Warner Bros and He-Man Part Ways
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He-Man will really have to call on the power of Greyskull if he hopes to get a movie made anytime soon. Variety has confirmed Latino Review's earlier scoop, and reports that Mattel and Warner Bros have parted ways on He-Man. All is not lost, as Mattel fully intends to shop the muscles from Eternia to other studios, and John Stevenson is expected to remain on board as director. Producer Joel Silver, who has been involved with developing He-Man since 2007, will have to say farewell as he's exclusive to Warner Bros.The last we heard about Warner Bros' Greyskull was that the studio brought newcomer Evan Daugherty to revamp Justin Marks' script. Clearly, not even the rewrite kindled any enthusiasm, as Variety notes that Mattel and Warner Bros just didn't see eye to eye on the film. They made a mutual decision to let the project lapse this month.
But all is not lost for a happy marriage between Mattel, Warner Bros, and Silver as they still have Hot Wheels in development. Between you and me if you were going to let an option lapse, it'd be a movie based on a line of little toy cars. I'm not knocking them, I had tons of them. But even in my wildest kid dreams, I never saw them as movie material. But He-Man? Definitely! It had swords, sorcery, and a promise of PG-13 bloodletting. Someone else will see that, and quickly snatch Greyskull up for a buff blonde boy to turn into a franchise.
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9-10-2009 @ 8:36PM
IanP said...
What is it with Joel Silver? Can't get 'Wonder Woman' going with Joss Whedon attached. 'Whiteout' has been delayed for over a year, and seems to be getting marketed as a horror film (God, I hope they haven't changed it that much). The 'Watchmen' debacle(s). Now 'He-Man'? What other genre films is he involved in developing that aren't moving forward? Maybe he should stop optioning these types of properties? He doesn't seem to have a feel for them.
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9-11-2009 @ 12:46AM
Riley Freeman said...
theres a hot wheels movie?
smh
who funds these things?
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9-11-2009 @ 4:01PM
Heavytoka said...
Damn we need a new He-Man movie, I've seen the Dolph Lundgren one so many times.
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