Naomi Scott has been cast as the Pink Ranger in Lionsgate’s Power Rangers film, according to an announcement on the movie’s Instagram.
Scott currently has a minor role in The Martian, and geek TV viewers might recognize from her role as Maddy Shannon on Fox’s prehistoric sci-fi drama Terra Nova. The movie will be an adaptation of the 1990s Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers TV series.
This is the first major news on the feature since July 2014, when X-Men: First Class scribes Ashley Miller and Zack Stentz were announced as screenwriters (see “'Power Rangers' Script Gets 'X-Men' Treatment”). The film is currently in pre-production, with Dean Israelite (Project Almanac) directing .
BOOM! Studios announced a new Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers comic series this summer at SDCC (see “ICv2: New 'Mighty Morphin Power Rangers' Comic Book Series”).