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The Power Rangers franchise is getting a reboot that will connect both the feature films and TV series. Jonathan Entwistle, the creator of It’s the End of the F---ing World and co-creator of I’m Not Okay with This, will helm the connected universe.

“This is an unbelievable opportunity to deliver new Power Rangers to both new and existing generations of awaiting and adoring fans. We’ll bring the spirit of analog into the future, harnessing the action and storytelling that made this brand a success,” Entwistle said.

“Jonathan has an incredible creative vision for this iconic and hugely successful franchise, and is hands down the right architect to join us as we reimagine the television and film worlds of this property,” eOne’s Film President Nick Meyer and Global Television President Michael Lombardo said in a joint statement.

News that Entwistle was leading the reboot was first announced in December 2019. He stated that it would include “a time-travel element” in which the Rangers would be pulled back to the ‘90s and have to find a way back.

The franchise premiered in the US in 1993 with Mighty Morphin Power Rangers as an adaptation of the Japanese Super Sentai Series. Since then, the franchise about teenage superheroes in color coded costumes has seen multiple theme-based series running continuously. The most recent was Power Rangers Beast Morphers, which ended earlier in 2020. The series has also had three movies, starting with 1995’s Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie, followed by Turbo, and most recently 2017’s Power Rangers.