The new Masters of the Universe trailer is here – and it looks like the colorful, action-packed fantasy epic '80s kids (both big and small) have been waiting for.
Directed by Bumblebee's Travis Knight, the film, which obviously takes inspiration from Mattel's He-Man toys, the cartoon series, and the Dolph Lundgren-starring live-action flick, looks to be giving Prince Adam's story a meta spin, as it sees him swap Eternia for Earth. In this iteration of his backstory, Adam (Nicholas Galitzine) was sent to our drab-looking world by his mother when he was just 10 years old.
It was to keep him safe, so she said, but in the two decades since, Adam hasn't stopped dreaming of going on out-of-this-world adventures and engaging in testing battles. Well, be careful what you wish for, Adam...
While the movie's first trailer set up the framework, the latest promo offers up a little more in terms of plot details. It begins with an adult Adam being thrown in a dungeon, as he tells his fellow inmates, "I know most of you don't remember me, but I know all of you." It's then revealed that he's locked up at Castle Grayskull. Curious, huh?!
"Everything's changed since you left," Camila Mendes' Teela tells him, as the camera scans a ruined Eternia. "Skeletor took my family," he replies via voiceover, "and he destroyed our world." In the footage that follows, we see Adam having a heart-to-heart with Duncan (Idris Elba), glimpses of Snake Mountain, and wielding the Power Sword. In short, it looks rad. Check it out above.
"Skeletor was a really interesting villain," Knight previously gushed to Empire magazine, when asked about Leto's approach to the iconic villain. "He looked cool. He was scary. He was funny. He was insecure. Then of course he had this distinctive voice. I wanted someone to craft their own version of that," he continued. "Jared approached us, because he loves Skeletor and has his own history with the character.
"He wanted to swing for the fences. Ultimately, we landed on something that I'm really happy with. Skeletor's kind of the embodiment of toxic masculinity." Yeah, there's definitely going to be a bit more going on than just sword and planet-themed mayhem with this flick.
Also starring Alison Brie (GLOW) as Evil-Lyn, Sasheer Zamata (Agatha All Along) as Suzie, Charlotte Riley (Peaky Blinders) as Queen Marlena, and Morena Baccarin (Deadpool) as Sorceress, Masters of the Universe releases on June 5. For more, check out our guide to the most exciting upcoming movies heading our way.
