SF/F TV development news - 2017
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Adi Shankar, who excutive produced 2012's "Dredd", as well as several non-commercial "bootleg" shorts ("Punisher: Dirty Laundry", "Power/Ranger", etc.) will produce two new r-rated animated shows for Netflix:
Castlevania, and Power Rangers. The first will apparently premiere this year, the latter is planned for release in "the next 18 months".
Castlevania, and Power Rangers. The first will apparently premiere this year, the latter is planned for release in "the next 18 months".
Well, that's just terrible. What's next, Barney the Cannibal? Zombie Mister Rogers? Maybe He-Man: Serial Killer? Power/Rangers was already terrible, I'm shocked there will be an official version of that. I guess there is nothing safe from being ruined by a grim and gritty reboot/remake/reimagining.
@kirk55555 , relax, nothing will be replaced, there's still gonna be the annual live-action series based on the Sentai series from the previous year. Nothing is lost, there'll just be some more variety.
@JD , I guess Haim Saban is a capitalist first and foremost, so if Netflix wants an r-rated animated PR series and are willing to pay him for the licence (it's produced by others, so he doesn't even have to get involved), he's fine with it.
@JD , I guess Haim Saban is a capitalist first and foremost, so if Netflix wants an r-rated animated PR series and are willing to pay him for the licence (it's produced by others, so he doesn't even have to get involved), he's fine with it.
I'd be up for a less kiddie version of Power rangers, but an R-rated show from the guy who did the horrible Power/Rangers (which showed that he definitely didn't "get" the franchise)? I'd argue that's not really "variety", its just ridiculous. Its just another terrible "grim and gritty" remake, like all the other ones we've been getting.
If they want to do a non-kid show, they should go for some general audience superhero type thing, that could work with the premise. Rated R Power Rangers is like making a rated R Pokemon or Dexter's Lab. Yeah, you can technically do it, but it doesn't fit the franchise and its a horrible idea.
Yeah, I actually have to agree with you here. Power/Ranger was pretty fun as kind of a gimicky one off, but it don't know if I'd really want a whole PR series done like that.
As for a general audience superhero type thing, that does appear to be what they're going for with the movie, so we're getting that too.
As for a general audience superhero type thing, that does appear to be what they're going for with the movie, so we're getting that too.
The movie, which I'm definitely interested in, actually seems a bit too ashamed of the source material for me. Its got a real gritty/weird design aesthetic, and seems to be looking to copy modern movies and stuff like Chronicle and Iron Man. I was thinking something more like the CW DC shows, with a similar tone and a bit more embracing of the source material when it comes to making a PR product for the general audience.
Well, he didn't really create it, he just bought the international rights to Super Sentai and re-shot the character scenes with American actors. It's more an adaptation than original work.
And let's not forget Saban sold Power Rangers to Disney for a few years before buying it back.
What I meant was, don't work yourself up, because nobody is going to make you watch it, and you can still watch the annual live action show. If you're up for subtitles, you can even watch both the annual live action show, and fansubs of the the Japanese show it's based on. It's like DC doing an out-of-continuity Superman book for mature audience. It may not be your cup of tea, but there's still the proper version unaffected by that other book.
I'm not particularly worked up. I think its a terrible idea, and I'm hoping it will bomb (if it even gets made), but that's about it. I mean, I'll pay attention to news about it and if it gets released I'll take a look (because if I'm too much of a nerd to skip bad superhero movies I'm too much of a nerd to skip PR-R), at which point I'll likely be ticked off, but right now its nothing more then a bizarre bad idea. If nothing else, it will probably be enough of a trainwreck that its almost worth it getting made just for that, and since its not replacing anything I doubt it will do much more then annoy me.
Now that sounds like it might be interesting.
Ooh, a surprising conspiracy at the center. 