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John Woo to Direct & Produce He-Man
Source: Variety
October 4, 2004


Variety reports that Fox 2000 has set John Woo ("Paycheck" to direct and produce He-Man, a live-action film based on the characters in Mattel's "Masters of the Universe" line of action figures. Adam Rifkin will adapt the screenplay.

Originally made into an animated series in 1983, the property was also adapted into a live-action film in 1987 called Masters of the Universe, which starred Dolph Lundgren as the hero and Frank Langella as Skeletor.

He-Man began life as Prince Adam, the hybrid of an Earthling and an Eternian. At the age of 18, he was taken to Castle Grayskull, where Adam received super powers. He-Man has a sidekick in the form of a tiger, Battle Cat, and a deadly enemy, Skeletor.

Woo is also attached to direct The Rock in the video game adaptation "Spy-Hunter" for Universal Pictures.

Please move immediately!! Made it in the wrong forum!!

uhm ok....

moving to Movie Discussion? it's not a comic, right?

it's comic...

Well......Its had a long history.

First-Cartoon
Second-Comic Book
Third-Movie
Then the first two again.

moving to comic discussion.....

Gracias Paola.

Tienes suerte..... ya me iba ir a dormir yawn

Yo tambien ya mismo.

80"s He-Man Moviehttp://www.he-man.org/primary_sects/movie/images/gallery/he-man_closeup3.jpg

fear

so who will be the actors?

i actually liked the old movie despite its campness, i have the feeling though this one'll be shit

They don't have a cast yet but they will be searching for one very soon.

is john woo doing a ninja turtles movie also?

i remember reading that he was going to direct a fully cg ninja turtles movie, but that was a while back

It was a few years ago but the movie was officially thrown out.

: / that sucks, i was looking forward to seeing another ninja turtles movie lol

Sooner or later they will make one. Probably later.

Hopefully live action.

John Woo should definately leave this alone- it's not going to work with him at the helm or anyone. I liked the 80's movie with Dolph Lundgren, it had the feel of a good story(apart from the fact that there is no Prince Adam-He-Man transformation). I mean you only have to look at the new cartoon they released to realise that modernising something isn't exactly the best way forward

Actually the new cartoon had a very good following and fans of the 80's series and toys really enjoyed the new series. The problem that they encountered was that they only advertyised the cartoon and toys either during the show itself (which if your watching the show you already know about it) and immediatly before the cartoon durring the commercial breaks... I think if properly advertised it would have taken off and made a huge wave in the 80's revival pool.

he-man is gay

Thats not true... Prince Adam is gay.... He-man is straight.

I can't believe that person did it again! Jeez!

Gay as in homosexual or gay as in happy?

Frontrunners for the New He-Man Movie?
Source: The Daily Telegraph
January 2, 2005


Back in October of 2004 it was announced that John Woo will direct and produce He-Man, a live-action film based on the characters in Mattel's "Masters of the Universe". Now The Daily Telegraph has posted a rumor on who may be the frontrunners:

Kwanten is one of the frontrunners to play He-Man in an upcoming film version of He-Man, due to be released in 2006.

The actor's profile has risen of late due to his starring role in the US series Summerland, but he's facing some stiff competition from Sex and the City hunk Jason Lewis and The Rock.

Adam Rifkin is adapting the screenplay for the Fox 2000 movie.

John Woo directs and produces............excellent. This could be the best action/comic film ever.....or very, very, camp.

no cast as yet. I would have:

He-Man: the biggest gladiator from Gladiator, gets shot by about 37 arrows in the end.
Prince Adam: Kieron Culkin
Teela: Elisha Cuthbert
Man at Arms: Sean Bean
Evil-lyn: Angelina Jolie
King Randor: Val Kilmer
Skeletor: Canna think of anyone
The Sorceress: Jennifer Garner

and the all important She-ra/Adora: Jessica Alba

The earlier heman sucked...hope this one's good..
Isnt heman more of a younger childrens character , I mean unlike spidey or batman?

i loved He-Man when i was a kid

Hey I liked heman too...but the animated series , not he dolph lundgren movie

the animated series 0wn3d

and i thought i hated anything animated what a idiot i am

I suppose so, the toys came first and the cartoon was made to sell them. But, so what. There are story points that make it deeper than just kids stuff.

and also I thought She-ra was mega-hot when I was wee. I mean, micro dress, low cut top, knee-boots........bloody hell!

i always preferred evil lynn...

This should just be merged with the "He-Man" movie thread I made here http://www.killermovies.com/forums/f43/t309747.html which is still on the same page.

I hope it will be better than the 1987 version

It should be considering all the technological advances that have been made the since inception of the original version.

I thought this was yours

my apologies, Proph, thanks for the link...

merging...

Its ok, the Prophet can't stay mad at a woman like Paola.

i might be wrong but wasnt he-man a cartoon, not a comic?

Proph: sure you can't hitler

Paul: believe it or not... He-Man (and the masters of the universe) is a comic

but was it a comic first? thats what im curious about...

Well there was already He-Man comics in 1982 and then the TV series started in 83.



I can stay in love though.

oh, my mistake...

its kool,

Not according to CKY.

I doubt that very much. People are clever to realise that the cartoon is rehashed into a modern way of presenting an animation. They are just needlessly testing new animaton styles on what was in my opinion was a very good cartoon to begin with. Its good reasonably the same plot, same characters-with the exception of a few random creatures thrown about. For chrissakes they even resorted to taking the rotating sword idea interlude from the originals and using it halfway through the series. It looks cheap and nasty and it just feeds the minds of those idiots who actually like that and other reworked projects like X-Men Evo and the new Turtles cartoon. Theres no originality anymore, everything HAS to be re-done or modernised.
The issue here is the reworking of He-Man into a new film and I can honestly say it will not be good with John Woo at the helm. He doesn't understand sci-fi or fantasy-he understands guns and bombs and ****ing doves flying about.

Acually, He-Man didn't start out as a cartoon or comics.
It started out as a toyline.

I injoyed the 80's movie because it had He-Man, but to be honest, it was full of flaws.
It was nothing like the cartoon and it was generally just a bad movie.

Hopefully John Woo will not have this movie connected to that 80's movie(I read it might even be a sequal! yikes!)
And for god sakes please don't cast the Rock as He-Man

If John remakes He-Man and uses an actor like Jason Lewis(who is a dead ringer for He-man) this could be the He-Man movie fans always wanted

fear

So what's the latest news on this movie. Is it still being made? I heard a while back that John Woo dropped out as director and that Jason Lewis guy was cast as He-man, but that was it, anyone heard anything new?

He-man during his best years...
http://img32.exs.cx/img32/526/heman8ud.jpg

He-man during his not so good years...*sigh*...poor He-man...I think we can all relate.
http://img32.exs.cx/img32/9914/heman6wq.gif

Whoa!!!A video game since when?...hmm...wonder if they have it for XBox?
http://img32.exs.cx/img32/6488/hemanbox0dn.jpg

Garner Up for She-Ra?

By Brad Brevet
Source: http://www.comics2film.com/FanFrame.php?f_id=11755 February 18, 2005

I have heard very little about the upcoming He-Man project except for the news we have all heard, that John Woo is aboard to direct and Nicolas Cage was being considered for the role of Skeletor, but other than that.. pretty much zilch.

A couple of days ago, however, I did receive a bit of rumor focused on the upcoming flick that seemed interesting enough to spout off about, whether it is true or not, it still gets the mind racing.

Based on the news we received apparently Jennifer Garner is currently the frontrunner to play She-Ra in the flick, plus our insider tells us that rumors of Jason Lewis and Nicolas Cage being involved are false.

He also tells me that shooting is expected to begin before the year is up.

Don't go putting too much stock in this rumor, just mull it around a bit. Garner could be a good candidate, but it could look a bit weird seeing her with a big fro of blonde hair, after all, this isn't "Alias," the wig would be on the whole time.--End Article

Thursday, December 23, 2004

"No word on Skeletor, but those rumors about Nicolas Cage were false apparently."

http://www.comics2film.com/FanFrame.php?f_id=11042

^^The Prophet has returned!!!!

Indeed I have, thanks for the welcoming back RZA!

^^It's good to have you back dude. We missed you're updates on stuff.

Thanks, its people like you that make me proud to be back.

So is this movie still gonna be made or not?

And what happened to Prophet?, I miss him

He would always contribute good stuff to the board.