BREAKING BAD's Bryan Cranston Will Play Zordon In The POWER RANGERS Reboot (Really)

You didn't see this one coming, eh? Breaking Bad and Godzilla star Bryan Cranston has confirmed that he'll play the mentor to the team in the reboot, and more details can be found after the jump..

By JoshWilding - Jun 21, 2016 03:06 PM EST

Filed Under: Power Rangers

Lionsgate has cast a bunch of unknowns for their Power Rangers reboot, but we always knew that some familiar faces would end up playing some of the older characters in order to make it a more star studded affair. Elizabeth Banks has been chosen to play the villainous Rita Repulsa, and now Bryan Cranston has confirmed that he'll be taking on the role of the team's holographic mentor, Zordon.

In the original series, Rita trapped Zordon in a time warp thousands of years ago, but his robot assistant Alpha 5 was able to communicate with him and build a base from which the hero could mentor his newly recruited Power Rangers. An actor of Cranston's calibre playing this character is certainly pretty exciting, and it's going to be interesting to see what he brings to the table here.

Excited to play #Zordon in the #PowerRangersMovie! T or F: #BlueRanger Billy Cranston was named after what actor? https://t.co/d3ltjpcDKb
— Bryan Cranston (@BryanCranston) June 21, 2016

The mighty #Zordon has officially been cast! Please welcome #BryanCranston to the #PowerRangersMovie - Coming in 2017.

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SuperCat - 6/21/2016, 3:50 PM

No!!!!!!!! Power Rangers suck!!

ForceOfLegend - 6/21/2016, 3:52 PM

@SuperCat - LOL I used to enjoy the original series as a kid...looking back now, it is pretty bad lol.

KikinGonzalez - 6/21/2016, 3:58 PM

Humperdink - 6/21/2016, 4:08 PM

@SuperCat - @SuperCat -

LOL, Cranston is like...

"Oh you comic nerds want me in a comic book movie, do you?
Okay, I'll be Zorgon in Power Rangers."

MonsterSquad35 - 6/21/2016, 4:08 PM

@SuperCat - TURRRRRRRRRRRIBLE!

Beetleborg - 6/21/2016, 4:31 PM

@SuperCat - He's already been in the Power Rangers universe once

SuperCat - 6/21/2016, 4:48 PM

@Beetleborg - You kidding? Did he make an appearance on the show or was he a reoccurring character?

interoBang - 6/21/2016, 3:50 PM

OMFG!

interoBang - 6/21/2016, 3:51 PM

You could have been Luthor. Now you'll have to settle for Zordon.

BatmanHeisenberg - 6/21/2016, 3:50 PM

I... Love this.

Jaspion - 6/21/2016, 3:51 PM

Haha now I definitely gotta watch this.
Nice to see him coming back to this franchise after all these years.

Wyldstallyns - 6/21/2016, 5:19 PM

@Jaspion - I was very surprised. I never thought he'd come back

Shazam - 6/21/2016, 3:52 PM

Clark4President - 6/21/2016, 3:52 PM

who is playing Ivan Ooze tho?

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