Power/Rangers Director Releases Behind The Scenes Video

Adi Shankar's Bootleg Universe has released a making-of video for POWER/RANGERS, taking viewers behind the scenes of the unofficial Power Rangers video that went viral last week.

In the video, Bootleg Universe shows its team scouting locations for the video, filming on-set, and editing the raw footage in post-production.

Though it's only existed for a week, POWER/RANGERS has become a massive story not just amongst Power Rangers fans, but in all avenues of pop culture. The short film, which re-imagined the Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers series through a dark and gritty lens, became an instant hit amongst fans. The television show's original cast, however, had a mixed response for the extremely dark interpretation, with some saying that it pushed the kid-friendly Power Rangers too far into adult territory.

Matters were then complicated when Saban, who owns the Power Rangers franchise, made multiple attempts to pull the video off the Internet. Those attempts failed, however. POWER/RANGERS remains on YouTube, and currently has more than 12.6 million views.

You can check out the Behind-The-Scenes video below.

POWER/RANGERS is the fourth installment in producer Adi Shankar's Bootleg Universe, a series of unauthorized short films featuring comic book and pop culture characters. Past Bootleg Universe productions starred Venom, The Punisher, and Judge Dredd.