{"id":523801,"date":"2026-04-10T18:34:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T18:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/523801\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T18:34:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T18:34:10","slug":"dacre-montgomery-reveals-the-2017-power-rangers-movie-was-supposed-to-lead-to-a-four-picture-franchise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/523801\/","title":{"rendered":"Dacre Montgomery Reveals the 2017 Power Rangers Movie Was Supposed to Lead to a ‘Four-Picture’ Franchise"},"content":{"rendered":"

Anyone remember the 2017 Power Rangers<\/a> movie? Well, in case you forgot about that one, star Dacre Montgomery \u2014 on the heels of his exciting role in the Faces of Death reboot<\/a> premiering in theaters this weekend \u2014 revealed that the film was originally planned to be the start of a major franchise. <\/p>\n

“It was a four-picture deal with Lionsgate. It was gonna be a whole big thing. But what can you do, right?\u201d the actor explained during a recent interview with MovieWeb<\/a>. During the convo, Montgomery also highlighted the fact that the studio wanted to turn the movies into a Hunger Games<\/a>-style event franchise. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe’re talking about money and big business,\u201d he noted, explaining that the Power Rangers movie\u2019s lack of box office success is the reason that never happened. \u201cAnd it didn’t make enough on the investment that the studio had made to continue making more.\u201d <\/p>\n

Interestingly enough, though, it\u2019s not over for the property just yet. “But I hear they’re rebooting it again. I think Saban might have sold the IP off, so I’m excited for the future of that,\u201d Montgomery added. \u201cPower Rangers means a great deal to a lot of people. So I know that whoever steps into those shoes will be great. And I had the best time.”<\/p>\n

Though Montgomery \u2014 who went on to play none other than seasons 2 and 3 star Billy Hargrove on Stranger Things \u2014 and his fellow rangers such as Smile<\/a>\u2019s Naomi Scott and Becky G were a highlight, the 2017 action film ended up coming in at $142 million worldwide<\/a> on a $100 million budget. Needless to say, that\u2019s a pretty solid loss for Lionsgate, one that would certainly have them thinking twice about trying for more films. That said, it\u2019ll be interesting to see where things go from here for our favorite Mighty Morphin\u2019 crew. <\/p>\n

Side note: it appears the second potential reboot Montgomery mentioned is separate from the upcoming TV series announced at Disney last year with the Percy Jackson and the Olympians<\/a> showrunners at the helm. But we\u2019re still waiting on more details there too. <\/p>\n

The 25 Best Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Episodes\"We're<\/p>\n

Alongside Montgomery, Scott, and Becky G, RJ Cyler and Ludi Lin also played Rangers in the 2017 film, with Bill Hader, Elizabeth Banks, and Bryan Cranston rounding out the cast. You can rent or buy the movie now on Prime Video or Apple TV.<\/p>\n

Photo by Desiree Navarro\/WireImage.<\/p>\n

Lex Briscuso is a film and television critic and a freelance entertainment writer for IGN. You can follow her on Twitter at @nikonamerica.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Anyone remember the 2017 Power Rangers movie? Well, in case you forgot about that one, star Dacre Montgomery…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":523802,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[96,2839,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-523801","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-entertainment","tag-movies","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/523801","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=523801"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/523801\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/523802"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=523801"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=523801"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=523801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}