The central team that will form the core of Dean Israelite's Power Rangers movie is slowly coming together, colorful costume by colorful costume. We previously announced that Naomi Scott has joined the new action film as "The Pink Ranger" but now the team captain has joined the fray. Newcomer Dacre Montgomery has been cast as "The Red Ranger", who has been the de facto leader of the Mighty Morphin' groups in the past.

Scott has quite a few TV and movie credits to her name, with the biggest being this year's The Martian and The 33. Montgomery, on the other hand, is a relative unknown, with only a short film and a TV movie to his credits. While Scott was on the reported short-list for The Pink Ranger, Montgomery's name was not included in that same list for The Red Ranger, so he must have shown the casting folks something special to land the role.