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It was reported that Netflix was not moving forward with its reboot Power Rangers series last year, and now Entwistle has confirmed this to be the case in a recent Reddit AMA ahead of Karate Kid: Legends‘ release. When asked about his plans for his Power Rangers series, Entwistle noted that from as early as 2018, he had created “an entire new universe” for Power Rangers. It wasn’t exactly Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, but instead focused on Tommy Oliver in a multiverse like mythology where he would eventually become the iconic Lord Drakkon from the Power Rangers comics’ famous Shattered Grid event.
Lord Drakkon Almost Starred in Cancelled Power Rangers Reboot Universe
“From as early as 2018 I had created an entire new universe for Power Rangers – kind of a multiverse…” Entwistle explained. “I wasn’t doing MMPR specifically, but Tommy Oliver was the center of the world, all the mythology was surrounding him being one of the most important people in the universe… because we all know what he would become.” With Tommy as the central figure to this new universe, the entire idea behind much of the Power Rangers franchise would have been changed as well as they now needed to stop Drakkon from taking control.
“So it was basically a time-bending HUGE story about stopping Drakkon from taking power over everything,” Entwistle continued before revealing a magical and medieval inspired angle to start it all. “The TV series had a kind of really cool King Arthur-vibe, that was the angle, more mystical, magical to start us off. Jenny Klein who was writing that show also came up with a very very cool idea for sentient colors… but alas, it never went anywhere. Which sucks, I would’ve LOVED to have made that universe a reality!”
