Adi Shankar is Developing a R-Rated ‘Power Rangers’ Series For Netflix

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Lionsgate’s upcoming reboot of Power Rangers is only six weeks away from hitting theaters, however, it turns out there’s another version of the teenagers with attitude already in the works. Back in 2015, Adi Shankar delivered Power/Rangers, an unauthorized bootleg version of the Rangers starring James Van Der Beek and Katie Sackhoff.

Shankar was recently announced as the showrunner for Netflix’s Castlevania series but in an interview with Polygon, Shankar revealed he’s also developing an animated reboot of the original Fox Kids series, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers that he describes as Power Rangers meets Dragon Ball Z.

“It’s a complete retelling of the first three seasons. And it’s going to be really fricking dark. Darker than any other Power Rangers series.” Shankar told Polygon.

Shankar is working on the script for the first season with hopes to launch in about eighteen months. Several networks are interested in picking up the series however, Shankar said he hopes to sell the series to Netflix:

“Netflix is doing what every other network should be doing. I’ve worked with almost every network and Netflix just gets it. The world we live in now has disrupted the idea of what entertainment is and Netflix gets it.”

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