We were rather surprised when Elizabeth Banks (The Hunger Games) took the role of bad guy Rita Repulsa in the upcoming big screen Power Rangers movie, but here is it… the first image of Banks’ Rita can now be seen below.
Banks has said her character is “a modern and edgy re-imagining of the original Rita Repulsa.” She will also have “a backstory that connects her to the new Rangers” in the film, which will once again see a group of teenagers bringing martial arts, morphsuits, and giant robots to battle in an effort to save the world from a looming alien threat.
Due to be directed by Dean Israelite (Project Almanac) and star Naomi Scott, Becky Gomez, RJ Cyler, Dacre Montgomery and Ludi Lin as the titular teenagers, Power Rangers is due to be released on march 24th 2017.
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Source: Entertainment Weekly.
