Where is Rita Repulsa? The Power Rangers movie has been filming for over a month in metro Vancouver and over a week in Kamloops but the evil alien has not surfaced yet. People magazine published an official photo today of Elizabeth Banks in costume as Rita Repulsa. Does this mean she’s on her way to conquer Earth soon?
Over time the Power Rangers come together to fight Rita Repulsa. Billy (RJ Cyler), Kimberly (Naomi Scott), Trini (Becky G.) and Jason (Dacre Montgomery) are outsiders at Angel Grove High School when the Power Rangers movie begins and not even friendly with one another. They meet Zack (Ludi Lin) to form five alien-fighting Power Rangers in costumes designed by Weta Workshop.
For the past week, Kamloops has played the fictional town of Angel Grove with 200 locals of all ages as Angel Grove townsfolk running in terror.
@olv @yvrshoots #kamloops becomes Angel Grove for the #PowerRangersMovie starting today!! pic.twitter.com/VeixbAjGKK
— Kristy Thompson (@boopsy01) April 13, 2016
@olv @yvrshoots and Action!! pic.twitter.com/F2F3lRYkbm
— Kristy Thompson (@boopsy01) April 14, 2016
@yvrshoots Power Rangers movie we got to walk the street after the shoot https://t.co/4PVhruT086
— Cin Clifton (@Cin_Clifton) April 18, 2016
@yvrshoots The car hanging in the air before they smashed it #PowerRangersMovie https://t.co/rzBxEen7ZY
— Cin Clifton (@Cin_Clifton) April 19, 2016
Power Rangers is expected to film in downtown Kamloops for two more days — on Thursday, April 21st, and Friday, April 22nd.
The #PowerRangers Movie will be filming in multiple locations in #Steveston from April 25 – 27! #RichmondBC
— Visit Richmond, BC (@VisitRichmondBC) April 19, 2016
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers have been around since the early 1990s.The pop culture phenomenon launched in 1993 as a TV series about a group of teens who can morph into super-powered primary-coloured warriors and is still in production two decades later, with an ever-changing cast. More than 200 actors have been on the series, including Breaking Bad’s Bryan Cranston as a voice actor, Amy Jo Johnson, Brandon McLaren, Eka Darville, Adelaide Kane and iZombie’s Rose McIver as a Yellow Ranger (production of the TV series moved to New Zealand in 2003).
Dean Israelite is directing the film based on a script by Ashley Miller and Zack Stenz and franchise creator Haim Saban is producing.
Filming started in Vancouver on February 29th and is expected to wrap May 25th (date subject to change) under the production code SHIRT via the Directors Guild of Canada-BC Production List.
I think they might be going with the green theme to tie in with the introduction of the green ranger…..