Power Rangers Icon's Final Film Finally Locks Release Date
Power Rangers fans have waited on the live-action reboot, Paramount’s in-development film, and the still-unreleased Ninja Kidz fan project—but the update that matters most is finally in sight: the long-awaited final work from a late Power Rangers legend.
While everyone keeps asking what is happening with the live-action reboot, that in-development Paramount movie, and the still-unreleased Ninja Kidz fan film, the project fans have actually been waiting on the longest just locked a date. Jason David Frank's final passion project, made with Bat in the Sun, is finally headed to theaters.
Release date (finally)
Bat in the Sun says Legend of the White Dragon will hit select theaters on August 28, 2026. Yes, that is a long runway, but at least there is a real day on the calendar now.
So what is this thing?
The movie follows Erik Reed, a once-beloved vigilante known as the White Dragon who has been hiding out after a mysterious incident turned him into a wanted man. Years later, he returns to the city he used to protect to clear his name and protect the people he still cares about. That puts him on a collision course with a masked antagonist called Dragon Prime, played by Aaron Schoenke.
If you watched the trailer, you know the vibe: it is basically Ranger DNA remixed into a darker, more adult action story. Slick suits, big effects, heavy hits. Frank wanted something that let him play older and more complicated than what he could do in spandex on Saturday mornings.
Why it mattered to JDF
Frank talked about wanting Erik Reed to feel real to the fans who grew up with him, especially the ones carrying adult problems around now. He framed Reed as a different beast than Tommy Oliver and pushed for a tone that was not for kids.
'The audience, I think, is going to really relate to Erik Reed because he is completely different, and opposite from Tommy Oliver.'
Outside that line, he also said he wanted room to be more candid and more mature than a PG-13 ceiling typically allows, and to touch on things like depression and regret that do not neatly fit inside a glossy teen-hero show. The short version: expect grown-up stakes and messy emotions alongside the helmet shots.
Cast roll call
- Jason David Frank as Erik Reed, the White Dragon
- Aaron Schoenke as Dragon Prime
- Jason Faunt (Power Rangers Time Force)
- Ciara Hanna (Power Rangers Megaforce)
- Cerina Vincent (Power Rangers Lost Galaxy)
- Mark Dacascos (John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum)
- King Bach (The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live)
- David Ramsey (Arrow)
- Michael Madsen (Kill Bill )
- Rachele Brooke Smith (In Other Words)
- Kevin Porter (Dante's Hotel)
- Mayling Ng (The Suicide Squad)
- Jenna Rae Frank, Jason David Frank's daughter
The bottom line
Legend of the White Dragon is the posthumous swan song fans have been waiting on for years, built to showcase Frank in a tougher, more grown-up register. It is Power Rangers-adjacent by design, packed with familiar faces, and finally has a release plan: select theaters, August 28, 2026.