Thursday, May 24

• New He-Man flick moving forward

  Good news, children of the '80s: a new He-Man and the Masters of the Universe movie is one step closer to becoming a reality.

  According to The Hollywood Reporter, Warner Bros. and producer Joel Silver are currently negotiating with Mattell to purchase the film rights to the popular '80s toy line and its corresponding animated series, which chronicled the adventures of muscle-bound He-Man (known by day as the mild-mannered Prince Adam) as he batted the evil Skeletor and his pumped-up minions.

  The script, written by Supermax scribe Justin Marks, "skews more toward gritty fantasy and reimagines Adam as a soldier who sets off to find his destiny, happening upon magical world called Eternia. There, a being called Skeletor has raised a technological army and is bent on eradicating all traces of magic," reports THR. 

  Thanks to the success of 300, look for He-Man to be the first of many offerings from newly spawned "gritty fantasy" genre.

  
  

  Posted 05/24/2007 by Thomas

  Joel Silver | Masters of the Universe

Friday, May 18

• By the Power of Greyskull...

  What do you get when you combine the homoeroticism of 300 with the toy-based cross-promotional power of Transformers? He-Man and the Masters of the Universe!

  AICN reports that Matrix producer Joel Silver is developing a new live-action He-Man film for Warner Bros., with Supermax scribe Justin Marks working on the script.

  The popular 80s animated series chronicled the adventures of He-Man and his overly-muscled, scantilly-clad pals as they battled the evil Skeletor and his pumped-up minions.

  If the film does make it to theaters, it won't be the first time He-Man received the big-screen treatment. 20 years ago Dolph Lundgren donned the furry underwear in the comically awful Masters of the Universe. 

  
  

  Posted 05/18/2007 by Thomas

  Joel Silver | He-Man and the Masters of the Universe