Overview
- Amazon MGM showed new Masters of the Universe footage Thursday at CinemaCon, starting on Earth with Prince Adam in a police car, a Beast Man attack, and Teela arriving to take him home.
- The extended reel then cut to trailer moments with Adam drawing the Power Sword to transform into He-Man and taking on Skeletor’s forces.
- A needle-drop of Four Non-Blondes’ What’s Going On? played on the squad car radio in a wink to a well-known YouTube parody.
- The studio set a June 5 theatrical release and is pitching the movie as its big summer play for theaters.
- Nicholas Galitzine leads a cast that includes Camila Mendes, Jared Leto and Idris Elba under director Travis Knight, reviving the Mattel franchise’s first big-screen outing since 1987.