Grayskull: Masters of the Universe - Part 2

[aNarcHy2day]

I wonder if there are some characters that can be played by Eric Bana, Guy Pearce, Christoph Waltz, Jude Law, Clive Owen, Tobey Maguire, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers,
Christian Slater, Matt Dillon, Rob Lowe, Val Kilmer etc etc
Some of them will be pretty cheap to hire, and they're all known faces.

Pearce could be a great Skeletor. Kilmer could be Ramman! Dunno the others.

As in, I dunno what the others can be.

 

[Thundarr]

Gundam and Saint Seiya are actualy very well known, SS is like soccer, realy big worldwide, but for some reason it never got very popular in the USA. Then there are some manga/ anime properties that simply put are giants, like Dragon Ball, One Piece and Naruto, One Piece has sold around 340 million copies of the manga, and that's not including the people who only watch the anime. Regarding lesser known ones, Guardians of the Galaxy wasn't known at all 2 years ago either, and G.I.Joe may have made some money, but in Europe i don't think the toys ever sold much, instead they kinda revamped it as "Actionn Man".

He-Man is known worldwide, bust seems to mostly be considered a joke, similar to Aquaman, but unlike Aquaman, i don't think the concepts or characters are good enough to justify the trouble of this kind of project.

That's kind of the point though. Even the really well known Anime are a fairly niche market. They haven't really permiated the consciousness of popular culture he way many western cartoons have. Even if the Anime listed are mega-huge overseas, the most important market to Hollywood is the local market. This has been mentioned on other threads about enjoyable movies that likely won't get a sequel anytime soon, such as The A-Team. Their world wide BO gross was enough to technically make the film a success, but their domestic BO gross barely broke even. Making a movie that's a global success is always good, but Hollywood always looks at their domestic BO first.

And I have to respectfully disagree with you on the concept and characters of He-Man not being good enough to justify a live action film adaptation. The characters and story practically SCREAM "Make me into a movie damn it!" Unlike Aqua man, the characters and overall story of MOTU are very diverse ad interesting. Especially if your inspiration for the live action film is the 2002 series, which goes much deeper into the back stories and motivations of many of its main characters than the Filmation series ever did.

 

[Thundarr]

There really is so much to work with in a MOTU film.It actually is so packed,it'd work better as a TV series.

A young lad is given the power to be the most powerful man in the universe.
He has the whole "secret identity" thing, that keeps him from being respected by his father/the woman he loves.

Teela is the ultimate female warrior bad***.(That alone should garner fans)
She's kept in the dark by her adopted father as to her true parentage.
Her father is a war weary soldier that must also keep the secret of He-Man from her.
Her mother is the guardian of the universe's most powerful magic.A role she will one day have to take.

Skeletor.C'mon,man.Skeletor.
If they portray him half as good as Langella did,you've got gold.
His underlings are cunning and have any number of individual agendas.

You also have a canvas of many exotic races to choose from.(For a bit of 'Flash Gordon' style "Uniting of the races against a common enemy")

I mean,in the hands of a decent writer,that's your $billion franchise to take the place of the LOTR films.I can't believe it's really taking so long to get off the ground in this day and age.

This

 

[Thundarr]

That's a big reason why I want to see the movie get made, because there's so much potential and promise that no single version of the property has managed to capture while making its mark on the popular consciousness.

I mean, look at "Avatar: The Last Airbender" for instance. That 'toon pretty much nailed it on the first pass, so much so that any film adaptation would have a rough time trying to improve on the source material (even one not produced and directed by complete morons ). You want the best version, watch the show. Done. MOTU, on the other hand...

I want to see Eternia with big studio money behind it and some half-crazed filmmakers ready to "Game of Thrones" the sh** out of it. I wanna see King Grayskull kicking ass, I wanna see Skeletor actually being scary, I wanna see He-Man cleaving monsters and bad guys in half, I wanna see Evil Lyn being sultry and vampy, etc. There's so much there just waiting for the chance to fill up those seats.

I would argue we got everything you are looking for with the 2002 MOTU series, but I do agree with your assessment.

And for the love of God, keep M Night Shamyalamadingdong the Hell AWAY from this movie.

 

[Panthro]

I would argue we got everything you are looking for with the 2002 MOTU series, but I do agree with your assessment.

And for the love of God, keep M Night Shamyalamadingdong the Hell AWAY from this movie.

For the love of God, keep M Night Shyamalamadingdong the Hell away from ANY movie.

 

[Goshdarn Batman]

M Night Shawarmamelon should direct Star Wars instead. At the end of the movie, it's revealed that Han Solo is a robot...spoiler.

 

[Thundarr]

For the love of God, keep M Night Shyamalamadingdong the Hell away from ANY movie.

To be fair, The Sixth Sense and Unbreakable were both very good movies. If he can get back to doing films of that quality, then he can make all the movies he wants.

But his adaptation of The Last Airbender? I've only seen clips from that movie and I can tell it sucks! If he were to adapt MOTU, he'd probably make Orko not be funny; mispronounce everyone's names; use really bad CGI; make Skeletor, The Sorceress, Evil-Lynn, and any other magic wielding character do a five minute dance before the (very underwhelming) effects of their spells actually take effect, and about a dozen other REALLY bad writing and directing decisions.

 

[Airwings]

He-Man is known worldwide, bust seems to mostly be considered a joke, similar to Aquaman

That's true. But if WB can succeed with getting successful with a serious Aquaman, then MOTU could manage that too.
The only problem is the number of characters. Aquaman has not as many as MOTU.

unlike Aquaman, i don't think the concepts or characters are good enough to justify the trouble of this kind of project.

Huh, what in the earth are you talking about? There's a huuuuge potential here. How can you not see it? MOTU is like a sci fi/high tech LOTR.

Pearce could be a great Skeletor. Kilmer could be Ramman! Dunno the others.

As in, I dunno what the others can be.

Great ideas with Pearce and Kilmer there.
I give you some suggestions too.

Man-At-Arms: Pearce, Waltz, Owen, Lowe, Slater
Randor: Pearce, Owen
Skeletor: Bana, Dillon, Law, Slater, Lowe
Stratos: Bana, Owen, Rhys-Meyers
Mekaneck: Bana, Rhys-Meyers, Dillon, Maguire
Orko (voice): Rhys-Meyers, Maguire

Hey, let's cast more brat packers... Ally Sheedy as Evil-Lyn and Molly Ringwald for either Sorceress or Marlena

 

[Thundarr]

That's true. But if WB can succeed with getting successful with a serious Aquaman, then MOTU could manage that too.
The only problem is the number of characters. Aquaman has not as many as MOTU.

Huh, what in the earth are you talking about? There's a huuuuge potential here. How can you not see it? MOTU is like a sci fi/high tech LOTR.

Great ideas with Pearce and Kilmer there.
I give you some suggestions too.

Man-At-Arms: Pearce, Waltz, Owen, Lowe, Slater
Randor: Pearce, Owen
Skeletor: Bana, Dillon, Law, Slater, Lowe
Stratos: Bana, Owen, Rhys-Meyers
Mekaneck: Bana, Rhys-Meyers, Dillon, Maguire
Orko (voice): Rhys-Meyers, Maguire

Hey, let's cast more brat packers... Ally Sheedy as Evil-Lyn and Molly Ringwald for either Sorceress or Marlena

My thoughts exactly!

 

[Mikelus]

Anyone dismissing the potential of MOTU is clueless. Like others have said, it could be like LOTR but with sci-fi elements. They could even use the current DC comics' MOTU for inspiration (He-Man and the Masters of the Universe #18):

 

[Thundarr]

And could you imagine THIS in live action?

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Anyone who doesn't think that would be totally awesome is completely nuts!

 

[guitarsingerguy]

M Night Shawarmamelon should direct Star Wars instead. At the end of the movie, it's revealed that Han Solo is a robot...spoiler.

So, it's basically the original script for Terminator Salvation? That sounds right up M. Night's alley actually.

 

[guitarsingerguy]

Anyone dismissing the potential of MOTU is clueless. Like others have said, it could be like LOTR but with sci-fi elements. They could even use the current DC comics' MOTU for inspiration (He-Man and the Masters of the Universe #18):

Man, that's alot of blood for a He-Man book. I can only assume they'regoing with a much more adult story with the current book?

 

[Thundarr]

So, it's basically the original script for Terminator Salvation? That sounds right up M. Night's alley actually.

Probably why TS sucked so bad, because they wanted Shyamalamadingdong to write/direct. Maybe he even did under a pen name, which would explain things even farther.

 

[Panthro]

I could see Eric Bana as either King Randor or Man-At-Arms, and maybe Skeletor provided that he didn't go all hammy on it like he did as Nero in the 2009 Star Trek.

The others... I have no idea.

 

[T-Ray]

Here's my Trap Jaw "live action" (constantly unfinished and unrefined) redesign:

The 200X designs are my favorite "official" redesigns so far (and my favorite figures and statues in my collection), and, with some tweaks, they would be perfect as the basis for live action, IMO.

I could see Eric Bana as either King Randor or Man-At-Arms, and maybe Skeletor provided that he didn't go all hammy on it like he did as Nero in the 2009 Star Trek.

The others... I have no idea.

Eric Bana as Fisto, Sam Eliot as Man-At-Arms, Kate Blanchett as the Sorceress and Deny Trejo as Rio Blast..

 

[terry78]

https://***********/DeVonFranklin/status/550823534638166017/photo/1

Wadlow has completed his draft, and may actually direct the thing.

 

[cronosred]

He-man.org did an interview with Jeff Wadlow in episode 127 of their podcast, it gives an idea of the kind of film he wants to make.

http://roastgooble.libsyn.com/

 

[Maximus One]

Been reading the entire DC run. Oh man, I want this movie to happen and be this good!

 

[rogue trooper]

He-man.org did an interview with Jeff Wadlow in episode 127 of their podcast, it gives an idea of the kind of film he wants to make.

http://roastgooble.libsyn.com/

Very much liked what I heard. Wadlow seems to be on track.

 

[TheVileOne]

I think Wadlow is a nice guy. I kind of like Never Back Down...but man...Kick-Ass 2...

Is he really talented enough to make this happen?

Not to mention, so many writers and directors have taken a stab at this and can't get it done.

 

[terry78]

At this point, I say let the man do it. He apparently knows the canon like many of us do, so it may at least be accurate.

 

[Primal Slayer]

Charlie Hunnam can play He-Man

 

[terry78]

Ehhhh....

 

[Primal Slayer]

He's got the looks and not like it will need a grade A acting.