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Behold, a Shadowy Full Look at the New He-Man

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Amazon MGM’s upcoming Masters of the Universe movie just got a bit more real thanks another, more complete look at its musclebound lead, He-Man.

Portrayed in the upcoming film by Nicolas Galtizine, the British actor released a picture of himself as Adam of Grayskull’s heroic persona, albeit from the back and bathed in shadow. The picture comes with the news that filming has wrapped, and Galtizine called it “an honour shouldering the responsibility of playing Adam and He-Man. It’s been the role of a lifetime and I put everything into it. There’s not much I can show you, but I am so proud of the movie we’ve made. Thanks to our amazing cast and crew for all your hard work.”

Mattel’s been trying to make a new Masters movie for years, and Netflix almost had one in the works starring Kyle Allen before plans fell through. This new film comes courtesy of Bumblebee director Travis Knight, and also stars Camila Mendes as Teela, Idris Elba as Man-at-Arms, Alison Brie as Evil-Lyn, and Jared Leto as main baddie Skeletor.

This past April, Amazon featured Masters of the Universe at CinemaCon, where the team said it was “making a live-action fantasy film about the most powerful man in the universe.” Plot details remain under wraps, but the footage we saw included Adam in Grayskull and a young man’s bedroom, working out in the gym, and using the Sword of Power as both himself and He-Man.

Look for Masters of the Universe to hit theaters on June 5, 2026.

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The Pacific Rim prequel series has reportedly found a home at Amazon

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A live-action Pacific Rim TV series is in-development at Amazon, according to Variety. News of the project was first shared in 2024, when Variety reported that Arrival screenwriter Eric Heisserer was attached to develop and write the show.

The new series will apparently be a prequel to Guillermo Del Toro’s original Pacific Rim, a movie about Kaiju-fighting giant mechs and the humans that pilot them. Legendary, which produced Pacific Rim, is also backing the series alongside Amazon MGM. The studio appears to be using the same strategy with Pacific Rim that worked with its Godzilla-and-King-Kong-starring “MonsterVerse” franchise. Monarch: Legacy of Monsters streamed on Apple TV+ in 2023, and acted as both a prequel and sequel to the “MonsterVerse” films.

Heisserer has plenty of experience adapting existing material. His Arrival script converted an experimental second-person short story into a (relatively) thoughtful blockbuster, and his work on Netflix’s Shadow and Bone found a clever way to interweave the first book in Leigh Bardugo’s series with characters from a later duology. Pacific Rim seems a lot more straightforward in comparison.

There’s yet to be an official announcement from Amazon, or any dates for when we can expect the series to be available, but there has been quite a bit of new Pacific Rim material since the first film came out in 2013. The live-action sequel Pacific Rim Uprising was released in 2018 and Netflix put out its anime sequel, Pacific Rim: The Black, in 2021.