News

Screen Rant on MSN1d
Power Rangers' New Show Can Easily Avoid The Failed 2017 Reboot's Biggest Mistake
Power Rangers movie made one huge mistake that made it difficult for the reboot to work, and now the new series must avoid it ...
ScreenRant on MSN1mon
The Divisive Power Rangers Movie From 8 Years Ago Is Now Streaming On Netflix, And I Still Believe It Deserves More Love
with the now cult classic show Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. The show originally starred five teens—Jason, Kimberly, Zack, ...
Mighty Morphin Star Addresses “Mistake” Casting Comments in Dark Side of Power Rangers
Investigation Discovery’s Hollywood Demons documentary series recently shined a light on the Power Rangers franchise in the ...
New York Post14d
‘Power Rangers’ writer admits casting black, Asian actors as Black Ranger, Yellow Rangers was ‘such a mistake’ — but star disagrees
It’s time for the truth to power up ... portrayed “Zack Taylor” as the Black Ranger and Thuy Trang, an Asian woman, as the Yellow Ranger “Trini Kwan” in the Emmy-nominated series ...
Comic Book Movie16d
POWER RANGERS Writer Says It Was A "Mistake" To Cast Black And Asian Actors As Black Ranger And Yellow Ranger
In the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers series from the '90s, a Black actor played the Black Ranger and an Asian actress was cast ...
The Root17d
'Power Rangers' Writer Admits This Stereotypical 'Mistake' He Made in the Show's Casting
In the original series, the only Black character, Zack Taylor (Walter Emanuel Jones), and the only Asian character Trini ... Rangers, respectively. “None of us are thinking stereotypes ...
NJ.com16d
Popular ‘90s kids show’s writer regrets racially insensitive characters
The head writer of “Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers” has examined a couple of casting choices and lamented that they may have been racially insensitive. Tony Oliver spoke about his experience ...
Deadline.com17d
‘Mighty Morphin Power Rangers’ Head Writer Laments Racially Insensitive Casting Of Leads: “Such A Mistake”
First premiering on Fox Kids in 1993, the superhero series saw Walter Emanuel Jones originate the character of Zack Taylor, the Black Power Ranger, and Thuy Trang play the character of Trini Kwan ...
Deadline.com20d
‘Power Rangers’ Alum Recalls Pilot Actor Suffering Heat Stroke Amid “Abusive” Conditions
In the third episode of its new docuseries Hollywood Demons, which premieres Monday from 9-11pm ET on ID and streams on Max, a writer and actor from Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (1993-’95 ...
AOL17d
“Power Rangers” Writer Admits Casting Black and Asian Actors as Black Ranger and Yellow Ranger Was ‘Such a Mistake’
played Trini Kwan, the Yellow Ranger. In Hollywood Demons, former Power Rangers head writer Tony Oliver said that while making the show, "None of us are thinking stereotypes.” He explained ...
AOL17d
“Power Rangers” writer says casting Black and Asian actors as Black Ranger and Yellow Ranger was 'such a mistake'
One of the key creative minds behind Mighty Morphin Power Rangers ... the first Black Ranger, who "seemed to have the swagger of the group," according to Oliver. He described Trini Kwan (Thuy ...
Yahoo News Canada17d
“Power Rangers” Writer Admits Casting Black and Asian Actors as Black Ranger and Yellow Ranger Was ‘Such a Mistake’
Oliver also noted that Trang, who died in 2001 at age 27, was not the first person cast as Trini; the original actress was Audri Dubois, who left after the pilot over a pay dispute. Trang was cast and ...