Hopefully this, together with other YouTube offerings, is consoling enough for fans amid the continuing uncertainty about the 2011 He-Man movie.

He-Man and the Masters of the Universe – YouTube:

In this successful all time classic series, He-Man the action adventure hero, must use his superhuman power to overcome the forces of evil. It all begins when The Sorceress, who dwells in the mysterious and magical Castle Grayskull calls on Adam, Prince of Eternia.

Despite WBs pullout, the movie has not been officially canceled. If the movie continues to be worked on, it is expected that John Stevenson would still be the director, but it would require a change in director and maybe other lineup. As Film Junk put it:

The move from Warner was expected though since they recently decided to devote more of their time towards DC Comics and their respective properties, which meant that other projects of the same nature would most likely get dropped. Mattel, however, hasn’t given up on the movie just yet and director John Stevenson (who directed the horrid animated feature Kung Fu Panda) is expected to remain with the project which they are actively searching to get set up elsewhere.

We will report on new developments as news about them surface.

However, this year was an official announcement of a 2011 He-Man movie, which will be directed by John Stevenson, who is a director of last year’s Kung-Fu Panda (an Oscar nominee that lost to Wall-E). The script they work on seems to be the same as the one talked about last year.

We’ll keep you updated once we are able to confirm more info.

These action figures come at a fine time, if you consider the upcoming movie. They will bring He-Man and the MotU franchise back to the attention of the potential viewers even before the adverts start appearing. Let’s hope they also affect the movie budget positively

Below are some preview images of the new figures from Mattel’s website. (I claim no ownership, used under fair use, etc.)

Spoilers follow, please don’t read further is you do not wish to be spoiled…

What is GRAYSKULL about?  We get both the origin of HE-MAN (or HE-MAN BEGINS), the origin of SKELETOR, and the origin of THE POWER SWORD.  If Warners even remotely executes this script like they did 300 they will have a monster hit on their hands because this script leaves it open for a trilogy.

GRAYSKULL is the perfect marriage of Sorcery and Science fiction where in Eternia both Fantasy and Technology co-exist.  The character arc of the hero ADAM works for me because like Bruce Wayne in BATMAN BEGINS, Adam has to overcome his selfish need for revenge and realize his destiny for the greater good of his people – the fallen son of Eternia must rise to occasion and become HE-MAN.

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Looks like they have some serious action in store for us. Opinions?

We here at He-Man Fans are eagerly awaiting the movie. The 1987 movie, Masters of the Universe, was a fiasco, so we are definitely hoping they won’t err two times. As the movie is rumored to have great funding, there is hope that we will see a much better version this time.

There are no official word on casting or direction yet (except that there is none), but the plot will allegedly go something like this:

A warrior is touted as the last hope of a magical land called Eternia, which is being ravaged by technology and the evil Skeletor.

The script is said to be complete and a version of it has been read and reviewed by some. Some rumors and spoilers concerning the script are circulating around the blogosphere.