[Cameron Samurai]

Eddie Guzzelian speaks out on recent developments

Hello. The very first meeting I ever had with Disney on the show, they told me flat out that Jungle Fury was supposed to have been the final season of Power Rangers. I don't remember the circumstances exactly, but something involving foreign financing or issues with the toy company had already begun moving forward and put them in a position of being obligated to to go ahead with the RPM season. I guess people familiar with following the show have become used to hearing this every year, but I took it to be true.

Because it was the final season of the show, the executives at Disney pushed me to shoot for something that was ambitious. They told me to "swing for the fences" and often reminded me that, because the show was essentially already cancelled, I had "nothing to lose."

The accounts that paint me as some kind of renegade producer who went rogue and ran off to produce some overly ambitious personal vision against Disney's wishes are all completely untrue and absurd. Disney approved a verbal pitch for what I wanted to do with the season before I was even hired. They approved a written bible that pretty much outlined exactly what the show became. They approved every script and saw rushes from shooting every day. And not only did they approve this take of the series, they demanded it and pushed me on a daily basis to pursue my new vision of the show.

At no time did I ever ask for more money to make the show and at no time did Disney tell me that I could not afford the version of the show that I was trying to make.

Also, the stories circulating that I did not listen to Disney's creative notes or refused to communicate with them are all completely false. I was in constant communication with Disney execs through out the process and cannot honestly think of a single major creative decision that was made with out their knowledge and approval. If anything, I felt like I had a very close and creatively collaborative relationship with the show's execs, which made it even more difficult for me to understand how they ultimately chose to handle my termination..