Terrifying Rita Repulsa Concept Art From Max Landis' POWER RANGERS Pitch Knock Socks Off Next Year's Reboot

Terrifying Rita Repulsa Concept Art From Max Landis' POWER RANGERS Pitch Knock Socks Off Next Year's Reboot

Most fans seem to agree that the designs in the upcoming Power Rangers reboot aren't good, and this new piece of concept art from Max Landis' scrapped version will make you wish his take had happened.

By JoshWilding - Dec 01, 2016 07:12 AM EST
Filed Under: Power Rangers
Source: Comic Book Resources
Elizabeth Banks may look pretty great in that bright green Rita Repulsa costume, but it's not exactly the best of designs. Of course, the same can be said for pretty much every character in the upcoming Power Rangers reboot as fans have been critical of everything from the main team to Alpha 5 and the generic looking Megazords. However, would it have been better if the movie had gone for a version of Rita like the one below? Designed by artist Matt Frank, it hails from Max Landis' treatment in 2013. 

The Chronicle writer's take was ultimately passed on, but this artwork points to a much more serious version of the Power Rangers being brought to the big screen as the monstrous Rita looks a lot less cartoonish and silly than the one Banks will deliver when the reboot reaches theaters early next year.

"Max Landis approached me back in 2013 to do some concept art for #PowerRangers when he was doing a script treatment," Frank explains. "I had other obligations at the time and could only do a quick Rita, so I pulled from his concept of the 'ancient evil' and made a kind of 'Xeno-Rita' – enjoy!" What do you guys think about this take on the fan-favourite villain? Share your thoughts below...

Matt Frank's concept art of Rita Repulsa for Max Landis' scrapped "Power Rangers" project
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blackandyellow
blackandyellow - 12/1/2016, 7:58 AM
Unites
Unites - 12/1/2016, 8:01 AM
Spoilers!!
DillonEnnis
DillonEnnis - 12/1/2016, 8:05 AM
Have to wonder what the rangers would have looked like
SonOfAGif
SonOfAGif - 12/1/2016, 10:21 AM
@EnnisFan - Whoever signed off on any of the current choices for concept art needs to be fired. Power Rangers is not that hard. There is a way to make them cool for adults. But they are trying so hard to make them alien/underwater looking and it is turning a lot of people off.

This is what happens when a studio hires 'professional' producers whom know nothing about the source material. This is the same thing destroying the DCEU.
PiereDevon
PiereDevon - 12/1/2016, 3:56 PM
@SonOfAGif - they have always been alien
SonOfAGif
SonOfAGif - 12/2/2016, 4:15 AM
@SuperBond - I know they have always been alien. What I meant was this film is going for the stereotypical alien/creature asthetic oh so many movies like to follow. Hell even Alpha looks like an alien from War of the Worlds.
Asmodeus
Asmodeus - 12/1/2016, 8:06 AM
Remember that time Max Landis actually did something awesome instead of just talking about doing something awesome ... it was 2012 and was literally just one time.
Curmudgeon
Curmudgeon - 12/1/2016, 8:07 AM
So it's a Skeksi with a Green Goblin face and a collar that looks like that creature from Hellboy 2.
SuperheroNews
SuperheroNews - 12/1/2016, 8:08 AM
I'm sorry but this looks [frick]ing stupid
Spider2YBanana
Spider2YBanana - 12/1/2016, 8:12 AM
Looks like a logo for some rock band.
slickrickdesigns
slickrickdesigns - 12/1/2016, 8:17 AM
hot!
storyteller
storyteller - 12/1/2016, 8:20 AM
No that would have been just as good or bad.
MrDandy
MrDandy - 12/1/2016, 8:43 AM
I like it! It looks over the top and crazy, how the Power Rangers should be.
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