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Arne Olsen, the screenwriter of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie (1995), has died at the age of 64. Olsen passed away on Saturday, April 4th, in Vancouver, Canada, from complications related to cancer. His wife, Dianne Olsen, made the announcement of his passing to Deadline. He is survived by two children, Ryan and Alyssa Olsen.
Olsen was born and raised in Vancouver before he moved to Los Angeles at the age of 21, hoping to pursue a career in screenwriting. He enrolled at the American Film Institute, graduating in 1987; by 1988, he had his first screenwriting credit, the Dolph Lundgren Soviet action flick, Red Scorpion (and its sequel). He followed that with the erotic thriller Black Ice, the cult-classic Burt Reynolds buddy-comedy Cop & 1/2, the sci-fi/action B-movie Final Round, and Don Bluth’s cult-classic animated film, Thumbelina. Then came his big breakout opportunity, with Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie.
R.I.P., Arne Olsen. The Power Rangers community and the larger movie community will miss him and thank him for his creative contributions. We send our condolences to his family, friends, and colleagues in their time of mourning.
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