Grayskull is Dead

You might remember that a few month ago, a review of Justin Marks‘ screenplay for the live action He-Man movie Grayskull: The Masters of the Universe was creating some big buzz on the interwebs.

Phrases were being tossed around like “fanboy masterpiece” and the story was described as “Lord of the Rings meets The Matrix meets Batman Begins.” It was enough to get us excited about the project - we even listed off five reasons the movie could actually be cool. And lets face it, “cool” is not even in the first 50 words that would normally come to mind when thinking about a He-Man movie.

Well Latino Review is now reporting that the project has fallen into development hell, and is likely dead. Warner Bros wasn’t high on the property in the first place (why hire a screenwriter then?), and the two executives who were interested in the property, are now gone. We can only hope that Warners decides to put the project in turnaround.

  • Hendo
    awwwwwww damnit! I was really excited for this. I'd take this over the GIJOE move 1 billion times over... fkn warner
  • I just read the 5 reasons, I totally wound have seen this. Maybe even a Midnight showing.
  • TheDArkWizard
    Yeah, I've read it and it's not so exciting! There's nothing new to it!
  • He-Man deserves better than "Masters of the Universe." Dolph Lundgren looked the part but he's no Prince Adam. I'm afraid if this doesn't get made soon there won't be much of an audience left.
  • TheDArkWizard
    I've read the posts and i was excited at first but no I'm not anymore I didn't like the story... It was like a work of an 11 years old. Let's wait for a new and better screenplay. I'm sure there's a lot...
  • FUCK.

    FUCK.
  • The Gajonka
    THIS IS A BIG, BIG MISTAKE. I CANNOT BELIVE THIS, AND I THANK YOU, PETER FOR ADDRESSING HE-MAN. ARE THEY OPUT OF THEIR MINDS??????????????????????
    THINK ABOUT THE VILLAINS WE HAVE HERE: BEASTMAN, MERMAN, TRAP-JAW, THIS IS AN INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY TO FOCUSD ON THE EVIL VILLAINS, NOT TO MENTION SKELETOR, AND NOT TO FOCUS ON THE "OH, WELL IT IS ETERNIA. WE DON'T KNOW WHERE IT IS, AND WE WILL HJAVE A DIFFICULT TIME PINPOINTING IT AND PRESENTING IT TO THE PUBLIC."

    I AM COMPLETELY APPALLED AT THIS NEWS. THINK ABOUT IT:

    WE START WITH SKELETOR, AS HE-MAN WILL NOT BE INTRODUCED, BECUASE HIS ARRIVAL WILL COME OUT OF NECESSITY. SKELETOR, EVIL LYNN, BEASTMAN, MOSSMAN, I MEAN WE WORK WITH THE VILLAINS. THEY COULD BE FROM A DESOLATE COUNTRY, A STARTING POINT FOR THEM AS THEY BEGIN THEIR QUEST TO DOMIATE THE GLOBE. IT CAN BE AN ORIGINS TALE, WE DONT HAVE TO MAKE THEM LIKE THE ACTION FIGURES ( EXCEPT BEASTMAN, SKELETOR AND A NUMBER OF OTHERS). THESE VILLAINS WILL CREATE MASSIVE DOOM FOR THIS WORLD. TRHEY FACE ARMIES, THEY FACE ROBOT ARMIES, THEY FACE SPECIAL FORCES UNITS - COUUNTERPARTS, GI JOE -ESQUE SQUADS. THERE IS NOTHING THAT CAN STOP THEM.

    THE STORY DEVELOPS, AS ONE MAN LEARNS ABOUT HIS SPECIAL (MUTANT-ESQUE) POWER. AND HIS ABILITYAND STRENGHT ARE UNPARALLELED. WE CAN END THE FILM WITH THE BEGINNING ... WHAT I MEAN IS, HE FACES ONE OF SKELETORS CREW, AND THE REST OF THE FILMS WILL DELVE INTO WHAT HAPPENS NEXT, MORE MATCHUPS.

    THIS CANNOT BE SHELEVED, PLEASE SOMEONE E-MAIL ME AT WHYSOSERIOUS2@GMAIL.COM TO LET ME KNOW WHO I CAN SUBMIT A SCRIPT TOO. THERE IS NO WAY THIS COUNTRY SHOUOLD BE DEPRIVED OF SUCH A GREAT, GREAT STORY AND EVEN MORE SO THE CHARACTERS, HE0MAN HAS SUCH AN IMORESSIVE LOST OF CHARACTER.

    YEAH, I PLAYED WITHT HE TOYS, ALOT OF PEOPLE DID. THERE IS NO WAY THAT THE CYNICISM OF A FEW SHOUOLD RUIN THE EXPECATATIONS AND SPENDING POWER ABILITY ( TO MWATCH THIS FILM) OF MANY. PLEASE LEAD ME IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

    HE-MAN, MASTERS OF THE UNIVERS, SKELETOR AND THE REST NEED TOM BE BROUGHT TO LIFE. FOR CHRIST SAKE, WE GET THREE SETH ROGEN FILNS A YEAR, ADN WE CANNNOT EVEN BE INNOVATIVE, WE CANNOT BRANCH OUT AND TRY SOMETHING NEW. TO BRING FORTH ONE OF THE GREAT STORIES THIS COUNTRY HAS IN THE CASTLE OF GREYSSKULL( THAT TRANSFOTRMATION AND I HAVE THE POWER I WILL, FOR OBVIOUS REASON OMIT FROM MY SCRIPT.

    pLEASE,... PLEASE HELP. I WILL GET THIS DONE, AND I WILL REMEMBER WHO HELPED ME. PLEASE E-MAIL ME AT :

    whysoserious2@gmail.com

    thanks so much.


    The Gajonka


    "I HAVENT KILLED ANYONE... SINCE 1984."
  • lukeg37
    NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! fucking warner bros!!! MOTU has sooooo much potential
  • Brian Ridings
    Mm, think Ill save my hope for the worldwide economic crisis to subside. And He-Man doesn't belong in our world, as the first failure of MOTU on the big screen should make all too obvious.
  • Eric R.
    This is a big disappointment. El Mayimbe had so much faith in this project and I trust his taste completely. I hope someone has the guts to back this project up and bring it to the big screen.
  • Mikey
    What depressing news!!! I was SO looking forward to a Masters movie franchise. Now all we'll be geting is Marvel movies up to our eyeballs for the next 5 years!
  • Bryan
    As a huge MOTU fan, and seeing the article that Brett Ratner may be the director of Conan, maybe it's a good thing they canceled the live action MOTU movie. It saves me from the disappointment of having a hack like Ratner direct two of the flicks I was waiting to see.
  • John Hooks
    Warner Bros. You guys are fuckin’ idiots!!! I know you… I’ve worked with you in the past, and all I got to say is… You’re a bunch of pussy scallywags. You are a bunch of no-talent douche-bag nut handling fuck sticks!!! WB’s You fucks are so fucking stupid. You guys must work for fuckin’ Skeletor!!! You guys must be in cahoots with Hordak or fuckin’ King Hiss!!! I am furious over this shit! I’ve been waiting 3 years now for this piece of shit to come to light. Through the ridiculous John Woo bullshit, through the announcement of Mark’s script, and now this unforgivable act of treason. And by the way, that scum, Navid McIlhargey is an asshole for leaving! If you don’t wanna make this picture, someone else will you fucks! But in the meantime you can SUCK MY FUCKIN’ DICK!!! I’m pissed off now…FUCK!!! But He-man will still prevail…BY THE POWER OF GRAYSKULL!!!
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