'Masters of the Universe' Director Says Amazon Chose Streaming Over Theaters
Travis Knight wasn't too happy about Amazon prioritizing streaming over cinema.
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In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, director Travis Knight commented on Masters of the Universe, revealing that Amazon wasn't counting on the film's success in theaters, but rather on streaming.
“Its life on streaming was much more important to Amazon than its life in the theaters. It’s not something I understood going into it. I wanted their faith in us as filmmakers and in the movie to be rewarded in a way that wasn’t to my hopes and expectations. The film deserved a better fate than it got, but I’ve made peace with it.”
Recently, the director also commented on the possibility of a sequel and said that it depends on Amazon for the project to be approved. In the film, at least, Knight left the door open for a continuation by showing Adora in the post-credits scene.
Everything you need to know about the live-action He-Man movie
Nicholas Galitzine (The Idea of You) will play the main character, Prince Adam, who, when he wields the sword and invokes the power of Grayskull, transforms into the hero He-Man.
Also in the film’s cast are Camila Mendes (Riverdale) as Teela, Idris Elba (Thor: Ragnarok) as Man-At-Arms, Allison Brie (Together) as Evil-Lyn, Morena Baccarin (Deadpool) as the Sorceress and, in the role of the villain Skeletor, Jared Leto (Dallas Buyers Club).
Other He-Man characters in the movie include Goat Man (Hafthor Bjornsson), Trap Jaw (Sam C. Wilson), Roboto (Kristen Wiig), Ram-Man (Jon Xue Zhang), and, of course, King Randor (James Purefoy) and Queen Marlena (Charlotte Riley).
Travis Knight (Kubo and the Two Strings, Bumblebee) is directing the new He-Man, and brought in his frequent collaborator, Chris Butler, to rewrite the script, originally written by David Callaham (Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse).
Created as a Mattel toy line that later became an animated series, He-Man and the Masters of the Universe already made it to theaters once before, in 1987, with Dolph Lundgren as Prince Adam and Frank Langella as Skeletor.
