The brand new live-action Masters of the Universe film has been within the works, in a method or one other, for near 20 years, however with Amazon MGM Studios now teaming up with Mattel following the success of Barbie at Warner Bros. Discovery, it seems the undertaking is lastly transferring ahead. Now, Alison Brie’s been forged within the main villain position of Evil-Lyn.
The Hollywood Reporter shared this information, additionally declaring that manufacturing could be beginning sooner reasonably than later. The information arrives after The Thought of You’s Nicholas Galitzine nabbed the protagonist a part of Adam/He-Man again in Might.
The earlier iteration of the undertaking, which Netflix had been prepping for a very long time, had the Nee brothers (The Misplaced Metropolis) guiding the undertaking and Kyle Allen (West Aspect Story) introduced to star in it as Adam/He-Man. After a full reboot of the undertaking as soon as it moved to Amazon, Travis Knight (Bumblebee) and his typical writing accomplice Chris Butler (Kubo and the Two Strings) took over directing and scripting duties. Given the supply materials, that is the sort of artistic expertise you wish to get, but it surely stays to be seen whether or not they’ll be allowed to correctly cook dinner the stew.
Evil-Lyn is Skeletor’s second-in-command and is characterised by her follow of the darkish arts. Meg Foster portrayed the character within the 1987 live-action film, and Brie ought to usher in a special sort of vitality to the position for certain. That stated, after her roles in Group and Mad Males again within the day, she moved onto extra sudden elements, similar to her incredible lead efficiency in Netflix’s GLOW. In latest occasions, she’s been making an attempt to steadiness out comedic roles with way more dramatic elements, and that appears to be understanding superb for her. Now, a return to the mainstream area (after quite a lot of voice roles in animated sequence similar to Star Wars: Visions and Rick and Morty) solely feels logical.
Because it stands, the present official synopsis reads as follows: “Masters of the Universe introduces a 10-year-old Prince Adam, who crashed to Earth in a spaceship and was separated from his magical Energy Sword β the one hyperlink to his residence on Eternia… After monitoring it down virtually 20 years later… Prince Adam is whisked again throughout house to defend his residence planet in opposition to 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: probably the most highly effective man within the Universe!”
Masters of the Universe ought to launch in theaters worldwide on June 5, 2026… until the curse stays energetic.
