Masters Of The Universe Star Was “Stunned” By How “Excellent” The Film Is

The brand new live-action Masters of the Universe can be properly well worth the lengthy wait followers have endured, says one of many film’s stars.

Throughout ScreenRant‘s IT: Welcome to Derry pink carpet interview with Camila Mendes, the Teela actor took a second to hype the long-awaited fantasy movie, assuring “Sure, it is coming! It is coming.” Mendes then teased the film’s tone, which she characterised as a mix of the intense and the humorous:

I believe one of many issues I love most in regards to the movie, and that I used to be so pleasantly shocked by after I learn the script, is that it had the right stability of comedy and coronary heart. It wasn’t a film that was utterly making enjoyable of itself the entire time, but it surely has an excellent humorousness.

I am actually, actually pleased with what we did. It is so exhausting to stroll away from these motion pictures as a result of a lot goes to be carried out in publish that you just’re like, “How do I assess what we simply walked away from?” However I simply have a sense about this one. I could possibly be utterly fallacious, however I believe it is very particular.

Masters of the Universe is ready for launch on June 5, 2026, 39 years after Cannon Movies’ considerably notorious first try at launching a film franchise constructed across the He-Man toy line and fashionable animated collection.

Mendes Praises Masters Of The Universe’s He-Man Actor Nicholas Galitzine

Throughout ScreenRant’s IT: Welcome to Derry pink carpet interview with Mendes, the Masters of the Universe star additionally took a second to reward a few of her cast-mates, together with He-Man actor Nicholas Galitzine:

Nicholas Galitzine is unbelievable as He-Man. Idris Elba, who performs my dad within the movie, was like a real dad to me. We acquired so shut, and I like him a lot. And Alison Brie is unbelievable as Evil-Lyn. She’s such an excellent villain and hits the right comedic tone. Yeah, persons are going to adore it, I believe.

Mendes’ co-star Alison Brie beforehand supplied her personal tackle how the brand new He-Man film will land for older followers seeking to relive their childhoods, and youthful followers looking for a brand new fantasy film franchise to embrace, telling ScreenRant again in July:

I did Masters of the Universe, and I actually really feel like I should not say an excessive amount of about that both. However I do suppose that’s actually enjoyable, and I believe it may serve each the nostalgic viewers that cherished He-Man once they had been youngsters and a brand new technology of He-Man followers.

A sampling of Masters of the Universe footage was introduced at CinemaCon 2025, an occasion at which ScreenRant was in attendance, and it seems plenty of effort was expended on making the film look as a lot as attainable just like the toys and animated present, in accordance with a footage description dispatched from the MOTU panel:

A BTS clip exhibits He-Man’s sword, with the film’s director speaking in regards to the toys he had as a child. “By the facility of Grayskull!” is heard within the background. We see plenty of sensible results (blended with VFX in fact), correct costumes from the cartoon, together with Teela, Man at Arms, Skeletor, and big bodily units. It ends with He-Man’s hair blowing within the wind.

This description comes as excellent news for older Masters of the Universe followers who had been traumatized by the critically panned 1987 Cannon Movies adaptation starring Dolph Lundgren as He-Man and Frank Langella as Skeletor. The notoriously stingy Cannon splurged on MOTU, spending $22 million on a movie that in the end grossed simply $17.3 million, making it one of many Nineteen Eighties’ most notorious field workplace bombs.

Within the 39 years since Cannon tousled live-action Masters of the Universe, the franchise has been stored alive as an animated enterprise, with a giant resurgence coming in recent times due to a quartet of collection, three of which had been produced by Netflix, with Kevin Smith serving as showrunner for 2, in addition to a She-Ra spinoff collection.

Dwell-action He-Man has been within the works more-or-less continuous for the previous twenty years, with the franchise passing by numerous arms alongside the best way. A quick timeline charts the challenge’s gradual progress as totally different administrators, writers, and actors grew to become hooked up, and dropped out:

In 2007, legendary motion director John Woo was reportedly hooked up to a Masters of the Universe film at Warner Bros., however the challenge was by no means formally green-lit.
Sony took over MOTU proper in 2009 and set to work creating a film, with Loopy Wealthy Asians director John M. Chu later turning into hooked up.
By 2014, Kick-Ass 2 director Jeff Wadlow was reported to have changed Chu, however by 2016, McG was reported to have taken over for Wadlow.
Kellen Lutz threw his title into the ring to play He-Man throughout McG’s time main the challenge, however then McG left as properly, and David S. Goyer was introduced on to rewrite the script.
In 2019, Noah Centineo was reported to be enjoying He-Man for the Nee Brothers, however exited after Netflix took over the challenge, with Kyle Allen stepping in.
Netflix gave up creating a live-action Masters of the Universe film in 2022 after reportedly spending $30 million, and the Nee Brothers and Allen had been each out of the image as properly.

Amazon MGM Studios lastly acquired the franchise, and in 2024 started manufacturing on the Masters of the Universe film now set for launch in 2026, directed by Travis Knight, and that includes an all-star forged together with Tron: Ares star Jared Leto as Skeletor.