All systems go for the reboot of "Power Rangers" as Lionsgate slated its release on July 22, 2016. And it looks like one actor is desperate to get the role of Red Ranger.
According to Movie Web, Robbie Amell, who plays Firestorm on The CW's "The Flash", is lobbying to play the Red Ranger in the "Power Rangers" movie reboot.
Robbie posted on social media his interest to land a role in the upcoming superhero movie, the same tactic that Tyrese Gibson did when he voiced out his interest to play Green Lantern in the Justic League movie on his Instagram account.
26-year-old Robbie grew up watching "Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers", and he has been a fan ever since. So he decided to post about in on his Twitter account maybe to get the attention of the producers.
According to Movieweb, Robbie tweeted: "My childhood dream. RT @TDR1411: @KhiryHuggins@MuseZack Way too old! @RobbieAmell for Red Ranger!"
However, the tweet seems to have been deleted now as a link to the tweet tweet says the page doesnt exist anymore.
Regardless, some say that Robbie might be a little too old for the role, given that the film would focus on a group of high school students.
In a post by Variety, the reboot is a modern retelling of the origin of the "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. The story follows a group of ordinary high school kids who are given extraterrestrial powers and tasked to harness their newfound powers to save the world.
IGN reports that the film is written by Zack Stentz and Ashley Miller, who were behind the Marvel superhero movies "X-Men: First Class" and "Thor."
Executive Producer Roberto Orci said that they have about 600 pages of research on Power Rangers, which they went through to find the right material to use for the film. He pointed out to its creator Haim Saban that they were sticking to the canon so that the story would remain faithful to the original.
Orci stressed that he would not ruin the Power Rangers franchise because children all over the world know what the Power Rangers are.
Based on the long-running Japanese "Super Sentai" series, Power Rangers gained popularity when it was adapted into the 1993 Fox Kids TV series. This inspired the film "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie" which was released two years later. The TV series ran until 1996, when the franchise was renamed simply "Power Rangers." In later seasons, the titular teens were replaced with new characters every year. The second film, "Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie," was released in 1997. This was presented as a link between "Power Rangers" series "Zeo" and "Turbo."
