‘West Side Story’ Star Kyle Allen To Play He-Man In The Upcoming ‘Masters of the Universe’ Movie

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Sony Pictures was previously developing the live-action movie Masters of the Universe, but now the project was moved to Netflix, which means that we won’t be able to see it in theaters. The good news is that the project is finally moving forward, and Deadline now confirmed that Kyle Allen, who starred in Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story last year, is set to play the famous He-Man.

“Masters of the Universe is an iconic property that shaped the imaginations of an entire generation of kids with the message of becoming the best version of yourself. With our partners at Netflix, we look forward to showing audiences that anything can happen in Eternia. We are continuing to unlock this global franchise in new ways, and we can’t wait to see Kyle battle it out with Skeletor in this epic live-action saga.” — Robbie Brenner, executive producer at Mattel Films, for Deadline

Masters of the Universe first appeared as the series of action figures in 1982, and only a year later, an animated series premiered. The animated series became a cultural phenomenon, and even today, it still has millions of fans and it causes a lot of nostalgia among the audience that watched it at a younger age.

This won’t be the first live-action movie based on Masters of the Universe. The first movie debuted in 1987, with Dolph Lundgren as He-Man. The movie was a box-office bomb with only $17.3 million. The reboot was in development for decades now, but it seems that the project is now finally moving forward. Adam and Aaron Nee are set to direct the movie from the screenplay they co-wrote with David Callaham. The release date is still unknown.

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Lukas Abramovich is a freelance writer and photo and video editor based in Croatia. He's also a web designer and holds a Master’s degree in general Computer Science from the Faculty of Informatics based in Pula, Croatia. Since 2018, Lukas has worked on several portals writing about movies, TV shows, and video games. He's currently writing articles for two of them: Fiction Horizon and Comic Basics. He also has a YouTube channel in his native language, and the content there is mostly reviewing popular movies and TV shows. Lukas also has an Instagram page where he once used to post fan-made posters he made, which is something he would like to continue working on, as photo and video editing are also some of his passions. Lukas is a big movie lover who is okay with watching any kind of movie. His favorite movie is Michael Curtiz's Casablanca, but he's a loyal follower of Marvel and DC movies, as well as several other blockbuster franchises he's been following for years; Star Wars, Fast & Furious, Mission: Impossible, and James Cameron's Avatar are only some of them. His favorite director is Christopher Nolan, with Quentin Tarantino and Denis Villeneuve as honorable mentions. Lukas is also a big fan of four fantasy multimedia franchises; The Wizarding World, A Song of Ice and Fire, The Witcher, and The Lord of the Rings. He calls them "the four rulers of the fantasy genre." He loves to write about anything spawned from those franchises (books, games, movies...), as well as anything branded with the Marvel or DC logo. Video games and their adaptations are also something he follows faithfully since he's a big fan of story-driven single-player games like Assassin's Creed, The Last of Us, Uncharted, etc. His favorite video game ever is Red Dead Redemption 2.

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