--- title: Naomi Scott to Play Pink Ranger In New 'Power Rangers' Film description: The film is set to be released in 2017. canonical: https://time.com/4065671/power-rangers-pink-ranger-naomi-scott/ author: Tanya Basu article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-10-08T01:13:18.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T11:36:43.201Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Naomi Scott Will Play Pink Ranger in 'Power Rangers' Movie Reboot og:description: She was most recently seen in "The Martian" og:url: https://time.com/4065671/power-rangers-pink-ranger-naomi-scott/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Naomi Scott Will Play Pink Ranger in 'Power Rangers' Movie Reboot twitter:description: She was most recently seen in "The Martian" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Naomi Scott Will Play Pink Ranger in _Power Rangers_ Movie Reboot  by [Tanya Basu](https://time.com/author/tanya-basu/)  ## Tanya Basu Oct 8, 2015 1:13 AM UTC  by [Tanya Basu](https://time.com/author/tanya-basu/)  ## Tanya Basu Oct 8, 2015 1:13 AM UTC The _Power Rangers_ reboot has found its pink crime fighter, and it’s none other than Naomi Scott. Scott was most recently seen in the _The Martian_ alongside Matt Damon and co-starred in the sci-fi series _Terra Nova._ In 2014, she released an album, _Invisible Division_. The news was announced the via Instagram in @powerrangersmovie’s first and only post. “It’s official!” the post reads alongside a profile shot of Scott. “#NaomiScott will play the #PinkRanger in the @PowerRangersMovie! Coming in 2017…” Scott confirmed the news via her own Instagram and a followup tweet: “I’m freaking out.” > [](https://twitter.com/NaomiScott/status/651868611473207297) The film will take the 90s-era cult television hit, _Mighty Morphin Power Rangers_, which also inspired two feature films: _Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie_ in 1995 and _Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie_ in 1997. The film, to be released in 2017, is directed by Dean Israelite and re-envisions the squad as high schoolers who use their superpowers to save the world. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4065671/power-rangers-pink-ranger-naomi-scott/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4065671/power-rangers-pink-ranger-naomi-scott/"},"headline":"Naomi Scott Will Play Pink Ranger in Power Rangers Movie Reboot","datePublished":"2015-10-08T01:13:18.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T11:36:43.201Z","description":"The film is slated to release in 2017","url":"https://time.com/4065671/power-rangers-pink-ranger-naomi-scott/","keywords":["movies"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Tanya Basu","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/tanya-basu/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4065671/power-rangers-pink-ranger-naomi-scott/","name":"Naomi Scott Will Play Pink Ranger in Power Rangers Movie Reboot"}}]}] ```