A live-action Masters Of The Universe film is heading to Netflix
By the power of Grayskull, the streamer has the power in a new Masters Of The Universe
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We seem to be living in a He-Man renaissance, with two animated series currently running on Netflix—Masters Of The Universe: Revelation and He-Man And The Masters Of The Universe—and now it appears a live-action film is finally on the way from the studio with Kyle Allen in the role of He-Man.
The new live-action iteration of Masters is set to be directed by the Nee Brothers from a script that they penned alongside David Callaham. Callaham seems an ideal choice as he knows his way around geek properties, action properties, and nostalgia properties having penned the original Expendables as well as 2014’s Godzilla, Wonder Woman 1984, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, as well as the Jean-Claude Van Johnson television series.
The Nee Brothers are renaissance men with acting, writing, animation, and directing credits to their name; they are currently in post-production on The Lost City which is totally and completely not inspired by Romancing The Stone… not in the least.
The Masters Of The Universe universe is fuzzy like Beast Man when it comes to what is canon and what is not. The original action figures unleashed on toy store shelves in 1981 portrayed He-Man as a wandering barbarian while the 1983 cartoon series made him the alter-ego of Prince Adam of Eternia. The 1987 film cribs a bit from both the comic and cartoon and introduces new characters such as Gwildor, a Thenorian locksmith, and Blade, a sword-wielding henchman of Skeletor and like Jason, Pinhead, and the Leprechaun, they even sent him to outer space in The New Adventures Of He-Man.
With two TV series already running, it will be interesting to see where the filmmakers take He-Man this time around. Generally, the mythology of the original animated comme—we mean series—is the agreed-upon canon, but in an era where multiverses are the rage, maybe audiences will get the return of James Tolkan’s Detective Lubic or lizard man Saurod. One thing’s for sure, some ding-dong is going to be inconsolable about it.
The animated He-Man And The Masters Of The Universe will debut its second season on Netflix in 2022 while the live-action film is listed as being in pre-production.
[via The Hollywood Reporter]
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It makes me sad whenever I think about how Frank Langella apparently got like super buff for the role of Skeletor (because Skeletor was buff in the cartoon and the toys) and they then made him wear a large billowy robe the whole movie.
And how often do you think about that?
Every day…
It was super rude, too, that Fisto and Man-E-Faces just kept standing and reading those names and totally ignoring Skeletor banging his gavel.
A powerful cautionary tale for us all.
Hey, it helped him with his role in The Americans, Gabriel. He may have looked frail, but he could beat you up.
We’ll always have Cutthroat Island.
Truly the herpes of movies.
So…will Gwildor be back for more gill-slit cleaning action?
But will they have enough in the budget for the final battle scene?
Frank Langella may not even need makeup to be Skeletor these days. Get that guy back, he was incredible in the role!
Who they cast as He-Man in the MOTU movie is not as important as who they get for Evil-Lyn/God-Lyn. Can they get Lena Headey to reprise the role?
Are they ever to attempt a She-Ra movie?
This. She’s already killing it in the role plus she can pull of that dumb headdress.
That headdress is awesome!
James Tolkan is a king, you hear?
Da da da daa da, da dadada da daa, da dadada da da duh daaaaaaaa!I came here to say that.Now I’ve said it.Have a good weekend.
“Some ding-dong is going to be inconsolable about it.”Well, I’ll get the ball rolling: who even is this Wiener of the Year they’ve got playing He-Man? Come on Netflix, this is the kind of project where you’ve got to open up your wallet and shell out for a Hemsworth!
Nah, call in current UFC dork sandwich Paddy Pimblett. For Prince Adam anyhow.
I hear Larry comes pretty cheap.
It’ll be hilarious if this new movie also mostly takes place in California.
It’ll take place in a warehouse outside Atlanta.
Damn, without the cartilage, nasal cavities are weird looking.
Im not sure using the Wonder Woman sequel as an example of “’knowing way around geek properties.’ is super encouraging.
I think it’s just the one cartoon currently in production. Revelation spawned such irrational nerd rage that I doubt it’s getting a second season.
Four Non-Blondes better be on the soundtrack.