Following the May announcement that Lionsgate was partnering with Saban on a new Power Rangers movie, this past week it was revealed that Roberto Orci (Transformers, Star Trek) would be executive producing the film, which is being written by the team of Ashley Miller & Zack Stentz (Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, X-Men: First Class, Thor), who had previously collaborated with Orci on Fringe.

Orci was at the TCA (Television Critics Association) press tour Sunday to promote the second season of Sleepy Hollow, and I was able to ask him a few questions about the new Power Rangers movie.The initial press release had said the film would “re-envision the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers,” implying it would be a reboot of the franchise, separate from the 21 years of history the TV show has now accumulated through its many incarnations. However, as Orci explained to me, that isn’t necessarily the case.

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I happen to know Erik Feig, because we had some fun times doing Ender's Game and Now You See Me. He's at Lionsgate and he had mentioned that they were pursuing this property at Lionsgate and we just, because we're friends, got to talking about it and he sort of roped me in - or I roped him in! I'm not sure which is which!Part of it is seeing what we remember of it; our generation and what our memories of it are. Part of it is seeing the fans of it today. There are a lot of kids that love it today, and so it's about doing your homework. You talk to everybody who loves it and you find out why they love it and then you figure, what is the appropriate translation of that, tonally, to now? We have the added benefit of a movie is going to be two hours, or whatever it is, so it's gotta have an arc and a reality to it that maybe you don't have a chance to do all the time. That's going to be the exciting part.One of the first things we did was learn and read... They have 600 pages of research that they have on their stuff. We read through the synopsis of everything they did and we are actually taking into account quite a bit of the canon in a real way. We're not just a leave it behind reboot. [Haim] Saban cares very much about that. This is something that he created. I had to go to his house, personally, to tell him, "Listen, I'm your man. Miller and Stenz, these are your guys. I promise you I won't ruin your franchise." And he said, "It's very important to me, because kids around the world know what the Power Rangers are. So you can't just come in here and walk all over it. It better be consistent with what I've been doing." And I said, "Yes sir!"

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It's got a continuity within the world. I can't tell you what, but it does have a continuity.It's great. I've been working with them for years, so when I found out they were available, I called Erik Feig and said, "Hey, these guys might want to come on. What do you think of the three of us...?" He was like, "Come on! Let's do it!"I'm sure they'd like one right away! We've got to give them a script first.Of course. That's something we want to rely on the Saban group to tell us. They have a lot of internal knowledge of their franchise and we're just learning now. We've seen it only as fans, but they actually know it inside and out, so I'd love to know what fans want to see.

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