MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE Directors Vow To Avoid Making The Franchise LORD OF THE RINGS-Lite

MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE Directors Vow To Avoid Making The Franchise LORD OF THE RINGS-Lite

It would be all too easy to transform the weird, wacky world of Masters of the Universe into a wannabe Lord of the Rings franchise, but the movie's director have made it clear that won't be happening...

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By JoshWilding - Mar 24, 2022 07:03 AM EST
Source: CBR (via SFFGazette.com)

A Masters of the Universe movie has been in development for several years now, but production is finally expected to begin this summer with the Nee brothers set to take the helm for Netflix from a screenplay they penned alongside Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings writer David Callaham. 

CBR (via SFFGazette.com) recently spoke to The Lost City directors about their plans for the live-action He-Man adaptation, and Aaron was quick to point out that one of the most important things to them is that "we are unapologetic that it is a wacky, wild property, that these characters are colorful and crazy and weird." It was then he made an interesting comparison to another fantasy franchise.

"We didn't want to try and tone that down or try to make it into Lord of the Rings and change everybody's names or something but instead embrace that that's one of the things that's singular about it and special about it," Aaron continued, adding that is was also "very important to us was tapping into why, as kids, those toys and those cartoons meant so much to us."

"One of the things that we're super fortunate about is that we are not the only ones who are Masters of the Universe super fans," the filmmaker noted. "So there are lots of very talented people who just have been waiting their whole life to jump in and be a part of making that movie."

West Side Story actor Kyle Allen is set to play the iconic hero. Noah Centineo was attached for a while, but ended up leaving the project when the last iteration fell apart. His other credits include American Horror Story and The Path; however, Masters of the Universe looks set to mark his big break in Hollywood and a star-making performance here could put him on the map in a big way.

Netflix investing in this franchise isn't a surprise, especially as the streaming service is already home to Kevin Smith's Masters of the Universe: Revelation and the CG-animated series He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (which soon returns for its second season). A live-action movie could mark the beginning of a successful new franchise for the streamer, so it should be one to keep an eye on.

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Origame
Origame - 3/24/2022, 7:05 AM
Do better than the Netflix show.
TheBlueMarvel
TheBlueMarvel - 3/24/2022, 8:45 AM
@Origame - The netflix show was sick idk what you mean haha
Origame
Origame - 3/24/2022, 8:56 AM
@TheBlueMarvel - I mean, it had some cool animation and fight scenes, but the story was garbage and they lied about it being a he man show.
TheBlueMarvel
TheBlueMarvel - 3/24/2022, 9:00 AM
@Origame - Is it just because there wasn't all He-Man centered? I feel like as a continuation of the og series it made sense to give him a little less time so they didn't beat his character to death and made it special when he was on screen. Also I feel like the story was the strongest part, Evil Lynn becoming all powerful at the end. I do think they should've gotten somebody else to voice Teela, SMG voice was just too much for me. But Cersei playing Evil Lynn and Mark Hamill? Sick. Did you watch the second part? if not I highly recommend, way more He-man
DoctorDerange
DoctorDerange - 3/24/2022, 9:21 AM
@TheBlueMarvel - ah yess solid defense. Of terrible creative decisions.
Origame
Origame - 3/24/2022, 9:37 AM
@TheBlueMarvel - 1) ...the og series was the he man show. It was even called he man and the masters of the universe. This would be like continuing batman without batman.

2) even if that's justified for you, what shouldn't be is the fact they lied about he man's involvement. In both the marketing and in comments directly from Kevin Smith.

3) so you're saying the story is the strongest part while highlighting how they made evil Lynn the ultimate evil of the show? Wtf? That was like the worst choice they could've made. Especially since the solution to that problem was teela getting that God power then saying "nah" to the consequences they made a big deal about.

4) never said anything about the voice cast. But you can have the greatest voice cast ever and they aren't going to save a weak script like this.

5) I did, and while it helped it certainly didn't save this train wreck of a show. Especially since he still wasn't in it much and it was as that stupid savage mode, and we had to stick with teela as the main character.
TheBlueMarvel
TheBlueMarvel - 3/24/2022, 9:37 AM
@DoctorDerange - It's all subjective dude, so terrible creative to one, could be very interesting content to another, c'est la vie. I thought it was a cool take with really sick animation and action sequences, also savage He-Man was [frick]ing sick.
TheBlueMarvel
TheBlueMarvel - 3/24/2022, 9:44 AM
@Origame - He-Man is in the show, and even a show focused on his absence and how that effects their world is still a show about He-Man, also I know we're not acting like good writing and script is what made He-Man a great show. The og story is batshit crazy and follows the basic plot of most heroic adventures. People love the show because of the colorful characters, action, and the POWERRRRR haha. This new series gave it some actual depth and fleshed out all the characters. Couldn't ask for much more than that.

Last point Evil Lynn becoming the big bad was brillient because Skeletors fight with He-man and especially his motivation has always been weak and also idiotic and it rocked that they pointed that out, that Skeletor never had a vision beyond beating He-Man. This showed what the aftermath of all those years of fighting and pointless battles, without changing the core of He-Man or Skeletor's character, and adding to the lore.
TheBlueMarvel
TheBlueMarvel - 3/24/2022, 9:46 AM
@Origame - I do agree saying nah to the consequences of being trapped in castle gray skull was a big wtf moment for me too haha, but I didnt really take me out of it, this whole monster of a series was incepted to sell toys, and the og show while being timeless was very thin on any kind of real depth and plot. This show corrected the problem and upgraded the animation significantly.
Origame
Origame - 3/24/2022, 10:00 AM
@TheBlueMarvel - 1) well kinda. But you even have the first trailer deliberately showing only the first episode making it look like he man was the main character. And Kevin smith's tweet compared the roles of teela and he man to the og series.

2) the story wasn't great but it was fine for what it was, a fun adventure series with super-powered people. But Kevin decided to make it more deep and written for a more mature audience. And I'd say even comparing the writing to the og series, that series did it better.

3) colorful characters like the one who got so mad at Adam lying about being he man that she yelled at his parents RIGHT AFTER HE DIED? (She's our main character btw). Or how about random best friend with barely a personality and nothing to do who just ends up as the woman of arms by the end? Everyone else is a glorified cameo.

4) the depth and fleshing out only works if what they're diving into is interesting. It's not.

5) like, can we even take your opinion seriously after this? You're claiming that the he man fighting skeletor was the WEAK part of the series? That's literally what people were watching the show for! Not only the og series, but the 2003 show and this new series.
TheBlueMarvel
TheBlueMarvel - 3/24/2022, 2:11 PM
@Origame - Im saying his motivation for fighting He-Man was weak he never had a plan, how many times are you just going to place those two on a field and have them duke it out without it becoming monotonous and boring.

Lol I cant take your opinion serious if you think that the og show actually had any character work or dealt with any mature themes

It's clear that you have nostalgia blindness so I don't even know what else to say to you on that one lol.

Also when I say colorful characters I mean exactly that the original characters were vibrant and thats it, they didnt have personalities they had power sets and that was the only unique thing about them, where as beast man specifically has actual character as one example.

Im starting to think you just hate the show because its had women characters that were leads this time. Which fine but in no way was it written any worse than the og series. Again remember the og series was made to sell toys, not to do more than keep childrens attention and sell merch. There was virtually no plot and after awhile just watching He-Man and Skeletor do the same thing over and over again gets super stale.

Also whether or not it's interesting or not is up for debate since that an opinion, but if a show hinges on one character just physically being there it was never a good show to begin with.

Also arguing that one side character was just there and didnt do much (because she is a side character) doesn't illustrate your point very well.

And Teela was justified in being pissed, those idiots knowingly let a child take on the burden of protecting the whole kingdom and lied about it, which is why he died a kid, they let a kid die and lied about it to his parents and everyone. Kind of very reasonable.

People watched the show to see He-man content, if you want to see the og show just watch that lol it already exist. No ones going to remake that show beat for beat and nor should they.
Blastaar
Blastaar - 3/24/2022, 4:08 PM
It literally IS LOTR but with TECHNOLGY as well....Sheesh!
Origame
Origame - 3/25/2022, 9:54 AM
@TheBlueMarvel - 1) then why are you watching a he man show? Watch something else. And Kevin (who has admitted to not being a fan) should've just made a different cartoon if that was a problem.
Origame
Origame - 3/25/2022, 9:56 AM
@TheBlueMarvel - 2) never said character work or themes. But better characters at least. And themes don't make a show good.

Also, no nostalgia for this series. Too young for it when it first aired, and only started watching it when I heard this new show was being made.
Origame
Origame - 3/25/2022, 9:57 AM
@TheBlueMarvel - 3) well they did have personalities. They were simplistic (kid show), but they were still there. And even then, 1000x more interesting than the new series.
Origame
Origame - 3/25/2022, 10:00 AM
@TheBlueMarvel - 4) another strawman. Never brought up teela or evil Lynn being women as a problem. Just that they weren't the characters we came for (and they are bad characters). Had it been male characters I would have the same problem. Also, she ra is a great series, so there.
Origame
Origame - 3/25/2022, 10:03 AM
@TheBlueMarvel - 5) wow. More strawmanning. Never said he man not being there made it a bad show. It made this a bad he man show. Don't want he man in a show? Don't make a he man show.
Origame
Origame - 3/25/2022, 10:04 AM
@TheBlueMarvel - 6) but they treated it like she had an arc. That's my point. They made her woman of arms but did nothing to earn that.
Origame
Origame - 3/25/2022, 10:06 AM
@TheBlueMarvel - 7) the king and queen didn't even know he was he man. And they had no reason to think he was, or even underage, since he had a physique that would make the rock blush. Not only that, but they couldn't just make him stop, nor would they since he's the one guy with the power of greyskull, the best hope for eternia. If you ruled eternia, skeletor would've taken over easily.
Origame
Origame - 3/25/2022, 10:08 AM
@TheBlueMarvel - 8) never said it had to be beat for beat. But look at batman. Just in live action you have many different takes of the character, but all feature Bruce Wayne as batman, all take place in Gotham, and all involve him fighting crime in a batsuit.
TheBlueMarvel
TheBlueMarvel - 3/27/2022, 2:10 PM
@Origame - I believe the mom did know she was the one who in that moment let her husband know that their son had died too because he was He-Man.
Origame
Origame - 3/27/2022, 2:17 PM
@TheBlueMarvel - first of all, since this is a sequel to the 80s cartoon, they didn't know. They only found out because of teela reporting it and it's Adam's body there.

Second, based on that logic the king still didn't know he man was Adam. So complaining to both of them is uncalled for on that regard.

Third, this still doesn't change the fact he has the power of greyskull. They needed him, or they might as well have surrendered to skeletor right there.
TheBlueMarvel
TheBlueMarvel - 3/28/2022, 9:46 AM
@Origame - Its a sequel yes but I believe it was implied that the queen did know. It's not uncommon for some things to be changed also I didn't watch all of the og series, and by your own admission you didn't either. So who knows honestly. I also reserve the right to be wrong haha. I think regardless of them having access to the power the people would still fight, which is what happened they fought hard, got Adam back and won in the end. It was good overall.
Origame
Origame - 3/28/2022, 10:04 AM
@TheBlueMarvel - first of all, you just thinking something is irrelevant. And considering she didn't know in the og series they need to establish properly that she knows now. This isn't a reboot after all.

Second, we'll glad you admit you don't know anything about the og series while speaking on complaints brought on by fans, but I never said I didn't see the series. I said I didn't grow up with it. I did watch the show, just when this show was announced to being made.

Third, the point is they needed the power of greyskull to win. Not that they wouldn't fight without it. Teela even needed to use that power to win in the end. You suggested they should've just not used the one guy with the power simply because they know he's underaged.
TheBlueMarvel
TheBlueMarvel - 3/29/2022, 12:45 PM
@Origame - Bro you're grasping at straws lol. Also going from "I didnt watch all of the OG series" to now I know nothing about it? This turned from a discussion to a pissing match Idrc about being right, I just wanted to talk about the merits of the show and discuss what you thought it was lacking which just seems to be the same singular gripe and you coming up with reasons to justify it and also bending my points to suit your case. You didn't like it and that's ok, I did and that's ok lol. Neither one of us is right because it's all about taste. C'est la vie, I enjoyed our discourse for a while there.
Origame
Origame - 3/29/2022, 1:13 PM
@TheBlueMarvel - ...you're getting basic information wrong. You clearly didn't see it.

Also, says I'm grasping at straws, when you out of nowhere said my reasoning must be due to hating women and nostalgia blinded.
TheBlueMarvel
TheBlueMarvel - 3/30/2022, 9:23 AM
@Origame - I stand by my original statement lol, no need to argue and agree to disagree. Hopefully we see eachother around here sometime. Do you have any other fandoms? Also whats the meaning of your name?
Origame
Origame - 3/30/2022, 9:37 AM
@TheBlueMarvel - sure that's fine. I'm also into video games for Fandom. Also my name is just a reference to japanese paper folding, and I'm into Japanese art.
SimplyAz
SimplyAz - 3/24/2022, 7:11 AM
My daughter watched the She-Ra show on Netflix and she loved it, I caught some episodes and have to say it was a better than the He-Man Netflix show.

I feel like I've been waiting for a good He-Man movie since I was a kid, hope this is good

Absolutely love the She-Ra intro song
SimplyAz
SimplyAz - 3/24/2022, 9:42 AM
@Waddles -

You know the writings good when it doesn't talk down to it's intended younger audience, something it had in common with my era of shows like Batman The Animated Series and X-Men.

I would catch a few episodes as she watched it and once I was used to the animated style, I definitely had a good time as well

All of the voice cast did well
emeraldtaurus
emeraldtaurus - 3/24/2022, 7:19 AM
Kyle Allen seems way too small. He's like 5'9 - 5'10. Not sure what the angle is here!?! Someone like Liam Hemsworth would have been perfect. Anyway...chances are it eint even get made...heck we've been waiting since 1987!
KingLeonidas
KingLeonidas - 3/24/2022, 7:27 AM
@emeraldtaurus - still baffled how this guy can remotely embody he-man. Are they gonna cgi muscles on him??
TheFinestSmack
TheFinestSmack - 3/24/2022, 8:02 AM
@emeraldtaurus - I feel like Kyle is a perfect Prince Adam. I was thinking maybe they'll give him a huge body double when he's He-Man. Kinda like what they did with Ryan Reynolds in Free Guy with the Dude character at the end.
emeraldtaurus
emeraldtaurus - 3/24/2022, 9:56 AM
@TheFinestSmack - yeah they'll probably "fee guy" the sh!t out of it.
newhire13
newhire13 - 3/24/2022, 10:40 AM
@TheFinestSmack - I think that’s likely. If they want to embrace what the property is it makes sense to hire the right actor and just use what you can to make him into the overly muscled character we know. Like your above example or how Mark Ruffalo is turned into The Hulk.
GhostDog
GhostDog - 3/24/2022, 8:19 AM
Somehow the casting got…worse? New guy is 5’9.
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