Meet the brand new He-Man: Nicholas Galitzine.
It was revealed at this time that Amazon MGM Studios has discovered the lead for its long-awaited (live-action) reboot of the Masters of the Universe movie franchise. And it’s Galitzine, who can now be seen (on Amazon’s Prime Video, maybe not too coincidentally) within the Anne Hathaway rom-com The Thought of You. In that movie, he performs the moody and hunky member of a boy band who falls for the mom (Hathaway) of certainly one of his followers.
It’s not a very He-Man-esque function. However one assumes he’s already entering into form to play a heroic barbarian who walks round shirtless in a furry loincloth.
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That is the newest of numerous makes an attempt to relaunch Masters of the Universe as a big-screen franchise. The final time there was a He-Man film in theaters the 12 months was 1987 and He-Man was performed by a younger Dolph Lundgren. Since then, quite a few studios have tried to make their very own movie model of the favored ’80s toy line. In recent times, Netflix was trying to make a Masters film; at one level Noah Centineo was connected to play the lead. He left the mission in 2021; in 2023, Netflix determined in opposition to film ahead with the movie, supposedly as a result of the finances had grown too giant.
This Masters of the Universe from Amazon MGM is being directed by Travis Knight and can supposedly comply with a Prince Adam who lands on Earth after which returns to Eternia to cease his arch-nemesis Skeletor by turning into He-Man — a barely revamped premise than the franchise’s commonplace storyline.
Masters of the Universe is scheduled to open in theaters on
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