He-Man and the Masters of the Universe

Funnily enough, one of her earliest stories, Nimona, actually IS getting a movie via Blue Sky Studios. Last I checked, she was REALLY liking where it was going.

Her Lumberjanes was getting a movie too, but alas Disney axed it.

I asked her about the Nimona movie as well and she said she was encouraging the crew on it to take their own direction on the material. Not a lot of insistence on verbatim adapting her comic.

Edited by Tuckerscreator on Jan 25th 2020 at 2:44:30 AM

Hope it's for the best. I recall reading that comic's ending doesn't turn out too well...

I don’t think Mattel wants Stevenson anywhere near the film. Or any part of Masters once SPOP is done. Mattel really, REALLY wants Masters of the Universe to be a big tent pole franchise again for them, and SPOP from everything I’ve seen (this is irregardless of quality) has been a major obstacle to that. Low merchandise sales, not a lot of primary demographic views, etc.

I do think the film is going to Netflix which will result in delays and no longer needing a release schedule. Netflix wants big budget films to their original docket (look at the budgets of 6 Underground and The Irishman). Sony meanwhile, after seeing several attempts at big budget tent poles blow up in their faces, probably sees guaranteed Netflix money as preferable to another Box Office Bomb. So the deal makes sense for both parties.

Edited by Beatman1 on Jan 25th 2020 at 6:28:10 AM

Well yeah, they only made like six toys after the third season instead of capitalizing right away.

Do you mean young girls or is this another euphemism for “forty year old men”? Because among the former I see content for it everywhere, among the latter, well, the show is literally called She-Ra.

Again, irregardless of quality (it’s not a bad show, at all, it’s actually pretty interesting from the writing perspective, and it’s a shame people won’t give it the time of day because of the art style), Netflix listed their top viewed kids shows and She-Ra was nowhere in sight. Same with that independent poll that polled kids and teens about the shows they watched. No sign of it.

http://kidscreen.com/2019/08/01/infographic-what-are-kids-favorite-shows-on-netflix/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=infographic-what-are-kids-favorite-shows-on-netflix&_u=WG2eOgzaxKs%3d

Edited by Beatman1 on Jan 25th 2020 at 6:41:27 AM

The UK version of Netflix has The Big Bang Theory? *grumble grumble grumble*

Also, I can't help but tell that that chart is 5 months old and applies to both Netflix originals and acquired programming which seems to be a bit of a cheat...

Getting back to Sony and their movie division, it really feels like they'll go under if they keep making dud after dud...

Probably why taking the guaranteed cash was wise.

Well, no, I wasn't really serious.

Netflix's She-Ra is a bizarre case of a Merchandise-Driven show not being driven by the merchandise. Nobody has detailed what the deal between Mattel and Dreamworks is, but it's very obvious that Mattel somehow lost creative control. They may have screwed up the license back in the 1980s leaving Dreamworks (the legal successor to Filmation) the right to make more episodes without approval or oversight from Mattel.

Anyway, this pretty much left Noelle completely in charge. That's something they'd never allow for a movie.

The Kidscreen survey is "What shows do you watch?" anywhere, not just Netflix. I can't find anywhere Netflix has released an official list.

Edited by alanh on Jan 28th 2020 at 6:06:17 AM

They released the list on Twitter -

https://twitter.com/netflix/status/1211689821007208448?s=21

No She-Ra, no Dragon Prince, etc.

Edited by Beatman1 on Jan 28th 2020 at 8:44:04 AM

I put an update on the Kevin Smith He-Man over on the western animation thread.

Some rumor sites are speculating that the live-action film will start shooting this summer based on a comment by the writer of a Harper's Bazaar profile of Noah Centineo, but that wasn't sourced to the actor or studio. So don't hold your breath.

If so, they're perhaps shooting too soon. Centineo's been improving, but he's hardly muscular enough as he is now.

Noah Centineo posted a picture of himself getting bulked up on Instagram, though he didn't mention He-Man. He's also slated for Black Adam, a DC film with Dwayne Johnson in the title role. Centineo will play Atom Smasher.

Another click-baity site noted another article about Centineo getting bulked up and implied that He-Man must be filming soon, but the original article doesn't mention He-Man.

I think it's probably for Black Adam, and He-Man is still in Development Hell.

I dunno why we need another He-Man movie when Masters of the Universe gave us the best Skeletor. XD (Maybe if we do get a new one Frank Langella will reprise the role!)

Noah Centieno confirmed he is no longer attached to MOTU and I'm throwing it on the Development Hell page.

Its in the Fright Zone you mean

Even having worked out for a bit, he still didn't really have the kind of bodybuilder look I think would be necessary for the role.

And he would probably be a little wary of getting too big and abandoning his "safe and nonthreatening netflix boyfriend" look.

Can't say I didn't see it coming.

Could we expect him not being on his role in Black Adam if that's the reason? Apparently, he was supposed to be Atom Smasher or something like that.

Edited by Blueace on Feb 16th 2021 at 2:47:19 PM

The Development Hell page is filled with the empty promises of a thousand companies. Looking at whoever in the mid-90s optioned a live-action Ranma ½. Mattel has had a previous decade fraught with profit loss, one of their franchises being taken out from under them and making them no money, and numerous attempts to restart He-Man which still have not produced notable product. The fact that one of their competitors flat out said they weren't worth buying out and he was just going to wait for Mattel to go belly up speaks to their difficulties.

"Live Action Ranma ½"

....How the fuck would that have been recieved if it came out?

It was optioned during the golden age of the raunchy teen sex comedy. I’m pretty sure the elevator pitch was “teen sex comedy with kung fu” so there’s a slim chance it could have worked. Slim being the operative word.

As for He-Man, they’ve been trying to do this since the mid 2000s, and have been unsuccessful. It doesn’t look like they’re going to get things going any time soon.

Noah Centineo left the Masters of the Universe movie.

I thought he left a while ago.