Power Rangers Mega War!
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| Picture from 2002's 10th anniversary episode Power Rangers "Forever Red" |
Power Rangers and Super Sentai fans rejoice! The Power Rangers Mega War is coming!
The Mega War is an upcoming episode of Power Rangers Mega Force commemorating 20 years of Power Rangers in America. The episode is currently in production in New Zealand and brings back 10 former stars and many many skinny stuntmen in spandex.
The ten confirmed and currently on set actors are:
Jason David Frank – Tommy Oliver (Green Ranger, White Ranger, Zeo Ranger 5, Red Turbo Ranger, Black Dino Ranger)
Danny Slavin – Leo Corbett (Red Galaxy Ranger)
Selwyn Ward – T.J. Johnson (Red Turbo/Blue Space Ranger)
Patricia Ja Lee – Cassie Chan (Pink Turbo/Space Ranger)
Melody Perkins – Astronema / Karone (Pink Galaxy Ranger)
Reggie Rolle – Damon Henderson (Green Galaxy Ranger)
Sean Johnson – Carter Grayson (Red Lightspeed Ranger)
Alison MacInnis – Dana Mitchell (Pink Lightspeed Ranger)
Jason Faunt – Alex / Wes Collins (Red Time Force Ranger)
Hector David Jr – Mike (Green Samurai Ranger)
Brittany Pirtle – Emily (Yellow Samurai Ranger)
In a video for TMZ and his fans, Jason David Frank says, "The Green and White ranger is making a cameo." Does that mean he'll be in both suits? So far, JDF has only posted pictures of himself on his Instagram and Facebook page sporting the iconic green.
Several of the other actors have been posting on Instagram and it looks like they're having a great time together:
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| Jason Faunt and Brittany Pirtle via Instagram.com/JasonFaunt |
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| Alison MacInnis via Instagram.com/AlisonMacInnis |
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| Jason Faunt via Instagram.com/JasonFaunt |
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| Jason David Frank with his daughter, Jenna via Instagram.com/JDFFFN |
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| Reggie Rolle via Instagram.com/ReggieRolle |
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| Hector David Jr., Sean CW Johnson, Alison MacInnis. Bottom: Brittany Pirtle, Danny Slavin, Jason Faunt, Reggie Rolle. via instagram.com/JasonFaunt |
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| Hector David Jr., Melody Perkins, Jason Faunt, Alison MacInnis, Danny Slavin via Instagram.com/JasonFaunt |
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| Brittany Pirtle, Melody Perkins, Patricia Ja Lee, Jason Faunt, Koichi Sakamoto, and Selwyn Ward |
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| Jason Faunt and Jason David Frank |
WHOA WHOA WHOA...WAIT
Only 10 former rangers? What about ______? and ______? Why isn't ______ there?!
It looks as though only Saban-Era stars were invited and Disney casts were tossed out with the bath water. As many as 60 invitations were sent out. As you can tell by the numbers, many had to decline. And get this - many of them were UNINVITED!
At last summer's Power Morphicon, several actors were approached by the casting team and promises were made and were told that they would be in touch. Months later, former cast members were sent a generic letter invitation opening with "Dear Power Ranger,"(the invite and uninvite can be found HERE).
Many former rangers remarked that Saban didn't follow through with promises and terms:
"The was too low and there’s not a lot of character development. Just going to be in the background as an extra. I would’ve love to do it but I could possibly take the amount of time away from my business for a little amount of money. I’m sorry but I believe that it’s them that’s letting the fans down because they want to get away with paying a little. I hope you understand” - Steve Cardenas (Red Mighty Morphin, Blue Zeo Ranger)
"...Unfortunately, PR did not follow through with what they said. So I will not be a part of the reunion..." - Nakia Burrise (Yellow Zeo Ranger)
"...Like with many of my fellow cast-mates, Saban Brands did not follow through with the terms that we discussed. I’m not sure why, but I guess that’s just the way it goes …money was not the issue..." - Blake Foster (Blue Turbo Ranger)
"Guess who was invited to do a cameo on PR Megaforce and then un-invited the next week because of budget restrictions. #majorletdown #titanium” - Rhett Fisher (Titanium Light Speed Rescue Ranger)
Two of the original Mighty Morphin Power Rangers declined their invitations for much more personal reasons. David Yost, the original Blue Mighty Morphin Power Ranger, declined the invitation and included "
In an act of solidarity, Walter Jones declined the invitation and told TMZ that he too was mistreated by the producers during his time with the show. "I'm very sorry to disappoint the fans as I would have loved to be a part of it...David, who I still keep in touch with regularly, is a very great guy and it would have been fun to work together again on something we helped originate."
While it is a sad to see so many former rangers decline or get uninvited, it would be incredibly difficult to wrangle all of those actors and give them as much time as they deserve. Check out this clip to see what the Japanese did for the Legendary War:
The Legendary War was during a two hour Super Sentai movie. Some of you may recall 2002's "Forever Red" episode was only that - an episode. 22 minutes. This left a bad taste in several of the actors' mouths which probably led to certain promises being made to the actors at Power Morphicon.
Personally, I'm really excited for this. I've been a fan since the "Day of the Dumpster." The show and actors have been a huge inspiration to me on various levels. I hope it does justice to the franchise and the fans.
UT-SEH-EYAHHH!!!!
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