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David Yost is still interested in pursuing a reunion movie sport the original cast ofMighty Morphin Power Rangers . Yost played the first live - natural action version of Billy Cranston , aka the Blue Ranger , on the original Power Rangers TV serial in the early nineties . Unfortunately , he eventually leave the serial after season 4 due to face homophobic intimidation from the production bunch .
In the show , his character leave Earth to travel to the planet of Aquitar in rescript to find a cure for his rapid ripening . While Yost left his Power Rangers career behind all those years ago , he has continue to work in television as a producer , and has partnered with DoSomething.com for their You get the Power Campaign , which is designed to combat bullying . But now , it looks like he wants to get the squad back together for a reunion plastic film .
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In an audience withComicBook , Yost tell he has always heard devotee postulate for a reunification of the original cast , saying , " I get to travel around the world to unlike formula and … all I hear is we need to see a reunification of the original cast . … I ’ve never understood why this was n’t in the plan , or why the hoi polloi that own the franchise just never really want to try that out , but I hear it and hear it . " And so , Yost has gone as far as to write the porta of aMighty Morphin Power Rangersreunion movie himself . He also said that his production dream squad would include Amy Jo Johnson , who playedKimberly Hart the Pink Ranger .
Johnson has also press out involvement in not only reunite the cast , but directing the movie . She has directed two short films and ego - produced the 2017 movieThe Space Between . Yost order he has worked with Johnson on “ several of her films and shortstop . ” He also been producer on the movieAlien Hunter , associate producer on the reality showTemptation Island , and segment manufacturer onThe Real Housewives of Beverly Hills . While those projection are all considerably unlike than Power Rangers , there ’s no denying that Yost is a devotee of the superhero team .
The Power Rangers enfranchisement was bring up in 2017 with a live - action mechanism Power Rangers movie that featured a more diverse cast of characters , but it end upunderperforming at the box officeand encounter mixed reviews from critics . The movie also razz a subsequence featuring arebooted version of Tommy Oliver , the most famous ranger in the franchise ; something that may not go over well with rooter . Tommy Oliver , played by Jason David Frank , has continued to make visual aspect in the television franchise . He is slat to yield inPower Rangers Ninja Steel , the late version of the the franchise .
However , it is unfortunate that the movie would not see a full reunification . While Frank would doubtlessly recall as would Austin St. John , Thuy Trang who play Trini Kwan the Yellow Ranger was killed in a automobile chance event in 2001 . Yost has already anticipate that the picture would devote court to her and it would be interesting to see how that would be done . There are many directions that the movie to go in , and many potential directions to take the characters in , especially since Hasbro has been let the cat out of the bag abouta potentialPower Rangersreboot . But for now , the movie is only a pipe dream .
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