Published Jun 16, 2026, 5:30 PM EDT
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Power Rangers is no stranger to reinvention. A key part of the show’s appeal is that more or less every season brings a new team of Rangers with a fresh gimmick and setting. From dinosaurs and ninjas to space police and time travelers, the series has continually refreshed itself while maintaining the core formula that made it a phenomenon. However, few iterations of Power Rangers shook things up quite like 2023’s Power Rangers: Cosmic Fury.
When Cosmic Fury arrived on Netflix in 2023, it was the biggest tweak of the Power Rangers format so far. The season was condensed from the traditional 22 episodic installments into 10 tight serialized episodes, leaning more on existing continuity than any previous season and using less Super Sentai footage than ever. Still, as big a change as Cosmic Fury was, it’s got nothing on what awaits the Power Rangers franchise in the future.
When Power Rangers returns to screens, it will be for the brand-new reboot on Disney+. If Cosmic Fury was a shake-up, then the upcoming Disney and Hasbro-produced Power Rangers show is a seismic scale leveling. Nothing will be the same, and the show will feel less like the franchise that fans grew up with than ever before.
The Next Power Rangers Show Is Starting From Scratch
Every season of Power Rangers introduces a new team of Rangers with a distinct theme to their costumes and Zords, but the Disney+ series is aiming for something much more radical. The reboot will be a complete reinvention designed to introduce Power Rangers to a new generation. The franchise's long-running continuity that began with Mighty Morphin Power Rangers in 1993 will be completely left behind. While this is a big shift, it’s not the biggest the Disney+ reboot will make.
The production process for the Disney+ reboot is completely different to previous Power Rangers seasons. Since the franchise began, Power Rangers has relied on footage from the Japanese TV show Super Sentai. While Cosmic Fury reduced that dependence significantly through original suits and fight scenes, the Disney+ series will remove it altogether. Everything from Ranger costumes to Zords will be created specifically for the American show (which will be partly out of necessity since Super Sentai has now concluded).
That shift alone would make the reboot historic, but the storytelling approach for the Power Rangers Disney+ reboot is changing as well. Rather than embracing the campy monster-of-the-week structure, the new series will have a more serialized and character-driven format. With Jonathan E. Steinberg and Dan Shotz attached as writers and showrunners following their success on Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Disney and Hasbro are clearly making an active push for Power Rangers to embrace modern narrative trends.
All in all, the Disney+ reboot will reinvent Power Rangers as prestige sci-fi television. The colorful suits and giant robots may remain, but the overall presentation and tone will be dramatically different from anything fans have seen before.
Power Rangers’ New Format Is A Good Thing
The prospect of Power Rangers being reinvented for modern audiences is understandably drawing skepticism from some corners of the fandom. The show has always been beloved for its unique tone, since it blends light-hearted action and bombastic visuals with genuinely heartfelt storytelling like nothing else. Sadly, however, the entertainment landscape of the 2020s looks vastly different from the one that allowed Power Rangers to thrive throughout the 1990s and 2000s.
The traditional Power Rangers formula, while beloved, is feeling increasingly dated. If Power Rangers is to survive at all, it needs to evolve and adapt. Franchises from Star Trek to Doctor Who have repeatedly reinvented themselves to remain relevant for new generations. Power Rangers is now at a similar crossroads.
Of course, there is certainly risk involved. A more grounded, serialized approach could move too far away from what made Power Rangers special in the first place. On the other hand, if the franchise continues relying on its established formula, it risks fading away altogether. The Disney+ reboot may not look exactly like the Power Rangers many fans grew up watching, but if it is to thrive in the streaming era, then switching formats might be the smartest move.
Video Game(s) Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Mega Battle, Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid, Saban's Power Rangers Megaforce, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Rita's Rewind
First TV Show Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers
Created by Haim Saban, Shuki Levy, Shotaro Ishinomori
English (US) ·