“Masters of the Universe” movie director Travis Knight reveals that a sequel is not currently greenlit, nor currently being worked on.

Perhaps to witness the return of Skeletor, the story of Adora, or possibly even a potential larger role for Orko… fans who loved the new ‘Masters of the Universe” movie have been chomping at the bit for a sequel.

But contrary to some misleading reporting the past several months, another movie that returns to the world of Eternia has never been set in stone, especially after the first film’s poor box office performance (even though it has been somewhat countered by positive streaming viewership.)

Director Travis Knight revealed it as such, when recently talking a potential MOTU sequel with ScreenRant:

“These things are out of our control. It was such a joy making that movie, I had so much fun working with that team. We had so much fun, and I think that comes through in the experience of watching the movie. In the end, these sorts of decisions are out of our control, you always imagine where these people’s lives go after the end of the movie, and if the universe, in its wisdom, asks us to make more of these things, we would be delighted to give them more. But, in the end, that’s out of our control, which is why every single movie you make, you put everything you have into it, and you just hope that the movie lives on its own and finds connection with the people you’re trying to reach.”

While we are certain Amazon MGM Studios would have preferred “Masters of the Universe” to perform well in cinemas AND on their streaming platform like ‘Project Hail Mary” did…

…speaking with The Hollywood Reporter, the He-Man film director says he wasn’t aware of the positive streaming spin.

“It’s life on streaming was much more important to Amazon than its life in the theaters. It’s not something I understood going into it. I wanted their faith in us as filmmakers and in the movie to be rewarded in a way that wasn’t to my hopes and expectations. The film deserved a better fate than it got, but I’ve made peace with it.”

After that quote, The Hollywood Reporter then felt it was important to caveat Knight’s words with the following note:

“(Amazon insiders say the company looks at the complementary value of theatrical and streaming when greenlighting a project.)”

Complementary value is partially bad and partially good when it comes to a “Masters of the Universe” sequel, so will streaming numbers alone be enough to greenlight another big budget movie?

We don’t know. All we know for certain is… it hasn’t been enough, yet.