Hollywood has spent almost 20 years attempting to get a brand new Masters of the Universe film off the bottom, and fortunately for followers of the long-running sci-fi/fantasy franchise, the venture made its largest strides but in 2024. A number of months after the information got here in of Travis Knight helming the reboot, The Thought of You’s Nicholas Galitzine was tapped to play the brand new live-action Prince Adam/He-Man, and we’ve been peppered with extra casting bulletins since then. Particular plot particulars, however, are being stored secret, although Galitzine has shared that the Masters of the Universe reboot will probably be “fairly totally different” than the unique He-Man TV present, and a brand new rumor might level to how this will probably be dealt with.
What Nicholas Galitzine Stated About Masters Of The Universe
In an interview with THR, Galitzine was requested if he’s binge-watched any of the previous He-Man and the Masters of the Universe cartoon, which ran from 1983 to 1985, in addition to how the brand new film will examine to the collection that began airing only a yr after the Mattel toy launched. The actor answered:
Look, what I’ll say is our model is kind of totally different from the unique animation, which all of us agree was camp inside its personal proper and labored so nicely for the time. However there’s been a few iterations, clearly since there was the Revelation model of Grasp of the Universe, and the comics themselves. And we’re very a lot treating our script as as Bible, you recognize. But it surely’s form of wonderful to listen to what this present meant to lots of people. It was actually formative for lots of people, so it’s thrilling to do one thing that may have a nostalgia aspect in addition to hopefully appeal to a bunch of recent followers.
As Nicholas Galitzine, Masters of the Universe: Revelation and its follow-up Revolution, which might each be streamed with a Netflix subscription, are among the many more moderen variations of this mythology, with others together with the brand new He-Man and the Masters of the Universe animated collection that’s additionally on Netflix and extra geared in direction of youthful audiences, in addition to the comics. Judging from Galitzine’s assertion, it appears like whereas the brand new Masters of the Universe film will observe the essential framework of this property, it should additionally put some new spins on the fabric to make it stand out from earlier variations. However precisely how a lot will the reboot colour outdoors the strains, so to talk?
What The New Masters Of The Universe Rumor Is Claiming
In response to scooper Daniel Richtman (by way of ComicBookMovie), Masters of the Universe will introduce Galitzine’s Adam as a daily man who’s working a “boring workplace job” within the “actual world,” i.e. Earth, and “the entire He-Man and Masters of the Universe story are tales he heard as a bit of child.” Whereas this info ought to be taken with an enormous grain of salt for now, it does line up with the synopsis that’s been making the rounds:
10-year-old Prince Adam who crashed to Earth in a spaceship and was separated from his magical Energy Sword—the one hyperlink to his residence on Eternia. After monitoring it down nearly 20 years later, Prince Adam is whisked again throughout area to defend his residence planet towards the evil forces of Skeletor. However to defeat such a robust villain, Prince Adam will first have to uncover the mysteries of his previous and grow to be He-Man: essentially the most highly effective man within the Universe!
Assuming all that is true, it received’t be the primary time {that a} Masters of the Universe film has included Earth into the story. The 1987 movie noticed our planet being focused by Skeletor, He-Man’s arch-nemesis, and two youngsters and a detective being drawn into the battle. On this case although, the reboot would set up a direct tie between Adam and Earth, a significant departure from the supply materials. Nonetheless, it does appear to be there’s a contradiction between the brand new rumor and the synopsis. Does Adam really keep in mind that he hails from Eternia, or did he in some way lose his reminiscences of that different world and even get despatched to Earth at such an earlier age that he’d haven’t any clear reminiscences to retain, therefore the tales?
Hopefully the approaching months will deliver official clarification on what we will count on narratively from the Masters of the Universe reboot, which opens in theaters on June 5, 2026. Nicholas Galitzine’s He-Man will probably be joined by Camila Mendes as Teela, Alison Brie as Evil-Lyn, Idris Elba as Man-at-Arms, Jared Leto as Skeletor, Sam C. Wilson as Lure Jaw, Kojo Attah as Tri-Klops and Hafthor Bjornsson as Goat Man.