‘Power Rangers’ Will Not Be Exclusive to Netflix in 2017

Last week Collider reported that Saban and Netflix had finalized a deal in which the 20-plus year old children’s superhero franchise would be an exclusive to the popular on demand streaming service. According to our friends at Den of Geek!, it’s false.

“[T]here is no accuracy to the report that Power Rangers is moving exclusively to Netflix in 2017,” said a Saban Brands rep to Den of Geek!

Not confirmed is whether or not Power Rangers will stay at its current home on Nickelodeon.

In the original Collider rumor, the 24th season of Power Rangers would be an adaptation of the currently-airing Shuriken Sentai Ninninger and that the new Power Rangers would be titled Power Rangers Shruiken. My radar should have gone off when I noticed “Shruiken” was totally misspelled, but I chalked that up to people not knowing their Asian weapons of warfare. People pronounce katana “ka-tay-na,” for example.

Not to throw shade at Collider but whoever is giving them scoops seems dubious. Their reports on the 2017 Power Rangers film have been spotty; the site recently revealed the alleged character names in the movie; the Red Ranger was named “Callum Oliver” which fueled rumors regarding the continuity of the movie (“Oliver” is the last name of original Green/White Ranger, Tommy). In a confirmed tweet by the official Power Rangers Twitter, the report turned out to be incorrect.

⚡️ ⚡️ IT'S MORPHIN TIME, Jason, Kimberly, Zack, Billy & Trini! #PowerRangersMovie, coming 2017!

— Power Rangers (@PowerRangers) October 30, 2015

As of now, Power Rangers is expected to continue broadcasting on Nickelodeon with Power Rangers Dino Supercharge airing 2016. Later this month, the Red Ranger balloon will return to the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.