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With the recent announcement of an upcoming Mighty Morphin Power Rangers movie coming to theaters soon, those familiar with the kids' TV show and related films are surely wondering what kind of story we'll see. While we're sure the movie won't be rated R or too violent, it sure is fun to think about it. In fact, filmmakers Adi Shankar and Joseph Kahn this week released a dark and violent 14-minute short film entitled Power/Rangers, starring James Van Der Beek (Dawson's Creek) and Katee Sackhoff (Battlestar Galactica). Watch this amazing short below to see just how depressing and serious Power Rangers can be!
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We're not going to lie to you; this short film is pretty incredible. It looks at the darker side of the Power Rangers story, exploring the fact that these teenagers were almost forced into fighting a galactic war. With that in mind, the results are graphic and morose. Watch this great short film, Power/Rangers right here:
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Director Joseph Khan recently sat down with HitFix to discuss his new short film.
"Two of the worst types of filmmaking out there that are not credible to filmmakers ... one is porn and the other is fan films," Kahn said in the interview, according to Polygon. "So the minute that [producer Adi Shankar] pitched me into doing this, I thought, 'Okay, well, that sounds like fun actually. If it's that ... completely without credibility ... then that's something I could really get my hands around and see if I could do something new with it.'"
He added: The irony here is that I wouldn't even want to make Power Rangers: The Movie for real. Like if I had to make a Power Rangers movie, this is it. It's 14 minutes long and it's violent and this is what I have in me. If they offered me the $200 million version, the PG-13 version, I literally wouldn't do it. It's just not interesting to me."
Meanwhile, check out the eccentric producer, Adi Shankar explain how and why this project came together (via Slash Film):
