Masters of the Universe

[Knightfall]

Okay, here's another new movie release set for 2006. IMDb lists John Woo as the Director.

Masters of the Universe (2009)
http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0427340/

Old details . . .

Plot: He-Man, the most powerful man in the universe, goes against the evil Skeletor to save the planet Eternia and protect the secrets of Castle Grayskull.

IMDb already lists two cast members: Richard Burgi ("Desperate Housewives") as King Randor and John Glover ("Smallville") as Skeletor.

. . . likely out-of-date.

Cheers!

KF72

 

[demiurge1138]

Why is it that John Woo's name has been attached to pretty much every "high-geek 80s" adaptation? Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Metroid, now this...

Demiurge out.

 

[Alzrius]

Just let it be better than the first one, that's all I ask. Though with the Woo at the helm, I feel pretty confident it won't be that bad.

 

[Angel Tarragon]

Why is it that John Woo's name has been attached to pretty much every "high-geek 80s" adaptation? Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Metroid, now this...

Demiurge out.

Metroid? There is going to be a Metroid movie?!

 

[Flyspeck23]

Just let it be better than the first one, that's all I ask.

The first one wasn't that bad - it just wasn't He-Man and the Masters of the Universe. It rather resembled Jack Kirby's New Gods.

 

[Desdichado]

Metroid? There is going to be a Metroid movie?!

There's probably not going to be any of those movies. They sound a bit like wishful thinking to me.

 

[tecnowraith]

Supsosely this is http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=32872&page=3&pp=60 have concept art for the film. It looks interesting. Too bad these are not for the movie.

 

[Darth K'Trava]

I'd rather wait for someone to make a Thundercats movie....



Never saw He Man.

 

[The_Universe]

He man was excellent fodder for young imaginations, and I suspect that aspects have creeped into a number of D&D campaigns. Nonetheless, it was sort of an awkward mix of Sci Fi high tech and sword and sorcery - I'm not sure how one would make that work, outside of a cartoon.

 

[Klaus]

Easy.

Just like the original mini-comics that came with the dol-... er... action figures, have the high-tech stuff be the artifacts of a prior age (not totally unlike Thundarr).