Over the past several months we learned the identities of the new Power Rangers team from the upcoming reboot movie. Well now we finally know who’s going to be playing the main villain. It will be none other than Elizabeth Banks stepping into the role of Rita Repulsa when the film hits the big screen in 2017.
You can check out the official announcement below.
How evil @ElizabethBanks joins the #PowerRangersMovie cast as the villainous, #RitaRepulsa. pic.twitter.com/BJQV1KAwYv
— Power Rangers (@PowerRangers) February 2, 2016
Elizabeth Banks joins the cast of Becky Gomez as the Yellow Ranger, Dacre Montgomery as the Red Ranger, Ludi Lin as the Black Ranger, RJ Cyler as the Blue Ranger and Naomi Scott as the Pink Ranger.
“From a story by Executive Producer Roberto Orci (TRANSFORMERS, STAR TREK, AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2) and screenwriters Zack Stentz and Ashley Miller (X-MEN: FIRST CLASS, THOR) comes a modern reinvention of the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, a group of ordinary high school kids who find themselves infused with extraterrestrial powers and must harness those powers as a team to save the world.”
