Written by As we reported earlier today, Amazon MGM Studios and Mattel Studios has now dropped a teaser video announcing the full trailer for the “Masters of the Universe” Movie tomorrow!
Check it out the teaser, plus some screenshots!
The full trailer will drop tomorrow!
We’ll see you next time!
Hmmmm…why is Roboto so tall and has a beer gut?
Roboto doesn’t have a beer gut but I’m wondering why Cringer has white fur underneath. They couldn’t keep him all green?
@northerner …then what would you call that rotund protrusion? Perhaps it’s a drawer for Baby Roboto (since he’s being voiced by a female in this film)?
@adam_prince-of-eternia you give me a thumbs down for asking a question?
Agreed. This is bothering me. Roboto is such a cool character/figure – why ruin it!?!
Oh my God! Tomorrow can’t come soon enough!
I love how they know their audience, never in my wildest dreams did I think they’d be using the original theme in their teasers, and I assume the movie as well.
Other note, which hopefully will be confirmed tomorrow, Cringer’s design really makes me think he’ll talk in the movie, which I think plays a huge role in MOTU having heart/being fun.
I’m not sure how to feel about Castle Grayskull in that screenshot.
But I’m not throwing an opinion out of just an image, I´m super excited for tomorrow´s trailer
I’m not sure how to feel about that Castle Grayskull either. The skull face looks off.
So much to digest from just a short tease! Was that John Erwin’s voice?
Duncan looks great! Saw some say his armor wasn’t colorful enough but if Skeletor has been ruling Eternia and wreaking Havoc, Duncan was likely held captive and so his armor probably did lose some sheen.
Castle Grayskull looks frigging perfect. Like a perfect mash up with the vintage toy and Filmation design with the organic nature of the look and base. But is Grayskull in Eternos?! Hard to tell.
Did someone visit Eternia and is now making toys and statues based on the lore of Eternia?! Weirdly looks like that in the first shot. Seems like it could be when Adam is reunited with the Power Sword.
Yes.
LOOKS LIKE SHIT! C’mon! Be honest for god’s sake. This is the 2nd MOTU movie with unrecognizable characters. BLACK Man-At-Arms, Hispanic Teela & who is the Robot? Is that supposed to be Roboto? I’ve been a huge MOTU fan since before the Filmation cartoon hit & I have no idea who the robot is. I’m assuming Roboto? This is terrible! Why can’t they just make the characters look like the characters? We’ve waited this long & they had to drastically change everything.
Duncan and Cringer sort of grow on you…. I guess. Huge pass on Roboto! Looks like they nailed Grayskull though…
Agreed ☝️
Too early to tell how I feel. I got to see more before I form my opinion
@kraken Similar feelings. Let’s not get too carried away, or even excited, for now.
Omigod it’s Cringer! He looks so adorable. I can’t wait to get a Cringer plushie because y’all know they are making one.
I hope we get to see hunky He-Man in his loin cloth tomorrow. 😍
@ninadust And an Orko one, too. I really hope he’s in this. It won’t be the same without hime. He’s one of the most liked characters from the cartoon.
Like, we need to see more tomorrow for a much better idea, but it already looks and feels like a Guardians movie. And I never need to see anything of that vibe again.
That’s exactly what you’re getting. lol
If so I have seriously reduced interest because the last thing you do with already over the top characters is make a comedy. You play it straight and sprinkle humour in. Even the 87 version understood that. All the successful (and rather dark) Batman movies understood that. MOTU shouldn’t be a Marvel formula movie. If nothing else people are so fucking over that.
@sketchyskeletor well said.
Felt the same! MOTU characters are incredibly strong – hence why we are getting a big budget film! Why WHY mess with what got you to,the dance???
They went with a great vibe for the teaser, and a touching note was, …a hero we need in today’s times. That felt like balm on my soul ❤️
I’m optimistic and I do like what I see and choose to be a glass half full guy. I love the vibe. It’s like a modern fairy tale.
Grayskull in live action, woo! MAA’s armor right on! Cringer! MAA’s coat reminds me of Revelation.
Yes the characters look different, as they do many times when there is a different adaptation. DC’s Eternity War, CGI series, redesigns in MOTU:R etc
That said, yes, I’d love it if they could look more traditional but certain stuff just doesn’t work in live action, in 2026.
I’m only disappointed in Roboto, who looks generic. Maybe it’s just his “battle armor”.
Very excited to see the Trailer tomorrow.
@cosmic What “certain stuff" exactly doesn’t work in live action in 2026?
@durendal Bikini Battle suits, super colorful outfits taken directly from toys,… Every single adaptation changes stuff.
Batman is never full in black in the comic books.
Every medium is different.
@cosmic Hmmm, sounds like something Zack Snyder said when he made Man of Steel, that Superman’s red trunks are “laughable" and “don’t work" in 2013…fast forward to 2025, and James Gunn’s Superman…has red trunks and bright colours restored. My point stands. There’s no logical reason why the things you mentioned could not work in 2026. Had this new trailer shown off our beloved characters in costumes more in line with the vintage designs that created this world, not one person would complain.
@durendal Dilly dilly!
@durendal I too prefer generally when they stay the most true to the source. But, there were complaints about exactly what you mention, and even in this thread someone mentions how Gunn’s film made less than Snyder’s. Gunn’s Supes had way less muscles but also new futuristic designs on his costume. The costume was not skintight. Supes’ Bots didn’t look like him and had no red. Etc
People like different things. Some modern updates are actually fun, and will make it more appealing to general audience. Which is what is important to try to make it successful.
Artists / creators do like to give it their own spin and not just exactly reproduce what is in the source material. With MOTU, the precedents are there, there are so many different takes already.
But many things are faithful, for me, in this trailer. He-Man himself is in very traditional look. Cringer is great. Grayskull looks awesome. Fisto, Spikor seem pretty cool. Perhaps Roboto has more than one design in the film.
An all-white fast is difficult in today’s times, as is Teela’s cartoon outfit. (Also depends on the actress). Even Gunn’s film had desaturation.
I cannot change the film. You are right in sone ways. I wonder what it would have looked like. I always assumed it as a different thing from other MOTU, just like 200X was, which became beloved. I hope fans and general audience will embrace it. I hope it’ll be an enjoyable film with heart, that I will enjoy.
@cosmic I don’t want to be negative. The trailer looks really good, and they did stick to the classic designs for the most part, aside from Roboto. I couldn’t be happier really. I’ve waited nearly 40 years for a proper MOTU film to wash off the stench of that 1987 abomination that at the time felt to me like a “fuck you" to the fandom. Finally we’re getting the movie we deserved in the 80’s.
@durendal Yeah i responded before I saw some newer posts from you, after the full new trailer, where you seemed to be much more into it 😃 I’m happy to see that.
I hope we’ll all have a good time with this!
I loved the Guardians movies, but I feel they didn’t invent that “vibe”. Regardless, they were exciting, successful and thoroughly modern… in the 2010s. So I hope they went a step further, and Travis Knight is the right person for that, I think. I hope! 🤞
I don’t think MOTU the cartoon exists in this movie, that’s just how some teasers go.
Taking a closer look at Roboto, Man-At-Arms, Prince Adam, Teela, Cringer and Castle Grayskull from the “MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE" Announcement Trailer teaser video released earlier today.
That’s the great thing and ultimately a curse for fans IMO in that there’s multiple interpretations of the characters and lore, from the minicomics and Filmation series to New Adventures, the 1987 film, DC comics run, 20XX, Revelations etc that folks have a favorite and ultimately no 1 film is ever going to do THEIR MOTU justice.
A big budget keeping it straight with a $200 million budget decades ago to something akin even in tone to Lord of the Rings even got rejected by studios. Wasn’t ever gonna happen and I think even less so now. The film tested through the roof so people “aren’t over that" but we’ll see how that plays with a wider audience. It sucks its not the MOTU you wanted but there was no way of pleasing everybody.
Obviously I’m excited because MOTU for me was the vintage toys and Filmation and all I want is a big budget version of that and it seems I’m getting it. Give me the camp. Give me the colorful visuals and epic Vistas and let me fall in love with these characters and designs like I’m 5 years old again.
Also there’s something ironic and hilarious complaining about a characters redesign in a film based on a toy line…who obviously want to sell you more toys but i digress. 😆
Thing is though, even the humour in the Filmation cartoon dropped off when it needed to for an action or tense scene. Marvel hadn’t understood that for years until we got those sombre Avengers teasers. That previous style is so obviously cooked now whatever Hollywood thinks. Just look at summer’s Superman, adjust for inflation and it made less than Man of Steel in 2013! Why? Because it’s a James Gunn movie through and through.
I’m like you, MOTU for me was a mix of some of the best toys ever produced and the sort of cartoon I’d never seen before. But me and plenty of others are so obviously done with ‘goofball’ removing the pacing and tension from movie scenes. Ironically, that is now the thing that pleases nobody if you want to turn a profit and make a sequel. Or even just to sell toys.
@sketchyskeletor We know literally nothing about the tone of the film yet.
And even if, which movies are making a killing these days? Nobody knows. Minecraft was goofy action comedy. Guardians 3 did well, as did Superman domestically.
Which serious action films make a killing? Especially fantasy?
China doesn’t watch US films as much, Europeans are over superheroes in general (except Spidey and Batsy). Audiences everywhere don’t go as much. We just don’t know. It has to be an “event”, then people go. And all-family cartoons. But not just any. Sequels please.
Supermario, Sonic, all action comedies.
I hope, *maybe* the fact that this is starting on earth etc *might* set it apart from other stuff, for example that lesser franchise, Star Wars. Adding a bit of family movie vibes.
We just don’t know.
I choose to be a glass half full, I just hope it’s an enjoyable film with enough MOTU in it.
I know, that’s why I said we need to see more. And I was responding to being told Guardians is what we’re getting.
Event movies make a killing these days, they’re the only ones that do other than long awaited projects, really. Usually when they go viral. Minecraft had the jockey moment, Mario and Sonic were LONG overdue a good project, Barbie was so viral it put Oppenheimer into the stratosphere alongside. And that movie was no crowdpleaser lol. There’s so many facets is what I’m getting at. Bad advertising or lack thereof. Whatever. I’m specifically talking about the humour here. Again, in response to a post.
Agree! I’m looking forward to this
It’s happening. I must say the “look" of the film isn’t what I thought it would be color wise. It seems muted which gives it an epic look. Glad it isn’t vivid as originally speculated. Can’t wait. Let’s go. Love the look of Cringer.
I’m going to try my best to stay positive and hold off until we see the full trailer tomorrow, but I’m not digging some things shown in this teaser…
Boo the naysayers! This looks awesome! I loved everything about that teaser and the brief glimpses it revealed. I think Roboto looks cool. He’s not the original but everything needs updating to stay relevant, and no way is that a “gut”….he looks like a massive powerhouse!!
Imma be real y’all I’m expecting the trailer tomorrow to give off somewhat a bad first impression because this looks like the type of movie that would have a bad first trailer. Can’t explain why I think that.
but even if that’s the case we shouldn’t give up hope that the movie will be good. Netflix One Piece and especially Transformers One had this same issue.
Get with the program you Negative Nancys IT LOOKS FANTASTIC!!!!!!!!!!!
TRUST IN TRAVIS KNIGHT!!!!!
@bonezone Pregnant Roboto looks fantastic to you?
You never did justify to the other poster as to why you ride Knight’s dick so hard.
Well this thread definitely took a more open and positive upswing since I was last here. lol Pretty stoked we’ll get the poster too. Saw Mattel sent out PR packages too.
@durendal The other poster didn’t have to justify their irrational hate boner for Knight either.🤷♂️ They’re the Ying and Yang of the movie forum, they just cancel each other out. 😆
The narration in the beginning was pitch perfect. The rest goes by so fast it is too early to tell.
I was dreading reading the comments for this post, and it was exactly what I expected. I rewatched the 1980s movie last week in anticipation of a new trailer, which may have colored my perspective, but I’m loving what I’m seeing so far from this preview and can’t wait for the full trailer tomorrow. There are certainly things to nitpick, and the most obvious is what I assume is Roboto. It’s not the choice I would have personally gone for, but I’m going to give it a shot and see how it pans out in the actual film. I’m so relieved to see just how much reminds me of the original cartoon/toys and some of the other media that has come out since that time. I do not want a shot by shot remake of the cartoon, the Watchmen movie broke me of that notion. I want something new that also gives me nostalgic vibes, and that’s what I’m getting so far. The costumes and sets look great so far, and I like the Castle Grayskull on a hill look from the 2000x series. Adam, Teela, Man-at-Arms, and Cringer look amazing. Personally, I’m very happy to see cultural diversity and melanin in the film as it is what I imagine Eternia to also look like. I do not see how anybody can doubt Idris Elba is going to knock this role out of the park. I can’t comment on the tone of the film from this clip, and I think others are jumping to a lot of baseless conclusions. MOTU has always been campy and humorous with a generous side of action and intrigue. That’s one thing the 1980s movie got completely wrong by making it so dark and realistic. My 7yo daughter is a huge MOTU fan, and I want a film that she can enjoy at her level as well when we go watch it at least twice in the theater. Can’t wait until tomorrow!
Well said! I 100% agree
Pregnant Roboto the Jaeger ripoff. What a time to be alive!
Something approaching the original design would have been way better there. Have the red mouthpiece light up red when he talks or something.
Most pregnant women that I’ve seen carry the baby lower on there bodies.
Granted its not the best look for robot but he doesn’t look fat or pregnant, just round.
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That short teaser alone is such a vast difference from 87, and that alone is exciting and worth it. Finally this movie has gone from a concept to a way more truer interpretation than 87 ever was. Most of us have been waiting decades to see something like this. I’ll accept it and place it as the new cult classic, even if it isn’t a world beater. Get ready for the “chaos only" grifters / gremlins and their mindless minions to invade this site. This site as we know it, is NOT going to be the same after today. Exciting times ahead.
Don’t scare me bro!
Nobody minds redesigns if they’re visually good, or at least practical. I mean for all the 87 movie complaints few were about the look of the characters.
Heck yah! Awesome tease!
Now bring on the full trailer!
I luv it and I can’t wait for tomorrow! I also just noticed how tall the actor that plays Adam is. He towers over Teela. 🙀
This is very exciting. I love it! Especially Cringer!!
Looks AWESOME! Hopefully fans give it a chance, instead of complaining about everything that’s different. It was obviously made with a lot of reverence for the source material, which had a lot of humor and heart, so I’m excited. I really like how Cringer looks!
He-man, the biggest mouth breather in the universe. Does that goof ever have his mouth closed?
He has an overbite
I waited to get home from work to watch it with my family. It was short but we loved it. We can’t wait for tomorrow.
I’m not sure about that Roboto and Cringer but I am so very happy they honored the Filmation show.
Yes! I got this notification at school and I almost screamed with excitement
Not much to it but I enjoyed the teaser! The opening was really cool and I think Grayskull looks fantastic! My only nitpicks so far would be Roboto’s generic design and Man-At-Arms’ muted armor color. It looks like the group shot shows Adam in his Earth clothes, so this may be an early scene before Roboto gets a more “accurate" upgrade from Duncan. Can’t wait for the full trailer tomorrow!
Not bothered with the look of Roboto as I’ve never considered him/her a crucial part of the whole MOTU. Cringer looks good. While looking forward to the trailer .. I hope it doesn’t give away the entire plot.
@beardofstratos I want to hear skeletor’s voice in the trailer more than anything.
I like the opening monologue… punched me right in the nostalgia.
Less than 5 minutes!
Looks like the trailer is on YouTube now.
Holy sheeeeet! I was not expecting a full blown trailer like that packed to the gills. Skeletor looked perfect.
Same. My inner child was shaking for about 10 seconds.
Wow. I’ll be there on June 5th. Seeing the visuals laid out like that is amazing. If that trailer didn’t get you going nothing will. 40+ years and it’s here. Finally.
amen to that my brother
Whoa! Hold on now… I happen to really enjoy the 87 Movie.
I understand it was / is not to everyone’s taste, but taken for what it is, I think it remains a fun romp through some twisted part of the MotU-Multiverse.
Also, considering the production hell it went through and the unwarranted oversight from Mattel, AND the complete loss of funding… it turned out pretty damn fun. And we got some cool characters out of it!
I could go on and on as to why I like the movie (and always will)… but at the end of the day, it’s all subjective.
(Of course, I remember my friends saying I was weird because I actually liked the movie, way back when my dad and I saw it in the theater…) 🤔
Re. 87 movie.
There was no internet. A newspaper told you if something was a bomb and that became the accepted fact whether a movie was enjoyable or not. And back then anything went. Try explaining Predator without sounding like you’ve taken something, never mind Big Trouble In Little China.
The 87 movie was simply ahead of it’s time AND organised by two conmen. Labyrinth was ‘big budget’ and had already failed and it was made by some very talented people. Masters was made for Hollywood’s sofa change and was extremely lucky to have Goddard and Langella. And my god, nobody was expecting high quality from The Cannon Group. You sure as shit weren’t getting Orko and Battle Cat in 1987 on a shoestring budget from them! Like ever see the CGI Joker falling in big budget Batman 89? Sheesh.
87 is a perfectly watchable, coherent movie. Actually better than it has any right to be. It was a product of it’s circumstances, nothing more, but still turned out enjoyable. The amount of people I’ve met who haven’t seen it but know it’s ‘reputation’ still mistakenly damn it to this day.
I’ll just add that I was five when that movie hit and even I understood nobody in it was gonna look like the cartoon. Fucksake even my figures didn’t look like the cartoon. So I’m sorry, but people are full of shit when it comes to the 87 movie. What you were getting was blindingly obvious to everyone but back then everybody just went with the paid critics who were only marginally more intelligent than they are today.
It bombed at the cinema and so that became the narrative because here’s the thing, we know from the numbers the vast majority of people who did watch it were at home with a VHS. And back then you were spoiled for choice. That’s how and why people reassess it today. Same as Labyrinth or Big Trouble or Blade Runner… all bombs. Now all pop culture canon. Masters is one of the most falsely maligned movies of the 80s. Don’t believe me? Try even watching some early 90s movies you wouldn’t have wiped your ass with at the time. They seem a LOT better today because they actually flow and the scripts make, get this, sense.
I agree with you!
I mean, I probably overdo it sometimes (I watch the 87 MotU movie every August to celebrate the original release date), but I agree that MotU gets a ton of unwarranted flak just being what it is… and by people who haven’t even watched it the whole way through.
It’s a fun movie. A prime example of 80s popculture. A (debatable) dream-come-true for children at the time. And a great 2 hour escape from the ‘real’ world.
Another thing that is important to consider is that the film opened with a strong box office, but all promotion was pulled the following week, because Canon Films went out of business, and Golan-Globus fled to Israel to avoid prosecution for securities fraud. Of course it underperformed at the box office.
I think I found King Randor in the trailer! They actually do a sort of close up on the actor… See pics – that is Purefoy! Look at the actor behind Duncan…. Looks like maybe they rescued Randor from somewhere…
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The globe in Adam’s bedroom is Eternia!!!
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