He-Man escapes his corporate job to battle Skeletor in first 'Masters of the Universe' trailer

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Amazon MGM Studios and Mattel Studios unveiled the archetypal teaser trailer for “Masters of the Universe” connected Thursday, which shows Eternia’s Prince Adam surviving arsenic bored bureau staffer Adam Glenn (he/him) connected Earth. While Adam longs for his location wherever “talking tigers, spaceships and magic swords that tin marque a antheral arsenic mighty arsenic a god” are real, he’s admonished for his “obsession with nerd worldly and sword things” by firm colleagues.

Luckily, he’ll yet beryllium reunited with his Power Sword to find his mode backmost to Eternia. The trailer shows Adam hitching a thrust with Teela distant from Earth and his mundane occupation (whether helium had clip to springiness his two-week announcement remains unknown).

Directed by Travis Knight, “Masters of the Universe” stars Nicholas Galitzine arsenic the muscular, magical sword-wielding defender of Eternia. The teaser reveals Prince Adam had been sent to Earth for his safety, but present his location satellite needs him to clasp his destiny arsenic its protector. The featured footage includes glimpses of He-Man’s allies Teela (Camila Mendes), Man-At-Arms (Idris Elba), Roboto (voiced by Kristen Wiig) and Cringer — besides known arsenic Battle Cat — arsenic good arsenic foes Evil-Lyn (Alison Brie) and Skeletor (Jared Leto).

The upcoming live-action movie is based connected the Mattel artifact enactment that spawned the fashionable 1980s animated “He-Man and the Masters of the Universe” series. The sprawling franchise besides includes a erstwhile live-action installment, the 1987 “Masters of the Universe” starring Dolph Lundgren arsenic He-Man and Frank Langella arsenic Skeletor. More caller on-screen projects person predominantly been animated.

The caller “Masters of the Universe” volition beryllium Mattel’s archetypal movie merchandise since the acclaimed toy-based container bureau juggernaut “Barbie” (2023). He-Man is slated to deed theaters June 5.