Subsequent 12 months, after years of failed makes an attempt, we’ll lastly get the primary live-action Masters of the Universe since 1987. Contemplating it’s a film primarily based on a line of motion figures, one won’t expect a lot. After all, that was the case with Barbie, and that film grew to become an enormous hit.
Whereas the 2 IPs have an identical foundation, Mattel Studios president and chief artistic officer Robbie Brenner tells The Wrap that the upcoming Masters of the Universe film could be very a lot the alternative of Barbie. A minimum of in terms of its main demographic. Brenner says…
And there’s ‘Masters of the Universe,’ which is the entire antithesis of what ‘Barbie’ is. ‘Barbie’ was all about femininity and embracing feminism and the problems round all of that, and ‘Masters’ is enjoyable and it’s an enormous spectacle and it’s one thing completely totally different. It offers with masculinity in a really enjoyable, humorous means.
Whereas I might argue that, by Ryan Gosling’s Ken, Barbie had a lot to say about masculinity, femininity was definitely what the film was centered on. It seems like Masters of the Universe received’t merely be a film designed to attraction extra to a male demographic, however one that may deal immediately with problems with masculinity. Whereas this makes it the antithesis of Barbie, may also make it the right companion movie.
Curiously, Brenner calls the brand new Masters of the Universe film each “enjoyable” and “humorous” which appears to echo the latest feedback of Alison Brie, who will play Evil-Lyn within the new movie. She responded to experiences that the film was taking a extra critical method to the fabric by suggesting these rumors had been off the mark, and Mattel’s CCO would appear to verify that.
Brenner praises director Travis Knight because the “visionary” behind the Masters of the Universe film. After efficiently launching the stop-motion animation home Laika, Knight would go on to direct Bumblebee, the most effective reviewed entry within the live-action Transformers franchise, which introduced a beforehand unseen coronary heart to the sequence. Mattel’s CCO appears to really feel he has performed the identical with He-Man, saying…
[Director] Travis [Knight] is only a visionary. He’s an unimaginable filmmaker. I feel that individuals are going to be so delighted with this new rendition. I feel individuals are form of over swords and capes, and we have to discover one thing totally different. This film is heartfelt, it’s enjoyable, the motion is superb. It’s inspirational, it’s aspirational. It’s a coming-of-age story with a tremendous, colourful, insane backdrop.
Past a couple of teasing photographs that don’t present a lot, we haven’t seen something in regards to the Masters of the Universe film, which can star Nicholas Galitzine as the enduring He-Man. Regardless of its obvious variations, Mattel is definitely hoping that Masters of the Universe will probably be like Barbie in a minimum of one main means, its field workplace success.