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 Directed by Dean Israelite, the film tells the backstories of
the five teenage characters - a misfit, a loner, a school bully,
an intellectual and a drop-out - and their transformation into
action heroes.
"It's like an instruction manual of how to become a Power Ranger
because you go through the kids' journey...these inadequate
insecure little kids, and how they become superheroes," said
actor Ludi Lin, who plays the Black Ranger.
As in the television series, the Rangers' mission is to stop
arch villain Rita Repulsa, played in the rebooted film version
by American actor Elizabeth Banks.
"It's hard work. I will say that but it was really fun to yell
at everyone," Banks said. "It's fun to feel like I was
invincible."
Earlier in the day, Power Rangers creator and producer Haim
Saban received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his
achievements in television.
The TV series that debuted as "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers" in
1993 is now in its 24th season, making it one of the longest
running children's action series in television history.
It also spawned three theatrical films, with the latest, "Saban's
Power Rangers", set to open in U.S. theaters on Friday.
The latest reboot of the 1990s "Power Rangers" children's
television series held its world premiere in Los Angeles on
Wednesday night.
Directed by Dean Israelite, the film tells the backstories of
the five teenage characters - a misfit, a loner, a school bully,
an intellectual and a drop-out - and their transformation into
action heroes.
"It's like an instruction manual of how to become a Power Ranger
because you go through the kids' journey...these inadequate
insecure little kids, and how they become superheroes," said
actor Ludi Lin, who plays the Black Ranger.
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As in the television series, the Rangers' mission is to stop arch
villain Rita Repulsa, played in the rebooted film version by
American actor Elizabeth Banks.
"It's hard work. I will say that but it was really fun to yell at
everyone," Banks said. "It's fun to feel like I was invincible."
Earlier in the day, Power Rangers creator and producer Haim Saban
received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his achievements
in television.
The TV series that debuted as "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers" in 1993
is now in its 24th season, making it one of the longest running
children's action series in television history.
It also spawned three theatrical films, with the latest, "Saban's
Power Rangers", set to open in U.S. theaters on Friday.
(Reporting by Rollo Ross and Krystian Orlinski; editing by Darren
Schuettler)
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