For many kids in the 80s, the glorified He-Man toy advertisement was part of their regular cartoon diet. Accordingly, many are still nostalgic today about the Masters of the Universe After the Dolph Lundgren film from 1987, after years of back and forth, there is finally going to be a new live-action film.
Prince Adam aka He-Man has already been cast with Nicholas Galitzine (When You Saw Me) for the production by Amazon MGM and Mattel Films. Now all that’s missing are enemies and allies – and an evil role has now gone to a series superstar.
Alison Bree becomes a fantasy villain for Masters of the Universe
No, the film does not feature a female Skeletor (as far as we know), but He-Man’s first opponent is a woman. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the role of the evil Sorceress Evil-Lyn to series star Alison Brie, who is known from formats such as Community, Mad Men and GLOW.
With a name like Evil-Lyn, the sorceress probably only had an evil career open to her on Eternia, and so, armed with her magic wand, she becomes the right-hand man of the bone-head Skeletor. Prince Adam has to deal with him and his minions after the magic sword transforms him into the muscular hero with the manliest name of all time. As always, the fate of Eternia is at stake.
Bumblebee director Travis Knight took over the direction and is working with a script by Chris Butler (Kubo). The He-Man film release is scheduled for June 5, 2026 planned.
Before Amazon got involved, Netflix was the last home of the next live-action He-Man. They even burned through a whopping $30 million before parting ways with the fantasy project.
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