Having scoured Eternia to find He-Man’s iconic antagonist for the live-action Masters of the Universe movie, Amazon MGM Studios and Mattel have chosen Jared Leto to play Skeletor.
According to Deadline the Morbius and Blade Runner 2049 star will lead a line-up of villains that also include new additions Sam C. Wilson (House of the Dragon) as Trap Jaw, Hafthor Bjornsson (The Northman) as Goat Man, and Kojo Attah (The Beekeeper) as Tri-Klops. They join the already cast Alison Brie as Evil-Lyn, Idris Elba as Duncan, Man-At-Arms, Camila Mendes as Teela, and Nicholas Galitzine as Skeletor’s nemesis, and our hero, He-Man.
Directed by Travis Knight (Kubo and the Two Strings), from a script written by Chris Butler (Paranorman), Masters of the Universe will finally bring the world of the cherished Mattel action figure back to the big screen.
Running for two seasons between 1983-1985, and consisting of 130 episodes, He-Man and the Masters of the Universe focused on the age-old good vs. evil battle between He-Man, the most powerful man in the universe, and Skeletor, a cranky cranium head who wanted to get his bony hands on the mysterious Castle Grayskull. A big-screen version starring Dolph Lundgren was released in 1987, but it bombed disastrously at the box-office, before developing something of a cult following over the years.
Next up for Leto is the title role in Tron: Ares, the third installment of Disney’s 40-year old franchise, which is set to release on October 10th, 2025.
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