The Big Picture The box office success of Barbie has led parent company Mattel to pursue a fleet of film adaptions based on its toys. Some of these range from the obvious to the ridiculous While arguments could be made that Mattel has taken away all the wrong lessons from Barbie's success, there's one property that the toy giant seems to have run into trouble with — He-Man and the Masters of the Universe.
Why Has a 'Masters of the Universe' Movie Reboot Been So Hard to Make? The first attempts to revive Masters of the Universe happened all the way back in 2007. Mega-producer Joel Silver, fresh off the success of 300, sought to utilize the same effects that powered Zack Snyder's war epic to bring Eternia to life. Silver tapped Justin Marks to pen the script. However, that version eventually fell through.
He-Man Returns by the Power of...Netflix? Sony would eventually sell the long-gestating Masters of the Universe reboot to Netflix, with Adam & Aaron Nee picking up directorial duties. Soon after, David Callaham was tapped to rewrite the script and Kyle Allen picking up the Sword of Power as Prince Adam.
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