Concept Art for Rejected POWER RANGERS Film Pitch
As you know, Lionsgate has been developing a new Power Rangers movie with Saban Entertainment. The studio spent some time looking for a director before they settled on Dean Israelite (Project Almanac).
One of the other directors up for the gig had conceptual artists Alex Ruiz and Gregory Semkow whip up some designs for his film pitch. There’s no information given on who the director was, but the artwork includes Zordon, Rita Repulsa, The Control Room, Alpha, T-Rex Zord, and Megazord.
Regarding the art, Ruiz said:
"This is some concept art I made for a director who was pitching his film version of Power Rangers. If you guys remember someone made an amazing PR fan film this year, which lit the fire under many asses to get a full on Hollywood film made. So, many a director jumped at the opportunity. Unfortunately our guy didn't get it, it went to another director. Such is the nature of the film business."
When talking about Megazord's visor, the artist explained: "The director had a very cool idea of wanting to see the Rangers through a transparent visor, instead of the traditional head."
The first two images below were created by Alex Ruiz and the rest were created by Gregory Semkow. The concept art is actually pretty damn cool looking. The designs are fun, and they make me even more curious to know what Israelite’s vision for this film is.
The movie stars Becky Gomez as the Yellow Ranger, R.J.Cyler as the Blue Ranger, Ludi Lin as the Black Ranger, Dacre Montgomery as the Red Ranger and Naomi Scott as the Pink Ranger. The film will be based on a screenplay written by Ashley Miller and Zack Stentz (Fringe).
The Power Rangers movie is scheduled to be released on March 24th, 2017. What do you think of the designs you see here?
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