Masters of the Universe: First Footage from Amazon MGM Movie Revealed Incredibly Toy-Accurate Designs

At CinemaCon successful Las Vegas, Amazon MGM gave attendees a archetypal look astatine what to expect from adjacent year’s caller Masters of the Universe movie - and what they showed was precise promising.

With the movie lone precocious opening production, nary existent completed footage was shown, but alternatively a connection from acceptable from manager Travis Knight (Kubo and the Two Strings, Bumblebee) and stars Nicholas Galitzine (“He-Man”) and Camila Mendes (“Teela”), followed by a montage of behind-the-scenes/on-set footage mixed with accumulation artwork.

Knight noted helium grew up a immense Masters of the Universe fan, which feels evident seeing the designs for the film, which are incredibly close to the archetypal artifact enactment and animated bid from the 1980s - overmuch similar what Knight did successful Bumblebee with the Transformers. Production artwork of characters similar the Sorceress (Morena Baccarin) and Evil-Lyn (Alison Brie) looked close retired of the root worldly and were instantly recognizable.

Some of the characters really shown connected acceptable successful the midst of accumulation included Trap Jaw (Sam C. Wilson) and Tri-Klops (Kojo Attah), and it was astonishing however overmuch they genuinely looked similar the archetypal toys successful a somewhat much modernized form, with idiosyncratic similar Trap Jaw inactive retaining each of his recognizable elements, including his weapon arm, bluish assemblage and greenish look - and yes, a trap jaw! It appears Knight has managed the delicate balancing enactment of keeping these bigger than beingness characters looking chaotic and cool, without feeling excessively goofy successful live-action form.

Nicholas Galitzine arsenic He-Man with his iconic Sword of Power.

Brief connected acceptable footage of Jared Leto arsenic Skeletor kept him successful the shadows, but accumulation creation and glimpses of constitution being applied bespeak helium volition apt besides beryllium sporting the character’s bluish tegument from the artifact line, dissimilar the mentation successful the 1987 Masters of the Universe movie.

Galitzine looked appropriately buff and blond to play He-Man, having gained a batch of musculus wide from however helium looked successful movies similar Red, White & Royal Blue and Bottoms, and we saw glimpses of the value and combat grooming he’s gone done for the movie - and got a look astatine He-Man’s iconic Power Sword, looking appropriately intimidating. We besides saw Mendes getting successful immoderate stunt work, including moving on a partition with the assistance of a harness.

The lone happening that felt odd, fixed He-Man’s emblematic fictional background, were moments connected acceptable showing Adam, He-Man’s alter-ego, successful what looked similar an American suburban bedroom. The 1987 movie notably saved wealth by having astir of the communicative impact He-Man transported to Earth, but it feels precise improbable that volition hap again here, arsenic we saw immense sets had been built for Eternia successful the footage. But is determination immoderate benignant of set-up with Adam mistakenly believing he’s an Earthling initially for immoderate reason? That mightiness explicate the relation Agatha All Along’s Sasheer Zamata is playing, a quality with the precise normal-sounding sanction “Suzie,” who has been described arsenic Adam’s champion friend.

Time volition tell, with Masters of the Universe acceptable to unfastened June 5, 2026.