Masters of the Universe Movie Gets New Writers

Posted by on April 12th, 2010   Filed under: Action, Fantasy, Toys and Collectibles, TV
Source: Heat Vision

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After numerous failed attempts to get a new He-Man movie off the ground, Warner Brothers officially gave up on the franchise sometime last year. Despite having John Woo attached to direct at one point, and later John Stevenson (Kung Fu Panda), no one could agree on a vision for the Masters of the Universe flick and so the whole thing just collapsed. Despite the sudden Hollywood push for movies based on toys, He-Man seemed doomed to be forever left in the ’80s — precisely where most people would say he belongs.

Not so fast though… by the power of Grayskull, it appears that a new champion has stepped up to give this movie another shot. After picking up the rights from Mattel last year, Columbia Pictures have now taken their first step toward reviving He-Man by hiring a pair of screenwriters: Mike Finch and Alex Litvak, the duo behind the upcoming Predators film. Finch and Litvak kick-started their career with the spec script Medieval (check out a review of the script here), which was supposed to be directed by Rob Cohen but has since been shelved due to budgetary concerns. Either way, it sounds like these guys could deliver a sufficiently bad ass He-Man flick, although at this point it’s still a long road to getting greenlit. Are you holding out hope for a decent He-Man movie, or is this property simply too tricky to tackle and best left untouched?



  • warm diarrhea

    This should be a period piece…set in the 80’s.

  • phil

    Maybe a “movie within a movie,” there some kids are playing with action figures?

    Then, whatever they see in their house (ie: a housecat, an aquarium, bookshelves, etc.) becomes translated into the world of big budget action. So you could laugh at the absurdity

    also; wouldn’t this be the best candidate for 3d computer animation?

    I say that the voice of he-man should be played by Patrick Warburton

  • warm diarrhea

    Patrick Warburton? are you kidding me? that guy is a fucking lesbian…

  • KeithTalent

    Warburton would be awesome. The Tick was such a kickass show and if he was in He-man, I assume it would have the campy/comedic slant it should.

  • swarez

    Now that Clash of the Titans is doing so well I’m sure they want something in that vein.

  • jay

    I think it should be a remake of the first movie or at least the sequal because at end of credits skeletor survives the fall and says I will return… I hope either James Earl Jones playes the voice of he man (NOt pronce Adam) but the big beefy he man or the voice of beast man.

  • paul

    they really need to make one everyone would pay to see it even if it sucks. I liked the 80;s heman even though many didn’t. I want to see a better he man with costumes close to the toys but with rust and dirt

  • David

    I agree that a CG He-Man movie would be awesome. Let’s just hope it’s better than the 80s movie, or even worse, the more recent He-Man animated series

  • A new motr movie is long over due definitely one of my favorites as kid even though now when you look back on it the cartoon was silly and cheesy but still looking forward to the movie

  • John

    I agree that a new MOTU movie is long overdue. The ’80’s Dolph Lundgren version was ok for it’s time, but for me Dolph just seemed more at home playing either Frank Castle or Ivan Drago. I Personally think that the movie would do well in live action. Sometimes I think hollywood just uses computer animation if they are running on a short deadline or don’t want to try to do something astounding. Not all directors are like that, but there have been a few movies that I feel fell into that trap.

  • keith

    i just want somebody , anybody to make a new he-man movie ….it needs to be live action and have battle cat and orko and all the main characters…they need to start from the begining of the storyline with adam and all. the 1987 film was ok when i was a kid becaus i just wanted to see he-man period. but they short cut alot of things…give me a good movie , a complete story and a bad ass sword