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From the 'You Read It Here First' Department: HE-MAN the movie confirmed!!!

Ahoy, squirts! Quint here. Yep, that's right. The trades are running with a story this very morning that Moriarty broke last Friday (CLICK IT HERE TO READ THAT STORY!). So, what's the news?

As we reported, Justin Marks (upcoming VOLTRON and STREET FIGHTER) is writing, Joel Silver is producing and Warner Bros is distributing.

Oddly, the trade stories don't have much new information, just that (of course) He-Man hasn't been cast yet and that the pitch was selling it like a kiddie version of 300... which could be really bad.

I grew up with HE-MAN and as much nostalgia as I have for the Dolph Lundgren movie, it never came close to being anything remotely like the cartoon. I mean, a He-Man movie with hardly any Eternia? I want Cringer/Battle Cat, dammit! Hell, I even want Orko! Yeah, you heard me. Orko.

I think there's a potential for a great HE-MAN fantasy flick that has not been tapped. I'll keep my fingers crossed that these guys pull it off well. Thoughts?


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firts
by juliomario14
May 24th, 2007
04:31:42 AM
First?
by Galva
May 24th, 2007
04:33:17 AM
he man rules !!!
by juliomario14
May 24th, 2007
04:33:53 AM
Second - Where's Thundercats?
by henrydalton
May 24th, 2007
04:34:16 AM
firts= first
by juliomario14
May 24th, 2007
04:34:59 AM
A... kiddie version of '300'?
by Ribbons
May 24th, 2007
04:35:21 AM
first=first
by juliomario14
May 24th, 2007
04:35:47 AM
HE-MAN is so gay
by iwontwin
May 24th, 2007
04:37:58 AM
THIS...IS...ETERNIA!
by themikejonas
May 24th, 2007
04:38:12 AM
In the future, all children will be bisexual
by iwontwin
May 24th, 2007
04:39:28 AM
Say, how about a hard R version of The Little Mermaid?
by Boondock Devil
May 24th, 2007
04:45:56 AM
I thought 300 was the kiddy version of 300
by Franklin T Marmoset
May 24th, 2007
04:46:09 AM
tony scudder has the power!!!!!!!!
by NovaBlue
May 24th, 2007
04:46:19 AM
orko or orco?
by Conman2478
May 24th, 2007
04:49:17 AM
Also I hope there's NEVER a live-action Thundercats.
by Boondock Devil
May 24th, 2007
04:49:50 AM
Another movie based on a line of toys?
by Mullah Omar
May 24th, 2007
04:51:23 AM
Courteney Cox loves Gwildor!!
by Redfive!
May 24th, 2007
04:52:45 AM
Oy
by Kragmose
May 24th, 2007
04:58:04 AM
Give Me Conan
by CuervoJones
May 24th, 2007
05:01:45 AM
Prince Adam = He-Man
by TheBort
May 24th, 2007
05:03:09 AM
He-Man Redesign - Sick, Gothic, and Completely Awesome
by Conman2478
May 24th, 2007
05:11:27 AM
Coming soon actually had this up a few days ago
by complexion
May 24th, 2007
05:12:04 AM
Screw He-Man - I want Thundercats.
by kingrobot
May 24th, 2007
05:16:09 AM
Is this necessary?
by Pagliacci
May 24th, 2007
05:24:56 AM
The Rock as He-Man
by darrenspool
May 24th, 2007
05:25:09 AM
Im in two minds about a new he-man movie....
by knifeandfork
May 24th, 2007
05:26:31 AM
You're not going to enjoy this...
by Womb2dooM
May 24th, 2007
05:30:27 AM
Conman2478...
by knifeandfork
May 24th, 2007
05:37:33 AM
Nipples on Orco and Flames on Battle Cat!!
by boyblue
May 24th, 2007
05:38:49 AM
BEN STILLER AS LION-O!!!
by Shermdawg
May 24th, 2007
05:40:49 AM
WILLEM DAFOE AS COBRA COMMANDER!!!
by Shermdawg
May 24th, 2007
05:44:53 AM
HEATH LEDGER AS HE-MAN!!!
by Shermdawg
May 24th, 2007
05:48:16 AM
IT WILL NEVER BE AS COOL AS THIS!!!
by Shermdawg
May 24th, 2007
05:52:23 AM
Might as well do a Teletubbies feature film
by Bronx Cheer
May 24th, 2007
05:59:37 AM
A Teletubbies flick will never be made now.
by Shermdawg
May 24th, 2007
06:14:58 AM
British tabloids
by Pandas-R-Us
May 24th, 2007
06:16:49 AM
Hollywood out of Ideas
by Mr_X
May 24th, 2007
06:23:34 AM
It Could
by Varakor
May 24th, 2007
06:31:49 AM
FABIO AS HE-MAN
by TKO
May 24th, 2007
06:37:41 AM
AHHNOLD as He-Man
by thewolfman
May 24th, 2007
06:42:11 AM
Make it true to the cartoon!
by jarjarmessiah
May 24th, 2007
06:49:07 AM
HHH as He-Man
by jarjarmessiah
May 24th, 2007
06:53:05 AM
JOHN MCCAIN AS SKELETOR
by iwontwin
May 24th, 2007
06:54:53 AM
Will they drop the worst named cartoon character
by emeraldboy
May 24th, 2007
06:55:38 AM
Frank Langella played Skeletor
by emeraldboy
May 24th, 2007
07:03:47 AM
I'm sorry. I loved He-Man too, but.......
by lost.rules
May 24th, 2007
07:04:17 AM
If they don't include Orko this movie will be PURE CRAP
by SnapT
May 24th, 2007
07:08:45 AM
Until then......
by typingaway
May 24th, 2007
07:14:48 AM
The newer He-man cartoon
by BizarroJerry
May 24th, 2007
07:19:40 AM
who will play Merman?
by LarryTheCableGuy
May 24th, 2007
07:20:19 AM
Shia la Boof as He-Man?
by Stalin vs Predator
May 24th, 2007
07:22:41 AM
you're wrong
by LarryTheCableGuy
May 24th, 2007
07:23:29 AM
Say what you want but.....
by Chilli McFreeze
May 24th, 2007
07:24:28 AM
And the Thundercats movie MUST be titled THE SAMOFLANGE
by Stalin vs Predator
May 24th, 2007
07:25:35 AM
Say what you want but.....
by Chilli McFreeze
May 24th, 2007
07:25:50 AM
...and Andy Serkiss as Magilla Gorilla!
by Stalin vs Predator
May 24th, 2007
07:28:39 AM
Remember MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE?
by Mr Incredible
May 24th, 2007
07:29:02 AM
Orko was awesome
by BRUTICUS
May 24th, 2007
07:31:38 AM
Oh, wait, seriously, something needs to be explained.
by Stalin vs Predator
May 24th, 2007
07:31:56 AM
he-man is so fucking lame
by WolfmanNards
May 24th, 2007
07:44:19 AM
I don;t know.
by rsanta74
May 24th, 2007
07:48:36 AM
Now that Donald Rumsfeld is unemployed...
by mr. brownstone
May 24th, 2007
08:09:57 AM
yeah, Arnold as He-Man...
by spidercoz
May 24th, 2007
08:11:28 AM
To work He-Man needs to be violent.
by wowsah156
May 24th, 2007
08:30:12 AM
HEY!!
by RockLobster800
May 24th, 2007
08:35:36 AM
There is NO WAY to make a He-Man movie
by ShiftyEyedDog2
May 24th, 2007
08:36:01 AM
He-Man should be played by
by dramirezs23
May 24th, 2007
08:46:25 AM
Fabulous secret powers were revealed to me...
by raw_bean
May 24th, 2007
08:48:29 AM
Masters of the Universe == Jack Kirby's Fourth World
by Squashua
May 24th, 2007
09:04:02 AM
Get Stallone to star and direct He-Man
by jack-torrance
May 24th, 2007
09:14:04 AM
And make it R-rated
by jack-torrance
May 24th, 2007
09:16:05 AM
Do kids even know who He-man is?
by erichaislar
May 24th, 2007
09:16:42 AM
Anyone else notice this?...
by The Mighty Molecule
May 24th, 2007
09:26:18 AM
Probably the only way to do this...
by epitone
May 24th, 2007
09:41:19 AM
aaaaaannndddd......
by yassoo
May 24th, 2007
09:47:25 AM
jack-torrance
by INWOsuxRED
May 24th, 2007
10:12:24 AM
The Rock as He-Man
by darrenspool
May 24th, 2007
10:15:57 AM
this is Conan meets Star Wars
by LarryTheCableGuy
May 24th, 2007
10:19:43 AM
SHIA LEBEOUF AS HE-MAN!
by Pennsy
May 24th, 2007
10:34:29 AM
SHIA LEBEOUF AS ORCO!
by thewolfman
May 24th, 2007
10:42:55 AM
FOLLW THE SOURCE MATERIAL!!!!!
by StupidAndUgly
May 24th, 2007
10:43:47 AM
D.J. QUALS AS HE_MAN
by Akira'sCrow
May 24th, 2007
10:49:18 AM
Vern Troyer for ORKO!
by isispop
May 24th, 2007
10:54:53 AM
"I HAVE THE POWWERR!!!!"
by Mike_D
May 24th, 2007
11:01:31 AM
...or how about...
by isispop
May 24th, 2007
11:01:40 AM
Nothing was more stupid than He-Man
by riskebiz
May 24th, 2007
11:01:44 AM
SHUT THE FUCK UP YOU DORK CUNTS.
by s00p3rm4n
May 24th, 2007
11:05:17 AM
So what's next, a Crystar movie?
by skycrapper
May 24th, 2007
11:05:56 AM
No Courtney Cox or Dolph Lungren?
by Heckles
May 24th, 2007
11:10:45 AM
I believe...
by BrooseTheScharuk
May 24th, 2007
11:23:16 AM
screw Orko, 50 shots of Teela bending over
by Bonster
May 24th, 2007
11:24:15 AM
I like It
by Surround Sound
May 24th, 2007
11:24:49 AM
He-Man is for stoners
by krushjudgement
May 24th, 2007
11:32:31 AM
a shame Larry "Bud" Melman passed away
by BadMrWonka
May 24th, 2007
11:39:38 AM
BY THE POWER OF MICHAEL BAY, JOEL SILVER HAS THE POWER!
by Err
May 24th, 2007
11:46:35 AM
THIS YEAR'S LITTLE MISS TRANSFORMERS!!!
by Err
May 24th, 2007
11:49:43 AM
The Lundgren Masters of the Universe movie...
by slone13
May 24th, 2007
12:03:39 PM
Why remake He-man?
by WILPOWER
May 24th, 2007
12:15:55 PM
Yes, this could be a fantastic fantasy film.
by superninja
May 24th, 2007
12:41:13 PM
Prince Adam is He-Man because He-Man is
by superninja
May 24th, 2007
12:43:32 PM
The He-Man cartoons are great.
by superninja
May 24th, 2007
12:46:53 PM
Will Fisto be in it?
by jack-torrance
May 24th, 2007
12:49:01 PM
Still waiting on M.A.S.K.: The Movie
by themikejonas
May 24th, 2007
12:56:07 PM
I'm pretty excited about it.
by TattooedBillionaire
May 24th, 2007
01:01:50 PM
I'll take each of you in turn.
by Frietag
May 24th, 2007
01:06:02 PM
Don't forget She-Ra of Etheria.
by Some Dude
May 24th, 2007
01:13:43 PM
Lincoln Hawk
by Diagnostic
May 24th, 2007
01:25:22 PM
Frank Langella as Skeletor!!!
by Demode
May 24th, 2007
01:35:53 PM
A seriously bad idea. How about a Hard-R Thundercats?
by AllPowerfulWizardOfOz
May 24th, 2007
01:39:25 PM
How about........
by Chilli McFreeze
May 24th, 2007
01:43:27 PM
She-Ra and He-Man better not hint at a somewhat...
by Err
May 24th, 2007
01:48:28 PM
And just to be the dick that gets this started.
by AllPowerfulWizardOfOz
May 24th, 2007
01:50:47 PM
This movie is useless without the theme music.
by GibsonUSA Returns
May 24th, 2007
02:05:20 PM
John Woo Sucks!
by Demode
May 24th, 2007
02:10:19 PM
He-Man is a fag
by dramirezs23
May 24th, 2007
02:35:31 PM
2010- Defenders Of The Earth, The Racoons,
by misnomer
May 24th, 2007
03:04:59 PM
Stupidest fucking thing ive heard!
by bongo123
May 24th, 2007
03:15:59 PM
I'm Beastman bitch!
by crackerfarmboy
May 24th, 2007
03:16:06 PM
Hairy undershorts rule!
by crackerfarmboy
May 24th, 2007
03:18:41 PM
Dakota Fanning
by Necromunda
May 24th, 2007
03:26:31 PM
Thundercats would also be great, it doesn't mean
by superninja
May 24th, 2007
03:26:54 PM
Maybe they can make a movie about a boy
by superninja
May 24th, 2007
03:28:36 PM
Conan had hairy shorts. You wouldn't make fun
by superninja
May 24th, 2007
03:31:19 PM
Just like the TF debate? HMINO???
by Doctor_Sin
May 24th, 2007
03:44:51 PM
Hollywood needs a smack in the face
by Philvis
May 24th, 2007
04:12:45 PM
He-Man, Thundercats
by cyberskunk
May 24th, 2007
04:27:06 PM
why remake it you ask?
by yassoo
May 24th, 2007
04:39:18 PM
Orco will fly!!! thats so gay!!!! mehhh
by ludmir88
May 24th, 2007
04:42:27 PM
Justin Marks or Steven E. de Souza
by bswise
May 24th, 2007
04:46:48 PM
He-Man sux ... It's all about the Man-Cats!
by Lamerz
May 24th, 2007
04:59:31 PM
Oh... I see... it's a new Street Fighter... hurray.
by bswise
May 24th, 2007
05:01:16 PM
everyone in Hollywood is an idiot.
by The Ghost of Marcus Brody
May 24th, 2007
05:33:02 PM
Will He-Man and She-Ra have that semi-incestuous....
by Err
May 24th, 2007
06:05:51 PM
I was always more of a My Little Pony boy myself
by WONKABAR
May 24th, 2007
06:19:23 PM
As long as Bay doesn't get his hands on it...
by photoboy
May 24th, 2007
06:21:46 PM
Why model it after 300
by SamBlackChvrch21
May 24th, 2007
06:36:48 PM
They should set the movie in New York.
by SylarTheCylon
May 24th, 2007
07:33:00 PM
GREAT NEXT IDEA
by Bronx Cheer
May 24th, 2007
07:37:27 PM
Skeletor should be....
by drewlicious
May 24th, 2007
08:01:40 PM
Are we on a...
by justcheckin
May 24th, 2007
08:27:52 PM
Street Fighter
by Surround Sound
May 24th, 2007
08:28:58 PM
Children of the 80's....
by WONKABAR
May 24th, 2007
09:17:09 PM
No
by Sean38
May 24th, 2007
09:41:46 PM
If there ever was a sign of creative bankruptcy...
by Bronx Cheer
May 24th, 2007
09:44:21 PM
It can only work as a comedy that mocks the material!
by Bob Cryptonight
May 24th, 2007
10:51:53 PM
He-Man is not better/worse than anything in Star Wars.
by superninja
May 24th, 2007
11:08:05 PM
Bob Cryptonight....
by WONKABAR
May 24th, 2007
11:22:45 PM
ONLY things Masters of the Universe got right...
by moto
May 24th, 2007
11:50:03 PM
Thunder Cats!!!!!!!!!!
by CHRIS GRAVES
May 24th, 2007
11:53:45 PM
How was He-Man gay?
by GibsonUSA Returns
May 25th, 2007
12:12:11 AM
Hyman And Shee-la get operations
by Napoleon Park
May 25th, 2007
12:17:02 AM
WONKABAR: LOL!!!!
by Bob Cryptonight
May 25th, 2007
01:34:49 AM
The STUDIOs are digging the bottom of the barrel ..
by mistergreen
May 25th, 2007
01:38:52 AM
Hey, fuckhead producers...
by DarthCorleone
May 25th, 2007
01:41:29 AM
Fer fucksake Superninja do you do anything other
by bongo123
May 25th, 2007
02:24:36 AM
I am surprised and kinda
by gufte82
May 25th, 2007
02:28:30 AM
M Night Shymalyan's "He-Man"
by Doctor_Sin
May 25th, 2007
02:29:50 AM
Orko could be really well redesigned
by Sepulchrave
May 25th, 2007
04:10:18 AM
I am not a bigot
by Napoleon Park
May 25th, 2007
04:11:23 AM
dammit
by DrDetroit
May 25th, 2007
04:41:21 AM
Characters That MUST be Included.
by The Seaward
May 25th, 2007
05:46:34 AM
DrDetroit
by thewolfman
May 25th, 2007
06:37:06 AM
Gary Coleman as He-Man
by jack-torrance
May 25th, 2007
07:02:40 AM
Napoleon; I am gay and I totally agree.
by Sepulchrave
May 25th, 2007
08:08:20 AM
Orco is gonna
by Daddylonghead
May 25th, 2007
09:03:36 AM
Napoleon, I bought Teela
by Daddylonghead
May 25th, 2007
09:05:49 AM
Oops meant "Sepulchrave"
by Daddylonghead
May 25th, 2007
09:06:31 AM
Jeezum crow
by Franklin T Marmoset
May 25th, 2007
09:18:51 AM
The best He-Man bit in a movie won't be in this one...
by Reynard Muldrake
May 25th, 2007
10:48:15 AM
If they make it like Conan, it will be great.
by Mandolorian
May 25th, 2007
11:33:37 AM
seconding that Thundercats movie
by 40ozToFreedom
May 25th, 2007
03:04:32 PM
Hah hah! You bought Tee-La. I question your gender!
by Sepulchrave
May 25th, 2007
03:05:21 PM
He-Man was on weekdays at 4:30...
by GibsonUSA Returns
May 26th, 2007
01:02:25 AM
All the gay guys I know watched He-Man
by Sepulchrave
May 26th, 2007
07:41:32 AM
probably don't know as many gay people as Sephulchrave,
by DrDetroit
May 27th, 2007
06:23:06 PM
Katherine Heigl for SHE-RA!
by Demode
Jun 6th, 2007
11:40:44 PM

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