Masters Of The Universe: ‘Grayskull’ Gets Its Writer
Dolph Lundgren as He-Man in the 1987 film 'Masters of the Universe'
Warner Bros. and Silver Pictures have hired Evan Daugherty to write the latest draft of the screenplay to their Masters of the Universe feature film, Grayskull.
Daugherty scored the Grayskull gig with only a single unproduced screenplay to his name (Shrapnel). His fortunes began after a management firm noticed his talent via a script writing competition he had entered (Script Pimp). The previous draft of Grayskull was penned by Justin Marks who Daugherty now replaces.
Warner Bros. want their new take on Masters of the Universe to be a gritty fantasy where the original story will be re-imagined (hence a different title). In Grayskull the lead character is a soldier named Adam who sets off to find his destiny and happens upon the magical world of Eternia. There, Skeletor has raised a technological army that is bent on eradicating magic.
John Stevenson will direct the new film. Stevenson directed Kung fu Panda and is also attached to direct We3 (about a group of laboratory test animals who have been turned into combat-ready weapons that break free of their captors and embark on a journey home.)
Masters of the Universe is a popular Mattel franchise created 28 years ago that includes toys, comics, animated series and action figures. It’s popularity led to the big screen in 1987 with Dolph Lundgren starring as He-Man and Frank Langella as Skeletor. The live action movie performed relatively poorly, barely earning enough to cover its budget.
Grayskull will be released sometime in 2011.
Source: THR
May 28th, 2009 at 5:00 pm
I can’t wait for this…the only part I’m not sure about is this soldier crap. I think the story is good enough without much reimagining, but f***, I’m just glad it’s gettin made.
June 12th, 2009 at 6:32 pm
I have high hopes for this one, especially since reading that script review about a year ago. I believe evan daugherty will be working off that script which has no mention of Adam of Randor being a soldier. He’s a prince who must realize his destiny to save eternia from the evil lord skeletor. He’s more of a warrior than soldier. Gonna be a lot of fanboys at the midnight showing of this armed with inflatable power swords!
October 13th, 2009 at 9:03 pm
Well, there goes Hollywood f@cking up another great story , again! That must be the new standards of Hollywood film making: How to f@ck up a great story, twice! Story was already written 28 yrs ago, just pick up some comic books.
March 8th, 2010 at 1:57 am
Hopefully this film will have more special effects. I was very dissapointed in the way the Sorceress was made in the last one. They should have made her appearance more attractive and had someone younger play her like in the cartoon. They didn’t even show her turning into a bird or anything, nor Adam becoming He-Man. Looking forward to seeing what they come up with…….
April 28th, 2010 at 5:31 pm
ADM and OMG….. PLEASE dont mess this movie up… this is my child hood here I still collect MOTU stuff. I will be there once this baby hits… to all my fellow fans BE WELL… and I hope to see you there…
June 6th, 2010 at 7:33 am
I am so sick of hollywood taking a source material that people get completly exited to see made into a movie and time and time again being let down because some dusche screen writer director and producer change the story so much other than caractor names the movies never even resemble the original show they are from and even if the movie is good ( hardly ever) you are so let down by the changes that becomes what you focus on and you are let down please quit reimagining and make movies true to the source that is what people want and never seem to get. HOLLYWOOD quit crapping on our childhood heros and dreams and not just with this movie but all old and original sources you keep destroying!!!!!
August 13th, 2010 at 4:26 pm
i met robert duncan macneil who played
kevin in the film at the collectormania
convension here at milton keynes stadium
uk for the second time round we met once before
at my local comicbook store the forbidden planet
in my hometown leeds west yorkshire also in the uk
promoting voyager at the time but this time it
was like an episode of voyager where old friends
cross swords and i had my photo taken with him
and had my copy of masters of the universe dvd
signed by him you can see the video title.
frankies collectormania 2010 convension memories at milton keynes
via youtube it was great to see robert again it felt
like that we were old friends at an school reunion
but im up for the new movie it will be great.
frankie smales
(frankiie smales movie and tv review uk)
August 16th, 2010 at 4:37 pm
Can’t wait loved the original movie till this day still watch it grayskull should be just as good
November 5th, 2010 at 12:52 pm
Who will they get to play him tho, there is no one i can think of who has the physique to take that part on…I love the original but probably because Dolph Lungren looked so beautiful in that outfit he was almost wearing.
I guess they will water it down so it’s unrecognisable like they have done with so many other classics, I get so i don’t go and see remakes anymore as i am always dissappointed