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'Masters of the Universe' Movie Won't Be Made

by Jarrett Martineau | October 17, 2008 at 07:47 am

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He-Man fans don't despair too much, the dream of a redux, live-action Masters of the Universe movie may one day be realized -- it just won't be this time around.

Despite all of the action figures, the four different television series, the Dolph Lundren-starring, masterful 1987 pre-cursor flick, and even despite enlisting the formidable talents of director John Woo for the project, the planned Masters movie remake, Grayskull, has been dropped by Warner Bros.

In a crushing setback for Hollywood's War on Originality, Warner Bros. has apparently decided not to follow through on plans for a Masters of the Universe movie. After thoughtful consideration, studio executives just decided that a film version of the eighties cartoon would not be a very good idea. This is the first time that anything like this has ever happened. [Latino Review via /Film]

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chowdawg

at 11:39 on October 17th, 2008

Oh this is sad news indeed. As a full-blown child of the 80's I loved He-Man and She-Ra and although that Dolph movie was terrible, it was the 80's and movies were generally cheesy and bad. Whoever these studio executives are, they certainly don't understand that He-Man was and is cool.

amyjudd

at 11:45 on October 17th, 2008

OMG - I loved She-Ra too!

jordan

at 12:08 on October 17th, 2008

Then Skeletor has already won.

snake_eyes_llc

at 04:02 on October 19th, 2008

This was a photo I took at the San Diego Comic Con in 2008. Evil-Lyn from Masters of the Universe.

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danielweir.esq

at 00:38 on October 27th, 2008

The internet is a wonderful thing, but has it's good and bad side. And now, thanks to my love of Ladybird books, I have been officially branded a fan of Masters Of The Universe. Hey ho. Strangely I haven't seen this news story mentioned by the news providers I normally use - I must get on to them about this . . .

"NowPublic is running a news story on the Masters of the Universe movie (it's not being made :( ,and we’retrying to put together a collection of photos of the series and fans. If you're interested in sharing your photo, pleasefollow the links below and feel free to add your own commentas well. Looking forward to seeing your work on the site !"

DW x

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Mechaneck (not verified)

at 03:44 on November 20th, 2008

Whaaaaaaaaaaat!?!?!? He Man movie is an awesome idea! They keep making batmans, spidermans, supermans, x men and a transformers film. Why not MOTU!? Loads of great characters, could go mental with CG. We'll just have to wait until gen x and y run hollywood.