It looks like Jared Leto is set to trouble He-Man and the Masters of the Universe on the big screen!
Yes, the Oscar-winning Suicide Squad and soon TRON: Ares star has signed on to Bumblebee’s Travis Knight’s movie as on of the 80s’ biggest (and best?) bad guy, Skeletor!
The movie has had a troubled past so far in getting made but now that Knight, who also made the superb Kubo and the Two Strings, has signed on, the cast is filling up well and I see a cool collection of action figures in my collecting future.
Skeletor’s ranks will be filled out with (so far) Community’s Alison Brie as Evil Lynne, House of the Dragon’s Sam C Wilson as Trap Jaw, The Beekeeper’s Kojo Attah as Tri-Klops and Game of Thrones’ Hafthor Bjornsson as Goat Man.
FIRST LOOK: He-Man gets in on the multiverse action over at DC
On the side of the good guys, He-Man/Prince Adam will be played by Nicholas Galitzine while Man-at-Arms will be played by Idris Elba, leaving Teela played by Camilla Mendes
Look, I’m not going to lie, that’s a pretty solid cast and with Knight at the helm, I actually have high hopes that this could be a better outing of He-Man and co than 1987’s much-loved-but-we-all-know-it’s-crap Masters of the Universe.
What do you think? Could a live-action He-Man and the Masters of the Universe movie be good? Personally, I can’t wait to see Elba as Man at Arms!
Anyway, let me know your thoughts, guys.
UPDATED:
According to scooper Daniel RPK, the movie will be a contemporary take and will focus on: “Adam, who is in the real world, working a boring office job, and the whole He-Man and Masters of the Universe story are tales he heard as a little kid.”
Em… ok. But I’d much rather have a straight-faced He-Man, Castle Greyskull, Skeletor movie, please.
Marc
Marc is a self-confessed nerd. Ever since seeing Star Wars for the first time around 1979 he’s been an unapologetic fan of the Wars and still believes, with Clone Wars and now Underworld, we are yet to see the best Star Wars. He’s a dad of two who now doesn’t have the time (or money) to collect the amount of toys, comics, movies and books he once did, much to the relief of his long-suffering wife. In the real world he’s a graphic designer. He started Following the Nerd because he was tired of searching a million sites every day for all the best news that he loves and decided to create one place where you can go to get the whole lot. Secretly he longs to be sitting in the cockpit of his YT-1300 Corellian Transport ship with his co-pilot Chewie, roaming the universe, waiting for his next big adventure, but feels just at home watching cartoons with his kids….
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