"He-Man" is Dead!
When you hear only a few minor whispers about a movie over the course of 2+ years, it shouldn't come as much of a surprise when news like this hits the scene: Fox's "Masters of the Universe" movie, which John Woo was set to produce, is officially dead. Period.
From Moviehole.net: "Executive Producer Rodney Ferrell, of Fox2000 pics, tells Moviehole that they’ve just literally just wiped their hands clean of the property.
“This was a project set up at Fox”, begins Ferrell, “but in the recent months we gave the project back to Mattel and are no longer involved”.
The film had John Woo attached as a producer and Adam Rifkin attached as the writer. Fox2000 were set to produce and distribute the movie."
Click here for the rest of the report.
From Moviehole.net: "Executive Producer Rodney Ferrell, of Fox2000 pics, tells Moviehole that they’ve just literally just wiped their hands clean of the property.
“This was a project set up at Fox”, begins Ferrell, “but in the recent months we gave the project back to Mattel and are no longer involved”.
The film had John Woo attached as a producer and Adam Rifkin attached as the writer. Fox2000 were set to produce and distribute the movie."
Click here for the rest of the report.
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on Nov 30 2006 03:38 AM [b]Perhaps it's better this way.[/b] I loved He-Man (the cartoon). I was definitely a child of the 80's. Getting He-Man action figures was the first time I remember getting a toy with my mom at the toy store in the mall. I was maybe 5 or 6, and I remember getting He-Man and Man-at-Arms. Those action figures were fantastic -- far more muscular than the G.I. Joe men that I got in later years. Anyway, to bad about the movie. John Woo would have made a He-Man worth seeing, in my opinion. But at the same time, we have plenty of other cartoon favorites from which to draw. There's still Thundercats, Voltron, G.I. Joe, and Mighty Mouse. And RottenTomatoes reported last week that Smurfs is actually in pre-production. (Reply to this) |
on Nov 30 2006 06:13 AM [b]Lundgren?[/b] Can you improve upon a Dolph Lundgren film? I mean, there was The Punisher. But was it better? Another He-Man? What's next? A remake of Rocky IV? In all fairness, I would have seen this movie had it been made. (Reply to this) |
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on Nov 30 2006 07:43 AM I might have gone to see this too. (Reply to this) |
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on Nov 30 2006 07:55 AM i wasn't too thrilled with this project anyway. the cartoon (and the toys) were great, the Lundgren movie stunk, and a new He-Man movie just had a "who cares?" air to it. what is the appeal about resurrecting kitchy 80's properties these days? first there's Transformers (i'm already underwhelmed because Michael Bay is in any way involved), then He-Man. what's next? (Reply to this) |
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on Nov 30 2006 08:24 AM BRING ON VOLTRON.. HELLS YEAH!! F$%^ He-Man! (Reply to this) |
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on Nov 30 2006 08:42 AM In reply to this comment (#849961) Smurfs....that's what is next, and sadly that is the truth... (Reply to this) |
on Nov 30 2006 09:00 AM [b]I wanna see a "visionaries" full-legnth feature film!!! I would pay 50c to see it!!! (Reply to this) |
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on Nov 30 2006 09:06 AM In reply to this comment (#849964) holy crap, i forgot about that. i did hear they're trying to bring the Smurfs back. hell, the only 80's property i really want them to bring back is the Ghostbusters, but Bill Murray won't do it. boo. (Reply to this) |
on Nov 30 2006 09:40 AM I wanna see a jetsons movie. Live Action not a cartoon. They've made live action of scooby and the flintstones. Why no jetsons? This puzzles me. (Reply to this) |
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on Nov 30 2006 11:29 AM maybe because scooby doo sucked royally and they dont want to ruin another cartoon classic. (Reply to this) |
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on Nov 30 2006 11:43 AM In reply to this comment (#849969) Well, I thought the flintstones movie was alright. Well that was about 8 years ago the last time I saw it. And the first scooby doo was tollerable at best. The second was horrible. I was horrified when I found out my mom bought the 2nd. (Reply to this) |
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on Nov 30 2006 12:49 PM In reply to this comment (#849969) When has that stopped them before? (Reply to this) |
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on Nov 30 2006 03:01 PM thank god, the destruction of everything that we loved as children couldn't take another innocent on the burning fire. (Reply to this) |
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on Nov 30 2006 06:16 PM In reply to this comment (#849972) I'm inclined to agree, but I was thinking, if done right (I know, famous last words) this could have been really great. Imagine doing He-Man, recreating Eternia in a darker, more serious sword and sorcery, epic battle mold, ala LOTR, that the cartoon always seemed like it truly would have been had they not had to watch things like beheadings and fucked up characters because kids were watching. I mean, characters like Beast Man and Skeletor are pretty fucked up ideas anyway, granted, but they could have gone way further. I hope someone else picks this up.... and does it well! (Reply to this) |
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on Nov 30 2006 07:28 PM This is so for the best... (Reply to this) |
on Nov 30 2006 07:50 PM [b]Good![/b] When I was a child He-Man was second only to the Transformers in my book of All Things That Are Awesome. While my fondness for Transformers hasn't waned much, I can't say the same for He-Man. Honestly, the Masters of the Universe characters were as boring and one dimensional as they come. Not to say that someone with the appropriate motivation and inspiration couldn't do something with that mess. However, in doing so you'd pretty much have to jettison whatever it is that made/makes He-Man appealing to begin with and create an entirely new product. I just don't think it would work. IMHO of course. (Reply to this) |
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on Dec 07 2006 07:28 AM In reply to this comment (#849975) I had a similar experience in relation to the two cartoon mythologies mentioned, but I'm more worried over the in production Transformers movie than I could ever be worried about a prospective He-Man film. Simply put, it's easier for them to mess up The Transformers. And from the looks of things, this is exactly what they are doing. (Reply to this) |
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