The Masters of the Universe premiere in Los Angeles on Monday night brought together He-Men old and new, as Dolph Lundgren, who starred in the 1987 telling, was on hand to support newcomer Nicholas Galitzine.
He-Man and the rest of the Masters of the Universe gang originated as a Mattel toy line in the ’80s, which later became an animated series followed by Lundgren’s live-action movie. For the past nearly 20 years, Mattel has been working to bring a new version to life, which has finally arrived courtesy of Galitzine and director Travis Knight. The film follows Prince Adam Glenn (a.k.a. He-Man), who was raised on the safety of Earth, as he travels back to his home planet Eternia to discover that it has been destroyed and overtaken by powerful warlord Skeletor (played by Jared Leto).
Lundgren admitted that after several previous attempts at rebooting He-Man never materialized, he didn’t believe this adaptation would happen, “but when I heard it was real and realized it was a big-budget picture, I looked at the script and it looked very interesting, like a really serious attempt at bringing this character to life and all the intricacies of that universe. There’s a charm to it that so many other superhero movies maybe have or some don’t, but I think Masters has that kind of charm, kind of sensitivity.”
