Amazon MGM Studios held a low-key panel at this yr’s CinemaCon celebration with Masters of the Universe and Challenge Hail Mary.
CinemaCon 2025 retains tuckin’, and tonight, we have now a presentation from Amazon! The studio’s been within the information these days with hypothesis about the way forward for the James Bond franchise, thrilling new titles coming to Prime Video, and extra. Tonight’s showcase started with a trailer for Phil Lord and Christopher Miller’s Challenge Hail Mary, a dystopian sci-fi movie starring Ryan Gosling, Milana Vayntrub, and Sandra Hüller.
Challenge Hail Mary is predicated on a e book by Andy Weir, and our editor-in-chief, Chris Bumbray, says the film appears to be like very very similar to The Martian. Gosling is a highschool trainer recruited on a mission to save lots of the planet. The distinction is numerous it’s him getting ready for a suicide mission. The trailer contains numerous comedy but additionally has a substantial scale. The footage exhibits Gosling on his mission alone as he grows an enormous beard. The movie appears to be like like a giant swing from Amazon/ MGM. The trailer obtained an enormous response from the viewers. The preview ends with Gosling assembly an alien lifeform with whom he bonds. The alien’s identify is Rocky, and he’s “the most lovable alien since ET.” The rating is by Harry Kinds, an indication of the occasions. Do you’re feeling previous but? I actually do.
Lord and Miller have been in attendance, saying Grieg Frasier shoots the film. The duo stresses the necessity to see Challenge Hail Mary in theaters. In the meantime, Gosling joked, “We tried to put it on TV once, and it didn’t fit.”
Based mostly on the novel by Andy Weir (The Martian), Challenge Hail Mary stars Ryan Gosling as “a middle school science teacher, Ryland Grace, who wakes up on a spaceship with no memory of who he is or how he got there. He must figure out how to complete his interstellar mission to save Earth from an astronomical catastrophe completely alone, until he meets a mysterious alien who has traveled light years to save his own species from the same fate.” Sandra Hüller (Anatomy of a Fall) additionally stars as Eva Stratt, Ryland’s superior.
Who’s prepared for extra from Amazon’s Masters of the Universe? The studio debuted idea artwork from its highly-anticipated movie starring Nicholas Galitzine as Prince Adam, aka He-Man. Galitzine appears to be like strikingly just like the well-known cartoon character. He’s in unimaginable form. Amazon leans in a heavy fantasy path for the movie. There appear to be many sword fights, and the costumes are insane. It appears to be like just like the traditional cartoon in methods we didn’t anticipate.
Masters of the Universe follows “ten-year-old Prince Adam, who crashed to Earth in a spaceship and was separated from his magical Energy Sword—the one hyperlink to his dwelling on Eternia. After monitoring it down virtually 20 years later, Prince Adam is whisked again throughout area to defend his dwelling planet in opposition to the evil forces of Skeletor. However to defeat such a strong villain, Prince Adam will first have to uncover the mysteries of his previous and grow to be He-Man: essentially the most highly effective man within the Universe.“
Nicholas Galitzine (Mary & George) stars as He-Man, and he’s joined by Camila Mendes (Riverdale) as Teela, Jared Leto (Morbius) because the villainous Skeletor, Idris Elba (Luther) as Man-at-Arms (a.ok.a. Duncan), GLOW’s Alison Brie as Skeletor’s second-in-command Evil-Lyn, Morena Baccarin (Deadpool & Wolverine) as The Sorceress, Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson (Captain America: Courageous New World) as Malcolm (a.ok.a. Fisto), Sam C. Wilson (Dodger) as Lure Jaw, Hafthor Bjornsson (Sport of Thrones) as Goat Man, Kojo Attah (The Beekeeper) as Tri-Klops, and James Purefoy (A Knight’s Story) and Charlotte Riley (Peaky Blinders) as He-Man’s dad and mom, King Randor and Queen Marlena.
Masters of the Universe is directed by Travis Knight from a script by Chris Butler and is ready to hit theaters on June 5, 2026.
