Nicholas Galitzine has signed on to play the role of ‘He-Man’ in the long in development ‘Masters of the Universe project at Amazon MGM.
The project has had a turbulent ride to make it to the big screen starting life at Warner Bros. and Sony before moving to Netflix, which scrapped the film in 2023 over budget concerns.
Based on the 1982 action figure. Plot details are being kept under wraps. However, according to a prior synopsis from the studio, the movie follows Prince Adam a.k.a. He-Man, who crashes to Earth in a spaceship as a child and, decades later, returns to his home planet to defend it from the evil forces of the baddie known as Skeletor. But to defeat the powerful villain, he needs to uncover the mysteries of his past and become He-Man, referred to in this world as “the most powerful man in the universe.”
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Travis Knight, the filmmaker behind ‘Bumblebee’ is stepping up to take the director’s chair Chris Butler is writing the screenplay after David Callaham and the Nee brothers first attempted a shot at the script.
Galitzine is another hot property of late, he recently starred opposite Anne Hathaway in the romantic comedy ‘The Idea of You.’ He also appeared in ‘Red, White & Royal Blue’ adaptation and will return for the forthcoming sequel.
