Amazon MGM Studios Enters Talks For ‘Masters Of The Universe’ Movie After Netflix Abandons Development

Amazon MGM Studios is considering a live-action Masters of deep space movie, based upon the popular ’80s toys from MattelDeadline can validate. While in extremely early talks, the task would come by to the banner from Netflix, where it broke down over the summer season.

Thought to be advancing with the job are Adam and Aaron Nee (The Lost Citythe writer-directors who had actually been at deal with it for Netflix. There’s Kyle Allen, who had actually been set for the starring function of Prince Adam aka He-Man. Amongst those set to produce is Todd Black.

Masters of deep space On the orphan Adam, who comes to find he’s a prince predestined to conserve a far land from the risk of the wicked wizard Skeletor. The IP has actually most just recently been mined for a trio of animated series–She-Ra and the Princesses of Power Masters of deep space: Revelation and He-Man and the Masters of deep space — both of which were for Netflix. Kevin Smith functioned as showrunner for the middle series, which included the voices of from Mark Hamill, Lena Headey, Chris Wood, Sarah Michelle Gellar and more.

Before news broke in July that Netflix deserted its live-action Masters job for financial factors, other stabs at establishing the residential or commercial property for movie were made at Sony and Warner Bros. While The Cannon Group prospered in producing a live-action movie, starring Dolph Lundgren as He-Man, which was launched all the method back in 1987, that photo was a dissatisfaction at a gross of simply over $17.3 M.