"The Order" has changed its director, Jason David Frank will appear in the "Power Rangers" sequel

26.12.2016Danil Chupakhin

A very interesting independent project called "Order", or as fans dubbed him "Power Rangers: Civil War", changed director.

We've already talked about the film "The Order", which stirred up the loyal fans of the classic tokusatsu series "Power Rangers". wrote and published the trailer. However, according to the latest data, the “helmsman” has changed at the helm of this independent project. The film was originally to be directed by a former stuntman and action director from the original Power Rangers series. David Wald. But it was decided to change the director. This probably happened due to the serious financial support provided by fans as part of a fundraising campaign on a crowdfunding service IndieGoGo. They decided to entrust the project to a more professional director Nick Gillard.

Gillard is a highly respected man in Hollywood, an honored veteran stuntman who has dedicated more than 30 years of his life to cinema. Nick Gillard has a very impressive track record as a stuntman and coordinator. It contains very loud titles: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) "Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves" (1991) "Alien 3" (1992) "Tomorrow Never Dies" (1997) "Mummy" (1999) and many others. In addition, it was Gillard who choreographed the lightsaber fights in the new trilogy "Star Wars".

Let us remind you that almost all the actors from the original cast of Power Rangers starred in “The Order”: Austin St. John, Walter Jones, Karan Ashley and others.

The film's script was written by another veteran Ranger. Johnny Yong Boshom co-written with Karan Ashley.

Unfortunately, due to a change in director (Wald had already shot several scenes for the film), active filming was pushed back to early to mid-2017. Because of this, the premiere of “The Order” will most likely be postponed, which, if all goes well, will take place only in 2018.

Let's not stray too far from the topic "Power Rangers". It's no secret that a reimagining of this classic tokusatsu series is being released worldwide. 24 March 2017 year as a full-length blockbuster. Also, if you carefully follow the news on our website, you should know that the creators of the new “Rangers”, with a positive outcome of the film’s distribution, they are planning to launch a whole franchise. In any case, a sequel to “Power Rangers” has already been announced.

Apart from the fact that the creators promise a second film, there is really no more information. But recently there was an active rumor that the sequel might feature Jason David Frank in one of the roles. Fans immediately attacked Frank's social media to confirm/deny this rumor, and Jason denied it.

It turned out that the rumor was started by Frank's former Ranger comrade Blake Foster, who immediately made a reservation on his Instagram that he just decided to fantasize on the topic “What if?”

Jason David Frank is a martial artist and actor who played Tommy Oliver (Green Ranger) in the original series and its sequels. After the Rangers were over, Jason became an MMA fighter, where he spent almost a dozen years. He returned to the role of the Green Ranger in 2015 specifically for the filming of the short film Koichi Sakamoto и Charlie Haskell - Power Rangers Super Megaforce: The Legendary Battle, and today Jason is starring in the series Ninjak vs the Valiant Universe, where he plays one of the main negative characters.

As a matter of fact, it is precisely because of Frank’s increased acting activity that fans associate the possible appearance of Jason in the sequel to the new “Rangers”. In any case, Jason David Frank did not deny the fact that he was contacted about participating in the new franchise. Who knows, maybe we'll see DDF in one of the roles in future Power Rangers movies.