Amazon entrusts its biggest new star with a fantasy project that has been wandering unsuccessfully through Hollywood’s backrooms for years. Netflix recently failed to make the film
Amazon could succeed in doing what Hollywood has been trying to do. Since 2007 at the latest, a fantasy film has been planned that would once again adapt the He-Man universe with real actors. Netflix unsuccessfully sank 30 million dollars into the project. But the big competitor has a secret weapon to make the blockbuster happen: Nicholas Galitzine.
Amazon star to repeat the Barbie hype with fantasy star
As Variety reports, Galitzine has accepted the role of He-Man in the planned Masters of the Universe movie. Masters of the Universe is a fantasy franchise from toy manufacturer Mattel, which has opened a new chapter of success in its company history with the hype film Barbie 2023. In the franchise, the blonde muscleman He-Man fights against the sinister magician Skeletor and his henchmen
(Nicholas Galitzine in When you saw me)
He-Man’s adventures have already been adapted for the big screen and streaming several times, including the infamous 1987 Masters of the Universe with Dolph Lundgren. The planned live-action version has changed directors and leading actors several times over the years. A rough story had already been decided, but may have changed again internally.
According to the story of earlier drafts, He-Man lands on Earth as a child in a spaceship. Years later, he returns to his home planet to fight Skeletor. To do so, he must also uncover the secrets of his past
Watch the trailer for Masters of the Universe from 1987 here:
Galitzine fits the role, after all he is currently Amazon’s strong man. His appearances with Royal Blue and When You Saw Me were both critically and apparently commercially successful on Prime Video. In return, the streamer gives him enough time to get in shape for the muscleman role.
When will Masters of the Universe be released?
In the USA, Masters of the Universe will be released in cinemas on Friday, June 5, 2026. There is no German release date yet. Many US blockbusters are released a day earlier in Germany, as Thursday has established itself as the first regular release day in Germany.
