Jared Leto is confirmed to be enjoying Skeletor within the upcoming Masters of the Universe film starring Nicholas Galitzine.
It’s…Skeletor’ing time? Following rumours earlier this yr, Jared Leto is confirmed to be enjoying the position of Skeletor within the upcoming Masters of the Universe film. A handful of different villains have additionally been forged, together with Sam C. Wilson (Home of the Dragon) as Entice Jaw, Hafthor Bjornsson (Recreation of Thrones) as Goat Man, and Kojo Attah (Within the Gray) as Tri-Klops.
Masters of the Universe will star Nicholas Galitzine (The Thought of You) as Prince Adam/He-Man, Camila Mendes (Do Revenge) as Captain Teela, Alison Brie (Neighborhood) as Evil-Lyn, and Idris Elba (Sonic the Hedgehog 3) as Man-at-Arms/Duncan. The undertaking has been within the works for fairly a while with a revolving door of administrators, writers, and actors, however in the end, it looks like it’s lastly taking place. Travis Knight (Kubo and the Two Strings) will direct from a script by Chris Butler, with preliminary drafts penned by David Callaham, and Aaron & Adam Nee.
The undertaking was beforehand arrange at Netflix, however the streaming service scrapped the undertaking final summer season. Aaron and Adam Nee have been tapped to put in writing and direct the undertaking earlier than it fell aside, reportedly because of finances points. Netflix had already spent near $30 million on growth prices, with the finances ballooning to over $200 million. There was an try to convey the finances down, with the concept of taking pictures the film back-to-back with a sequel as a way to amortize the associated fee, however an settlement couldn’t be reached. The undertaking later discovered a brand new residence at Amazon MGM Studios. Masters of the Universe will probably be launched in theaters on June 5, 2026.
Leto will subsequent be seen in Tron: Ares, the long-awaited Tron sequel. Leto stars as Ares, a extremely subtle program that’s despatched from the digital world into the true world on a harmful mission, marking humankind’s first encounter with A.I. beings. The movie additionally stars Evan Peters, Greta Lee, Jodie Turner-Smith, Cameron Monaghan, Sarah Desjardins, Hasan Minhaj, Arturo Castro, Gillian Anderson, and Jeff Bridges reprising his position of Kevin Flynn.
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