Power Rangers Beast Morphers

Power Rangers Beast Morphers are the twenty-sixth and twenty-seventh seasons of the American children's television program Power Rangers. The first season premiered on Nickelodeon on March 2, 2019, while the second season premiered on February 22, 2020.

Power Rangers Beast Morphers
Also known asSaban's Power Rangers Beast Morphers (Season 1)
Genre
Created by
Based onTokumei Sentai Go-Busters
by Toei Company
Developed bySaban Brands (pre-production)
Allspark Pictures (Hasbro) (post-production)
Toei Company
Directed bySimon Bennett
Yugi Noguchi
Oliver Driver
Riccardo Pellizzeri
StarringRorrie D. Travis
Jasmeet "Jazz" Baduwalia
Jacqueline Scislowski
Abraham Rodriguez
Colby Strong
Liana Ramirez
Cosme Flores
Kristina Ho
Theme music composerNoam Kaniel (Noam)
Cash Callaway[1]
Ian Osborne[1]
Opening themeTheme Song Sung by Cash Callaway
ComposersMatt McGuire
Noam Kaniel (Noam)[2][3]
Youssef "Joe" Guezoum[4][5]
Cash Callaway[6]
Ian Osborne[1]
Country of originUnited States
Japan
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes44 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers
Producers
  • Melissa Flores
  • Alwyn Dale
  • Becca Barnes
Production locationsNew Zealand (Auckland)
Japan (Tokyo & Yokohama)
Production companies
DistributorAllspark (Seasons 1–2)
Entertainment One (Season 2)
Release
Original networkNickelodeon
Picture format720p / 1080p (HDTV)
Original releaseMarch 2, 2019 (2019-03-02) –
December 12, 2020 (2020-12-12)
Chronology
Preceded byPower Rangers Super Ninja Steel
Followed byPower Rangers Dino Fury

Beast Morphers was the first in the television series to be produced by Hasbro's production studio Allspark (which was later absorbed into Entertainment One in October 2020), as well as being the first in the franchise to have all toys manufactured and distributed by Hasbro.[8][9][10] Both seasons were produced using footage, costumes, and props from the thirty-sixth entry in the Japanese Super Sentai series, Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters which aired in 2012. As a result, Beast Morphers marks the first time the American series has adapted an entry in the Super Sentai series that was previously skipped over. This series also serves as a direct sequel to Power Rangers RPM.

Beast Morphers was originally to be produced by Saban Brands. During pre-production, Hasbro acquired the Power Rangers franchise and other entertainment assets from Saban Brands and the latter company subsequently closed on July 2, 2018.[11][12]

Plot

Scientists in the city of Coral Harbor have discovered a way to convert the infinite power of the Morphin Grid into a physical substance called "Morph-X", providing the city with a source of unlimited clean energy. To protect the city, a secret agency known as Grid Battleforce combines Morph-X with animal DNA to create a new team of Power Rangers. Now the Beast Morpher Rangers: Devon Daniels, Ravi Shaw, and Zoey Reeves must defend the Morphin Grid from Evox, an evil sentient computer virus from another dimension and his evil avatar clones of original Beast Morphers candidates Blaze and Roxy, who were rendered comatose. After the three of them are transported to the Cyber Dimension, Evox, Cybervillain Blaze, and Cybervillain Roxy gain its de facto ruler Scrozzle as an ally as he helps them in their plan to return Evox to Earth.[13]

As the Rangers battle Evox's robot monsters, they gain two new additions to the team: Nate Silva, the head researcher and scientist of Grid Battleforce who becomes the Gold Ranger and Steel, a robot Nate was forced to create, who becomes the Silver Ranger.

In the second season, Evox possesses Mayor Daniels and plots to finish what he started with the help of Scrozzle, who uses a machine to replenish the Blaze and Roxy avatars as robots. Along the way, the Rangers uncover Evox's true origins and receive help from the original, Dino Thunder, and Dino Charge Rangers as well as allies of the RPM rangers to defeat Evox and his minions once and for all.

Episodes
Main articles: Beast Morphers (season 1) and Beast Morphers (season 2)

Cast and characters
Main article: List of Power Rangers Beast Morphers characters

Rangers
  • Rorrie D. Travis as Devon Daniels, the Red Beast Morpher Ranger.[14][15]
  • Jazz Baduwalia as Ravi Shaw, the Blue Beast Morpher Ranger.[14][15]
  • Jacqueline Scislowski as Zoey Reeves, the Yellow Beast Morpher Ranger.[14][15]
  • Abraham Rodriguez as Nathan "Nate" Silva, the Gold Beast Morpher Ranger.
  • Jamie Linehan (voice) and Sam Jellie (human) as Steel, the Silver Beast Morpher Ranger.

Mighty Morphin

Dino Charge
  • Brennan Mejia as Tyler Navarro, the Dino Charge Red Ranger[17]
  • James Davies as Chase Randalll, the Dino Charge Black Ranger[17]
  • Yoshi Sudarso as Koda, the Dino Charge Blue Ranger[17]
  • Davi Santos as Sir Ivan, the Dino Charge Gold Ranger[17]

Allies

Villains

Mighty Morphin

Dino Charge
  • Adam Gardiner as the voice of Sledge
  • Jackie Clarke as the voice of Poisandra
  • Paul Harrop as the voice of Fury
  • Estevez Gillespie as the voices of Wrench and Curio
  • Campbell Cooley as the voice of Snide

Production

Saban Brands announced on February 12, 2018, that it had renewed its partnership with Nickelodeon for an additional three years now going until 2021.[23] In a joint statement on February 15, 2018, Saban announced that it would not renew its master toy license with Bandai going forward and that the current license would expire on April 1, 2019, ending a 25-year partnership dating back to 1993 with Mighty Morphin Power Rangers.[24] The following day on February 16, 2018 at New York Toy Fair 2018, Hasbro announced that it had acquired the master toy license from Saban Brands, revealed a re-branded logo for the Power Rangers franchise and mentioned that their contract with Saban Brands included an option to negotiate the purchase of the Power Rangers franchise from Saban Brands at a later time if they chose.[8] The next day on February 17, 2018, at the New York Toy Fair, Hasbro announced that their toys would start to appear in April 2019 and that the Super Sentai series Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters would be the first season adapted under the re-branded Power Rangers logo as Power Rangers Beast Morphers.[13]

On May 1, 2018, Hasbro announced that it had agreed to purchase the Power Rangers franchise from Saban Brands in a cash-and-stock deal valued at $522 million.[11][10] On May 25, 2018, it was revealed that Saban Brands was preparing to lay off a majority of its employees with Saban Brands ceasing operation on July 2, 2018, though its parent company Saban Capital Group would remain open for business.[25][12]

Judd "Chip" Lynn, who resumed executive producer duties for Power Rangers since Dino Charge, returned for Beast Morphers.[26]

The first season finished filming on December 20, 2018.[27] The second season began filming about a month later.[28] Filming for the second season finished on May 22, 2019.[29]

Noam Kaniel (Noam) composes the music for the series alongside Youssef "Joe" Guezoum, and Matt McGuire.[2][4]

See also

Notes
  1. Laing is credited as his pseudonym "Randall Ewing" for most of the series' run

References
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