Elizabeth Banks has been cast as a major villain for Lionsgate’s Power Rangers film, revealed by the movie’s Twitter.
Banks (The Lego Movie, Hunger Games) will play Rita Repulsa, the villainous space witch who served as arch-enemy of the original Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers.
The movie was recently pushed back from a January to March 2017 opening (see “Best in Shows Update”).

As Villain
Posted by ICv2 on February 2, 2016 @ 12:16 pm CT

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