Barbie’s Success Means More Mattel Movies
A host of other Mattel properties are getting ready to go party with Barbie. Variety exclusively reports that, upon Barbie’s massive success, Mattel is preparing fourteen of their IPs for the movie treatment. CEO Ynon Kreiz, who took over Mattel in 2018, has had a vision for a “Mattel Cinematic Universe” since he began. Variety […]
Netflix’s Live-Action Masters of the Universe Movie Canceled
The Power of Grayskull is no longer with Netflix. Variety exclusively reports that a live-action Masters of the Universe movie the streamer had been developing is no longer happening. The film was to be directed by Adam and Aaron Nee, the brothers who helmed last year’s The Lost City, and star Kyle Allen, an actor […]
REVIEW: Masters of the Universe: Revelation (2021)
Mattel’s classic franchise has returned through the streaming giant Netflix and its animated series Masters of the Universe: Revelation, with Kevin Smith — Hollywood’s darling fanboy — taking the reins as the showrunner of the ambitious animation project. Sadly, the ambition was misplaced in what can only be categorized as a betrayal to the fans […]
Kevin Smith to Produce Masters of the Universe Anime Series
Deadline reports that Kevin Smith has teamed with Mattel and Netflix on a new anime based on He-Man entitled The Masters of the Universe: Revelations. Additionally, Smith seems to intimate that the new limited series is a sequel to the classic 80s cartoon. The story will pick up where the last one left off, thus […]
Sony Finally Dates He-Man Movie
Sony is about to have the power. According to Deadline, they staked out a March 5, 2021 release for the long-gestating Holloway/Marcum-scripted Hasbro remake of Masters of the Universe starring Noah Centineo as He-Man. This is a project I’ve followed for a long time, going back to The Jungle Book screenwriter Justin Marks’ adaptation entitled […]