It’s morphin’ time!
The Power Rangers are back in the latest trailer of Netflix‘s Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Once and alwayswhich takes place 30 years after the original show aired on Fox.
The anniversary special features the return of some of the franchise’s first cast members, including David Yost’s Blue Ranger Billy Cranston, Walter E. Jones’ Black Ranger Zack Taylor, Catherine Sutherland’s Pink Ranger Kat Hillard, Steve Cardenas’ Red Ranger Rocky DeSantos, Richard Steven Horvitz’s Alpha 5 and Barbara Goodson’s Rita Repulsa. Karan Ashley’s second Yellow Ranger Aisha Campbell and Johnny Yong Bosch’s second Black Ranger Adam Park also appear in the film.
The trailer introduced new character Minh Kwan (Charlie Kersh), the daughter of Yellow Ranger Trini Kwan. Thuy Trang, who played the Yellow Ranger in the original series, died in a car accident in 2001. The makers chose to write in Trini’s death, with Kersh’s Minh revealing that she died at the hands of Rita Repulsa.
“Thirty years after the wise and mighty Zordon formed the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, the team comes face to face with a known threat from the past,” the logline reads. “In the midst of a global crisis, they are once again called upon to be the heroes the world needs. This 30th anniversary special is inspired by the franchise’s legendary mantra, ‘Once a Ranger, Always a Ranger’, meaning that once you’re part of the Ranger family, you’re always welcome.”
The Power Rangers franchise lost one more of its original members in November 2022 then Jason David Frank, who played the Green-turned-White Ranger, died. It’s unclear how the 30th anniversary special will deal with the loss — if at all.
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Once and for all arrives on Netflix on April 19.