 This article is about a writer in Power Rangers RPM.
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Edward "Eddie" Mark Guzelian is an American screenwriter and producer who served as executive producer for Power Rangers RPM.
Biography[]
Guzelian began his writing career in the 1990s, having written for several Disney titles.
Power Rangers[]
Guzelian presented the opportunity to Disney that they could appeal to their boys' demographic since a lot of their money came from their Princess line. Since Disney was planning on cancelling Power Rangers anyway, they told him to do whatever he wanted and Guzelian presented a pitch about a Power Rangers series that took place in an post-apocalyptic world. This was a drastically different tone then what the Sentai, Engine Sentai Go-Onger presented.
Upon seeing the footage, Guzelian was unimpressed by the cartoonish eyes on Go-Onger's Engines and became discouraged to succeed as he made promises to Disney that he "could [turn] this into a show that would appeal to an older audience."[1] Compounding the issue was that he was completely new to the production crew of Power Rangers, thus received heavy assistance from longtime crew members Jackie Marchand and John Tellegen. Guzelian also brought in two writers he previously worked with, Matthew Negrete and Madellaine Paxson, to help script episodes for RPM.
However, Guzelian was reported to have micromanaged his crew excessively, leading to script delays and rumors of exceeding budget which resulted in Bandai having to financially assist them. Despite his promise to the executives to get back on track, Guzelian along with his co-writers Negrete and Paxson, were ultimately fired by Disney, and were replaced by former head writer Judd Lynn.
Rumors to RPM's Original Ending[]
To date, Guzelian has not publicly come out to reveal his original plans, though he claimed that he only came up with his final plans the day before he was fired. Eka Darville had asked Guzelian on the fans' behalf, later learning that Guzelian had no longer remembered as it had been years since the show ended, but still possessed extensive notes on the writing process for the show.[2]
Ari Boyland recalls the final plot of the series more or less follows what Guzelian had told the cast, with the obvious exception that some of Guzelian's planned plotlines were cut.