A live-action Masters of the Universe film is within the works at Amazon MGM Studios and Mattel Movies, and Deadline stories that the venture has discovered its Skeletor in Jared Leto, together with just a few of Skeletor’s henchmen.
Masters of the Universe has now been set for theatrical launch on June 5, 2026, with Travis Knight (Bumblebee) on board to direct He-Man’s return to the large display.
Becoming a member of Leto as Skeletor are Sam C. Wilson (Home of the Dragon) as Entice Jaw, Hafthor Bjornsson (The Northman) as Goat Man, and Kojo Attah (Within the Gray) as Tri-Klops. Rounding out the villains is Evil-Lyn, Skeletor’s second-in-command to be performed by Alison Brie.
Deadline reminds of the henchmen’s skillset, “Entice Jaw is a recurring villain within the franchise, recognized for his cybernetic enhancements and versatile weaponry. Goat Man is a minor villain recognized for his goat-like look and affiliation with Skeletor’s forces, whereas Tri-Klops is one in all Skeletor’s most resourceful and tech-savvy henchmen, a talented swordsman who’s a grasp of surveillance and know-how.”
Opposing the villains are Nicholas Galitzine’s (The Concept of You) He-Man and Camila Mendes’s (“Riverdale”) Teela. Additionally set to star is Idris Elba, who performs Duncan, Man-At-Arms.
Adam and Aaron Nee (The Misplaced Metropolis) wrote the unique model of the script with David Callaham (Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings), which Chris Butler will rewrite.
Actual plot particulars are being stored underneath wraps, however it’s protected to imagine that it’ll middle one the continued battle between “the heroic He-Man — the universe’s strongest man — and the evil Skeletor.” The film can be based mostly on the beloved Mattel toyline, which spawned a profitable animated TV collection (1983-85) in addition to the 1987 live-action movie starring Dolph Lundgren as He-Man. The property facilities on the warrior He-Man, the final hope of a magical land known as Eternia.
Jared Leto most not too long ago remodeled absolutely because the Hatbox Ghost in the latest live-action adaptation of Disney’s Haunted Mansion, so this function seems like a pure development.
Keep tuned for brand new particulars as they arrive.
