Max Landis Says POWER RANGERS Film Looks Like CHRONICLE

Shortly after the release of the trailer for the new Power Rangers film, former screenwriter for the film Max Landis took to Twitter to air his grievances:

I wrote a silly, fun, goofy retro teen action adventure movie.

They fired me, and five or so writers later, it appears they made Chronicle.

— Max Landis (@Uptomyknees) October 9, 2016

Landis, who was removed from the film by Lionsgate, may have a right to be justifiably mad. Then again, if someone hires you to write a licensed version of the film that made you famous, who can really be mad when you're (presumably) fired for not delivering?

I'm not gonna sit here and deny there aren't some similarities between this film and Chronicle, but let's not sit here and act like Chronicle was an entirely new concept that changed the game. 

It seems very clear that Lionsgate and Saban have little intention of creating a film that's going to call back a lot of nostalgia, and if that's what Landis' film was about, I don't fault them for going in a different direction.

Thanks to Comicbook for bringing this to our attention!