But seeing as how little word we have on cast, crew, and script beyond a director, it doesn't sound like many others share that enthusiasm in the project.

Agreed. Not that I'm really surprised at all. Rather than attempting to do something cool with all the potential the franchise has to offer (MCU) they're treating it as another series from the past that they can reboot to make a quick cash-grab (Transformers, TMNT, etc.). What boggles my mind is that by taking the time & care needed to make this movie something special they can have a much larger profit. A nurtured, planned-out piece of media is more likely to gain & keep attention rather than a "throw-stuff-at-the-wall-&-hope-it-sticks" piece of media, which will be forgotten about almost as quickly as it debuted.

It could very well be that they haven't really had a sense of how the direction of this movie will go until now. Remember, Roberto Orci was supposed to produce it, but he left the project early (my guess is that he went to work on Star Trek). It could have been directionless since then (explaining the delay), until the director pitched his ideas.

Now that they've got that key element down, the rest of the production could flow a lot smoother. Optimistically, this may also explain why they've only announced a delay date now: they finally have a clear vision of where this movie will go, and how long it will take to produce.

So I suppose it won't be long before casting begins. They've also been working on the script this whole time, so that should be progressing better now, too.

I get it.

They're afraid a movie based on Power Rangers, even a reboot won't hold enough muscle to go up against:

Batman v Superman: Custody Fight

X-Men: The Reboot with the fight everyone wanted Part 2

Kung Fu Jack Black Needs More Money Panda 3

Finding Dory and my crying tissues

Captain America: Civil Servant 3

Doctor Strange For The Hardcore Fanboys Of Obscure Marvel Characters

Ghostbusters III Less Slime, more estrogen

So yes, a B grade movie should be slated for a winter month 2017. Because then they'll only have to be concerned with going up against other B grade movies. Who needs a good script to compete against that kind of high level competition?

Well that kinda solidifies it doesn't it? Their first choice left the project before anything major happened. Why did he leave? He thought his other option (I also think it's Star Trek) was better. He would've stayed if Power Rangers was gonna be worth his time & in his mind it wasn't.

Next it took so many months just to get Isrealite on the film. Being a younger & less experienced talent I doubt he was busy working on other things. They didn't pick any other big-name to help out because it's likely no one else wanted to work on the movie. They didn't wanna compete with all the sure-fire money grabbers like Civil War. If they really wanted to get Isrealite from the start & had complete faith in him then why did it take this long to get him?

Then the whole date movement occurred. Would it have happened if they got their act together for the film in the first place? If they really thought Power Rangers could hang with the Marvel & Disney movies of that year then this wouldn't be happening & none of us would be discussing this right now.

I hate to be all cynical & negative but I think this is the truth. Hopefully I'm wrong & they just went through a series of unfortunate events. However I still believe that they see this as nothing more than a quick business venture rather than a potentially good business venture.

It's actually not Stark Trek guys. Orci was slated to direct Trek 3 but left that project entirely to take on Power Rangers. And his replacement was Justin Lynn from the Fast & Furious franchise. Then subsequently Orci bailed on the Power Rangers film as well. He's not working on Trek anymore.

It's probably Transformers 5 then.

Teaming up with Michael Bay for another "HUMANS! ...Guest starring a crazy Optimus Prime, annoying Bumblebee, and some other guys of no concern."

And someone will die only to be revived by magical unknown elixir. :lolol

But, like, is Power Rangers really the movie to do that with?

Hahaha how clever and original you are. Never heard that one before. But really, not even Bay wants Orci and Kurtzman back.

Probably because Orci is legit fucking crazy in real life. He believes the US used an Earthquake ray on Mexico and stuff.

Wait...What?