Idris Elba May Join the He-Man Movie, Cuz Of Course He Will

Over the past fewer years, Idris Elba’s taken connected much genre and B-level projects, and been reasonably bully successful them. Voicing Knuckles successful the Sonic movies is the contiguous example, but there’s besides his all-too-brief Fast & Furious stint, warring that evil-ass lion successful Beast, and redeeming a level afloat of radical successful Apple’s Hijack show. His adjacent genre task is nary different than Mattel’s Masters of the Universe movie.

Per The Wrap, Elba’s presently successful talks to articulation the upcoming He-Man movie and instrumentality connected the relation of the mustachioed Duncan, aka Man-at-Arms. In the wide canon, the quality is Prince Adam/He-Man’s closest person and advisor, 1 of the archetypal to cognize the prince’s dual identities, and yet takes connected the relation of the main inventor for the bully guys. He’s besides the begetter of Teela, Adam’s friend/love involvement who besides yet becomes different subordinate of the Heroic Warriors that support Castle Greyskull from evil forces similar Skeletor and the Snake-Men.

Amazon and Mattel person been trying and struggling to geta Masters movie disconnected the crushed for the past fewer years, and portion we cognize the movie is being directed by Travis Knight and written by Chris Butler, there’s been nary notation of its existent plot. Still, Elba marks the newest casting addition, which made immoderate coagulated advancement this summertime erstwhile Bottoms’ Nicolas Galtizine landed the portion of He-Man. Not agelong after, Riverdale alum Camila Mendes signed connected arsenic Teela, and Alison Brie was announced arsenic the witch Evil-Lyn backmost successful September. But who’s playing large atrocious Skeletor? That excessively remains a mystery, but hopefully not for excessively overmuch longer.

If Amazon and Mattel person the power, Masters of the Universe will deed theaters connected June 5, 2026.

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