‘Power Rangers Movie’ Reboot Casts Elizabeth Banks As Rita Repulsa

The long-awaited Power Rangers movie reboot from Lionsgate has finally found its villain.

Elizabeth Banks has been cast as the villainous witch, Rita Repulsa as the main villain for the upcoming Power Rangers movie, slated for a Jan. 13, 2017 release. The casting was announced on the official Power Rangers Twitter account.

The cast of the Power Rangers movie reboot is full of newcomers, but Elizabeth Banks gives the film some much-needed star power.

There have been reports on how Rita Repulsa would be portrayed in the upcoming Power Rangers movie.

According to Heroic Hollywood , Rita’s look was described as the following:

“A huntress. A striking, yet subtly alien-looking woman. She carries a metallic staff topped with a distinctive crescent shape. Advances with a soldier’s confidence, guided by some sort of compass... Her staff is actually a device of immense power. She points it at the ground. Heads emerge, built layer upon layer like 3-D printing, made from the earth itself... The staff’s technology grants her the ability to create humanoid figures, soulless and robotic.”

Heroic Hollywood’s source also detailed the first scene with Rita Repulsa in the Power Rangers movie, as the witch squares off with a familiar face.

“I'm also told that we first meet Rita in the prologue of the film which takes place during the cretaceous period, on the last day of the dinosaurs on Earth. Rita fights that period's Power Rangers. The Red Ranger is also fan favorite ZORDON!”

This is all rumors for now but with the release date for the Power Rangers movie being in 2017, we won’t get any concrete details until we get much closer to the date.

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