He-Man actor Nicholas Galitzine has been doing a promotional campaign recently. After being named Emporio Armani’s “new global fragrance ambassador”, he has been promoting Armanis’ “Stronger With You” fragrance at different media outlets.
This gave The Hollywood Reporter and opportunity to not only talk about cologne & perfume with the up-and-coming actor, but about the “Masters of the Universe” movie from Amazon MGM Studios and Mattel Films as well.
Here is what the new He-Man star was asked in pertaining to the upcoming “Masters of the Universe” Movie and what he had to say in response… including declaring the new film will be quite different from the classic 1983 Filmation cartoon “He-Man and the Masters of the Universe.” Check it out:
Pivoting to your role as He-Man, you been binge-watching the old cartoon at all? How does it compare to the film?
“I have, yeah. Look, what I will say is our version is quite different from the original animation, which we all agree was camp within its own right and worked so well for the time.
“But there’s been a couple of iterations, obviously since there was the Revelation version of Master of the Universe, and the comics themselves.
“And we’re very much treating our script as as Bible, you know. But it’s kind of amazing to hear what this show meant to a lot of people. It was really formative for a lot of people, so it’s exciting to do something that will have a nostalgia element as well as hopefully attract a bunch of new fans.”
Alison Brie spoke with us not too long ago and some of the reasons she said “yes” to Masters of the Universe was that she really loved the script and partly because of you, too.
“Isn’t she the most obnoxiously nice person you’ve ever met? She’s so bubbly. And by the way, a little tea, she’s an absolute machine in the gym. She doesn’t look like she’d necessarily be super strong. I trained with her in L.A. and then she just came here for a couple of days for a fitting and she is like a monster, like core for days.
“It’s very surreal, you know, working with these people who you’ve admired for a while and then you hear them saying nice things about you. I kind of kick my feet giggling. It’s very bizarre because I think I just have to keep pinching myself, and I’ve had a few years now where I’ve worked with three or four Oscar winners and you try and absorb as much as you can. I’m still waiting for people to wise up and start figuring me out. But for now, I’m just kind of trying to get the most out of all of these amazing experiences.”
Filming for “Masters of the Universe” is reportedly slated to begin this month with the movie itself scheduled to be released in cinemas worldwide on June 5th, 2026.
Thanks to the awesome community member Steven Biscotti for the ‘heads up’.
If our He-Man hunk means less silly and more serious than I am fine with it except when it comes to Skeletor. He has always been a different kind of villian with many layers that includes an evil sense of humor.
@longtooth New Adventures wasn’t really that bad. I think it just got lost is a mess of a lot of other cartoons along with a toy line that didn’t match up with its predecessor.
@mrhootiedean I know your thought process is coming from a good place but as already stated that was the plan with New Adventures and the plan for the Netflix series for children. They were more interested in capturing a new generation of fans rather than playing to the existing fans and existing lore. I want the franchise to survive too but at what cost? Morphing into something I barely recognize won’t be worth it to me if that is what’s happening here.
New Adventures became to be because they wanted it to be more like Star Trek TNG because that was all the rage back then. Those that liked MOTU for what it was hated it because it lost so much of what they liked; those that like TNG probably where not even aware of Mattels attempt.
It found its niche within a niche. But aiming for exotic new niches should stay with big established names like Batman. With core MOTU and its Hyperborean/retro SciFi/Post-Apocalyptic mix setting there is so much unexplored…
Oh well, time will tell.
These words ring hollow to me, every iteration of Masters of the Universe is different from the original, there has never been a real attempt at replicating the whimsy of the Filmation cartoon, not even in the edgier Revelation/Revolution, except maybe through a more cynical lens. Of all those attempts at reinvention, everything is ignored in order to contrast the movie to the most well-remembered version. Doesn’t say a hell of a lot about them does it?
That right there. He is dismissing the heart of this fandom as camp and of its time. If the writer and director are dismissive of Filmation too then we are in big trouble.
Hollywood must understand that its audience for this production is people in their 40s who were children in the 80s and what we want is not for them to get creative, but for them to show us the same story that we already know but with real people, in any case. the same story as the 200x version, the current generations don’t even care and that’s why the new animated version on Netflix failed, so rewrite and only adapt the story that already exists or wait for another failure
Hollywood must understand that its audience for this production is people in their 40s who were children in the 80s and what we want is not for them to get creative, but for them to show us the same story that we already know but with real people, in any case. the same story as the 200x version, the current generations don’t even care and that’s why the new animated version on Netflix failed, so rewrite and only adapt the story that already exists or wait for another failure
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Different as in not campy or different as in not on Eternia?
If our He-Man hunk means less silly and more serious than I am fine with it except when it comes to Skeletor. He has always been a different kind of villian with many layers that includes an evil sense of humor.
Whatever keeps the franchise alive!
@mrhootiedean Keeping the franchise alive was also the goal with New Adventures. I hope the differences are not as severe.
@longtooth New Adventures wasn’t really that bad. I think it just got lost is a mess of a lot of other cartoons along with a toy line that didn’t match up with its predecessor.
So Skeletor is gonna be an unfunny villian. It is 87 all over again
@mrhootiedean Sarcasm? Otherwise an embarrassingly bad take.
@mrhootiedean I know your thought process is coming from a good place but as already stated that was the plan with New Adventures and the plan for the Netflix series for children. They were more interested in capturing a new generation of fans rather than playing to the existing fans and existing lore. I want the franchise to survive too but at what cost? Morphing into something I barely recognize won’t be worth it to me if that is what’s happening here.
New Adventures became to be because they wanted it to be more like Star Trek TNG because that was all the rage back then. Those that liked MOTU for what it was hated it because it lost so much of what they liked; those that like TNG probably where not even aware of Mattels attempt.
It found its niche within a niche. But aiming for exotic new niches should stay with big established names like Batman. With core MOTU and its Hyperborean/retro SciFi/Post-Apocalyptic mix setting there is so much unexplored…
Oh well, time will tell.
Meh…
These words ring hollow to me, every iteration of Masters of the Universe is different from the original, there has never been a real attempt at replicating the whimsy of the Filmation cartoon, not even in the edgier Revelation/Revolution, except maybe through a more cynical lens. Of all those attempts at reinvention, everything is ignored in order to contrast the movie to the most well-remembered version. Doesn’t say a hell of a lot about them does it?
It is going to be a generic embarassing Sci-Fantasy film with MOTU title slapped on it.
Why couldn’t he say we took a lot of inspiration from the old cartoon? Fans would love that.
That right there. He is dismissing the heart of this fandom as camp and of its time. If the writer and director are dismissive of Filmation too then we are in big trouble.
Hollywood must understand that its audience for this production is people in their 40s who were children in the 80s and what we want is not for them to get creative, but for them to show us the same story that we already know but with real people, in any case. the same story as the 200x version, the current generations don’t even care and that’s why the new animated version on Netflix failed, so rewrite and only adapt the story that already exists or wait for another failure
I’ll keep an open mind but Adam on Earth as a ten year old? Sounds like Marlena must have won the custody battle.