurus, RJ Cycler as The Blue Ranger/Triceratops, Naomi Scott as The Pink Ranger/Pterodactyl, Ludi Lin as The Black Ranger/Mastodon and Becky Gomez as The Yellow Ranger/Sabre-Tooth Tiger.
Before Dacre Montgomery was officially cast as Jason, it was rumored that he was taking on a character named Callum Oliver, which led to speculation that he was the son of Tommy Oliver (Jason David Frank), the Green/White Ranger in the original "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers" series.
"X-Men: First Class" writers Zack Stentz and Ashley Miller are working on the movie's script with Alison Shearmur, Brian Casentini and Haim Saban of Saban Enterntainment, the production that housed the TV series.
The movie will be a retelling of the "Power Rangers," whose story follows a group of ordinary high school students who are given special powers to defend Earth from sinister alien forces.
The franchise gained prominence in the early 90's, airing in Fox Kids TV in 1993. The TV series' success spawned a feature film called "Mighty Morphin Power Ranger: The Movie," two years after the series aired. A sequel, "Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie" followed in 1997.
The TV series ran until 1996, featuring new characters and vehicles, changing its subtitle every season.
"Power Rangers" is loosely based from a similar Japanese franchise titled "Super Sentai Series." To reduce costs in production, the U.S. version recycled footage from the Japanese program.
