Written by By the Power of Grayskull!
Thanks to a very special community member, we now have the first image ever of actor Nicholas Galitzine as He-Man riding on his noble Battle Cat!
In the form of a cardboard standee, this is currently set up for a toy association preview in Los Angeles for industry professionals (along with the Havoc Staff and Power Sword displays we saw at San Diego Comic-Con!)
While we can’t ascertain precisely if this Nicholas Galitzine as He-Man on Battle Cat standee is rendered from an actual shot in the movie or just highly detailed concept art, either way, we are very excited about it. (They looks amazing!)
We can definitely see Inspirations from a lot of Masters of the Universe incarnations, especially the 2002 Animated Series “He-Man and the Masters of the Universe” (200X)… and we couldn’t be more excited!
The “Masters of the Universe” Movie is currently in Post-Production with the film scheduled to be released in cinemas worldwide on June 5th, 2026.
We’ll see you next time!
Firstly, holy cow it’s actually Battle Cat in a MOTU movie?! And he looks AWESOME!
Yeah definitely looks like a good mix of the vintage and 200X design. Also Nicholas as He-Man looks great there! The chest armor looks to have the big red cross very similar to 200X too!
All in all this is a awesome first look at He-Man and Battle Cat. I wish it was a nice close up HD photo but beggers can’t be choosers I suppose!
The more I learn about it, the more reassured I am about how deeply they’ve invested in this movie. If the render is actually linked to the movie itself, as AJ seemed to point out, then I’m definitely sold.
Nicholas on that Battle Cat looks fantastic! DO YOU BELIEVE ME NOW??????? THIS MOVIE IS GOING TO BE AMAZING.
Just a extra note, this was at Mattel’s HQ and showroom for LA Toy Preview week. Various retailers and toy industry folks from around the world descend on El Segundo in Los Angeles which is the home of Mattel and other toy manufacturers. The Toy Association also secured a building there where other toy companies set up shop for the last 2 weeks to show off what they’ve got going on for the rest of 2025 and beyond.
Obviously Mattels big thing for next year is MOTU and the movie so the movie toys were there, and evidently looked fantastic, and the MOTU section also had clips from the film too!
My family has a group chat and we all agree. We love it! I do see some 200x in Battle Cat but the helmet fangs aren’t there which I’m happy about. I am not a fan of those.
Mattel and Amazon MGM just need to release the image in HQ for the public because with this doing the rounds in as short a time since it’s been posted, all I’ve seen is overly positive reactions…or the 1 or 2 that think it’s AI created when its not. lol
Holy cow! I need to see more!
Not bad but Nick could be bigger.
❤️🤯🙏
Considering what can happen over the course of development for a big budget movie with usually too many cooks in the kitchen, it is wonderful to see Battle Cat will be in the movie!
And I love what I see of Nick’s armor.
Both look slimmer than what we’re used of in all these hugely pumped up figures and comics, but I respect that they’re going with a real live action look. I’m excited.
I’m surprised Mattel haven’t sent the C&D police yet. lol
Or they have and he’s talking his way out of it. 🤣
AJ was forced to remove a Masters of the Universe Revolution story about Keldor once. It was up for like 5 minutes and when it disappeared and I was asking where did it go y’all was acting like I was crazy.😆😆
Well I don’t hate it. Dolph will always be my movie He-Man but this He-Man will be more accurate. There’s no doubt about that. Now if they only would lose the Earth shit.
Now show us Skeletor and Panthor.