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The following massive dangerous in Jared Leto's motley crew of sinister display villains has lastly been introduced.
The Home of Guicci star will formally play Skeletor in Amazon MGM’s upcoming Masters of the Universe live-action movie. Leto will play arch nemesis to the movie's hero, He-Man, portrayed by Bottoms breakout Nicholas Galitzine.
However that's not all for Masters information: immediately's Leto casting announcement fittingly comes with the announcemet of three further members of the ensemble. Lure Jaw (Sam C. Wilson), Tri-Klops (Kojo Attah), and Goat Man (Hafthor Bjornsson) fill out the solid as henchmen of Skeletor's peccant posse.
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Masters of the Universe is notable as an enormous display superhero story that isn't derived from Marvel or DC mental property. That's as a result of, technically, it's a toy story. The IP hails from Mattel, which initially launched a line of motion figures in 1982 that have been accompanied by comics, which then spun into 1983's He-Man and the Masters of the Universe animated collection, and resulted in dozens of toys, comics, collection, and movies within the years since.
Mattel hit it massive with Barbie in 2023, and have since endeavored to create a cinematic universe of their very own, telling The New Yorker shortly after Barbie's launch that the corporate had 45 movies in improvement. Past Masters, Mattel has introduced a live-action American Woman dolls movie, a live-action Polly Pocket movie (with Lena Dunham initially in and now out of the director's chair), and a Barney film starring Daniel Kaluuya.
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Masters of the Universe has been gestating for years. To All The Boys I've Beloved Earlier than's Noah Centineo was initially solid as He-Man earlier than being changed by West Aspect Story's Kyle Allen, after which Galitzine. The present solid is rounded out by Alison Brie, who will play one other Skeletor lackey, Evil-Lyn, Idris Elba, who will play the noble Man-at-Arms, and Riverdale's Camila Mendes as Teela, Man-at-Arms's daughter and He-Man's right-hand lady.
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Alison Brie's Evil-Lyn will face off against Nicholas Galitzine's He-Man in Masters of the Universe
Bumblebee director Travis Knight will helm Masters of the Universe, which hasn't had a live-action movie adaptation since 1987. That movie starred Dolph Lundgren as He-Man and Frank Langella as Skeletor, and is notable for serving to launching the profession of future Pals star Courteney Cox.
Skeletor is a legendary comedian e book villain, however nothing Leto hasn't tackled earlier than. The actor-musician's filmography has currently been ceded nearly completely to villain elements, together with the Joker in The Suicide Squad, the titular vampire in Morbius, and a forthcoming antagonist position in Tron: Ares.
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