Dean Israelite to helm 'Power Rangers'

"Project Almanac" filmmaker Dean Israelite is in talks to direct the upcoming action film "Power Rangers".
"X-Men: First Class" writers Ashley Miller and Zack Stentz have penned the script for the film, which is about a team of teenagers, who are infused with unique superpowers but must harness and use them as a group if they have any hope of saving the world, said The Hollywood Reporter.
"Power Rangers" was a '90s TV series and global marketing franchise, initially called "The Mighty Morphin Power Rangers" that used footage from a Japanese children's show.
It first aired on Fox Kids then in the 2000s on Disney-owned channels. A movie also hit theatres in 1995.

Haim Saban, who created the franchise, will produce the upcoming movie with Saban Brands' head of development and production Brian Casentini.
Also producing is Allison Shearmur, who oversaw "The Hunger Games" when she was Lionsgate's president of production and recently produced Disney's "Cinderella".