POWER RANGERS Originally Had A Different Post-Credits Scene According To Writer John Gatkin

Power Rangers had a bit of a rough go at the box-office, but home release and rental sales are looking to salvage the film for a second installment. A sequel may be in doubt, but that wasn't the case when the film was released.

Like most movie franchises in this day and age, the film contained a post-credit scenethat teased a follow-up. The scene is the Rangers sitting in detention going through roll call when the teacher calls out for Tommy Oliver. No one answers to the name but the camera pans in to a green jacket on an empty chair.

The original version of the scene in the script played out very differently, according to writer John Gatkin. During the audio commentary for the film, transcribed by Comic Book, Gatkin revealed it was originally a fight that introduced us to the future Green Ranger. “Well we were going to have that there was a brawl in the lunch room," said Gatins "And a couple of our kids saying: 'Man, what happened?' 'Dude there was this violent fight. There’s this one crazy kid, the new kid.' 'Which kid, Tommy Oliver?' 'Yeah'. So you would have felt like Tommy dropped into their world.”

Director Dean Israelite chimed in that in this version of the post-credit scene you still wouldn't have seen Tommy. He also revealed that it just didn't make a lot of sense, “It didn’t work to be in this cafeteria where we had only spent one second [of the movie] in.”

The original post-credit scene is not included on the blu-ray special features, so there's a high likelihood that is wasn't even shot. As of right now there is no news on a potential Power Rangers sequel, but make sure to check out the Scifi section of the CBM Index for the latest.