By the power of Grayskull, Jared Leto will become a jacked-up, cranially exposed supervillain!
The Oscar-winning star of “House of Gucci” and “Dallas Buyers Club” is joining Amazon MGM’s upcoming live-action film “Masters of the Universe” as Skeletor, the skull-faced archenemy of Eternia’s greatest warrior, He-Man (Nicholas Galitzine).
Director Travis Knight has also cast at least some of Skeletor’s coterie of henchmen. Sam C. Wilson (“House of the Dragon”) will play Trap Jaw; Kojo Attah will play Tri-Klops; and Hafthor Bjornsson will play Goat Man.
They’ll join the previously cast Alison Brie as Skeletor’s lieutenant, Evil-Lyn; Camila Mendes as He-Man’s trusted compatriot, Teela; and Idris Elba as Teela’s father, Man-at-Arms.
Chris Butler — who worked with Knight on Laika’s upcoming stop-motion animated feature “Wildwood” — wrote the latest draft of the screenplay, following writers David Callaham, and Aaron and Adam Nee. Escape Artists and Mattel Films are producing the film, which is scheduled to open on June 5, 2026.
Skeletor continues Leto’s streak of playing outlandish villains in major studio productions, which he started with his punk rock version of the Joker in 2016’s “Suicide Squad,” followed by his diabolical CEO in 2017’s “Blade Runner 2049,” and the titular living vampire in 2022’s “Morbius.”
He’ll next play the lead role in Disney’s “Tron: Ares” with Evan Peters and Greta Lee.
Source: Variety.com
