By the ability of… grey cubicle partitions?
Amazon MGM Studios and Mattel Studios unveiled the primary teaser trailer for “Masters of the Universe” on Thursday, which exhibits Eternia’s Prince Adam residing as bored workplace staffer Adam Glenn (he/him) on Earth. Whereas Adam longs for his dwelling the place “talking tigers, spaceships and magic swords that can make a man as mighty as a god” are actual, he’s admonished for his “obsession with nerd stuff and sword things” by company colleagues.
Fortunately, he’ll ultimately be reunited together with his Energy Sword to seek out his approach again to Eternia. The trailer exhibits Adam hitching a journey with Teela away from Earth and his mundane job (whether or not he had time to provide his two-week discover stays unknown).
Directed by Travis Knight, “Masters of the Universe” stars Nicholas Galitzine because the muscular, magical sword-wielding defender of Eternia. The teaser reveals Prince Adam had been despatched to Earth for his security, however now his dwelling planet wants him to embrace his future as its protector. The featured footage contains glimpses of He-Man’s allies Teela (Camila Mendes), Man-At-Arms (Idris Elba), Roboto (voiced by Kristen Wiig) and Cringer — also called Battle Cat — in addition to foes Evil-Lyn (Alison Brie) and Skeletor (Jared Leto).
The upcoming live-action movie is predicated on the Mattel toy line that spawned the favored Eighties animated “He-Man and the Masters of the Universe” sequence. The sprawling franchise additionally features a earlier live-action installment, the 1987 “Masters of the Universe” starring Dolph Lundgren as He-Man and Frank Langella as Skeletor. More moderen on-screen initiatives have predominantly been animated.
The brand new “Masters of the Universe” might be Mattel’s first movie launch because the acclaimed toy-based field workplace juggernaut “Barbie” (2023). He-Man is slated to hit theaters June 5.
