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There are going to be some great things to learn about the upcoming “Masters of the Universe” Movie in the April 2026 Edition of EMPIRE Magazine. Although not available yet to read, we now have an interview tease from Director Travis Knight all about Skeletor. Check it out About actor Jared Leto wanting to play Skeletor: TRAVIS KNIGHT: "Skeletor was a really interesting villain. He looked cool. He was scary. He was funny. He was insecure. And then of course he had this distinctive voice. I wanted someone to craft their own version of that. "Jared approached us, because he…
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The golden mask thing sounds goofy as hell but also I could absolutely see it had the film been made prior to this attempt. Kudos to Travis though to say f it that's not Skeletor. 😆
They're definitely keeping Leto away from the marketing though since the 2025 stuff and now the Epstein files. No figure reveal, no interview for Empire and mentioned in third person. If there's a sequel he's likely getting dropped.
'Skeletor's kind of the embodiment of toxic masculinity.'
I know old hairy tangerine is back but this isn't actually 2016, Travis.
'Skeletor's kind of the embodiment of toxic masculinity.'
I know old hairy tangerine is back but this isn't actually 2016, Travis.
It's a good thing if it means Skeletor treats Evil-Lyn badly because it's just like the cartoon.
Say whatever you want about Leto (and absolutely everyone on here has ZERO idea what really happened) -but the guy fought to get the role and seems to genuinely understand the character!
Director could have just said something like Skeletor is mean or jerk, but decided to use loaded terminology instead. Some people in Hollywood have foot in mouth disease. Just try to make as much money as possible, please.
@slycooperastroboy51 Oh but there's no lack of people who insist thatr comic accurate looks simply "don't work" on the big screen in 2026... 
I hope this Skeletor is a total misogynistic creep who makes sleazy comments.
https://twitter.com/empiremagazine/status/2019818440866033850?s=19
And now every comment section looks exactly like this. Well fucking done, Travis, maybe you can open a mini golf course with all those red flags.
He could have just made a general comment about Skeletor not being a nice guy instead he used modern trigger words for really no good reason. Of course, a Hollywood magazine is going to latch on to a comment like that and make it a headline for clicks. If I were the movie studio, I'd pull him from the interview circuit. You let the audience decide on their own what Skeletor is or isn't and most fans aren't going to think that. They'll think he is just evil. I don't know if this will cost the film some money at the box office, depends on how many actually see the comment, but this is the type of film that needs all the money it can get with its big budget. There isn't a ton of room for error.
He could have just made a general comment about Skeletor not being a nice guy instead he used modern trigger words for really no good reason. Of course, a Hollywood magazine is going to latch on to a comment like that and make it a headline for clicks. If I were the movie studio, I'd pull him from the interview circuit. You let the audience decide on their own what Skeletor is or isn't and most fans aren't going to think that. They'll think he is just evil. I don't know if this will cost the film some money at the box office, depends on how many actually see the comment, but this is the type of film that needs all the money it can get with its big budget. There isn't a ton of room for error.
Fully agree, if you're a fan of almost any franchise you know how this works - dumb, likely untrue comment from a senior figure leads to immediate social media backlash. The backlash gets picked up by the Youtubers (this nonsense is already approaching 30k views on like 5 videos and the 'big guns' haven't joined in yet). Then there's further dumb articles written because 'journalists' are now YouTuber parasites for views since they've lost all credibility. The Youtubers then make videos about the articles. Social media goes fully tribal with sides chosen and this is all months before the movie hits. Now the entire project is toxic from casual fans through 'tourists' to dyed in the wool fans.
If that sounds especially familiar it's because that's exactly what happened with the Revelation show. As you imply, this is an even dumber gamble because $200m should never have been spent on this movie after so much was spent and lost already by Mattel, Netflix and Sony. Travis just took millions off the crucial opening weekend that people use as a 'worth my time and money' gauge.
The following is only my guess at the future, we'll see how it ages! Initial weekend takings will by hyped to hell and back because that's how you get clicks, it'll be declared a hit by all and sundry whatever the evidence, and then by week two the decline is obvious and slowly but surely the likes of Variety change tune and tell you it underperformed. That's my expectation. If nothing else this movie cost WAY too much in the current cinematic market. Far too big a gamble for a wider pop culture-dormant property.
@durendal Yeah I know that kind of stuff with disregarding source material look accuracy isn't as common anymore with social media and fan reactions and more awareness a studio might have on what people may want with a character design, but considering this movie has been in development hell forever, I'm just sayin' it would've been worse 10-15 years ago with gold mask Skel
I predict Skeletor will be Jared Leto's comeback movie.
TRUST IN TRAVIS!
Of course you’re a cheerleader for a sex pest.
Y'all who are upset about his "toxic masculinity" comment are forgetting SkeLETOr's most popular modern content: the memes. 🤣 That is 100% toxic masculinity, and it's hilarious. Besides, he's a bad guy... You should be against toxic masculinity. Remember, there is masculinity (embodying the traits) and toxic masculinity (someone who pushes the traits; e.g., blatant mansplaining.) 🤣
Y'all who are upset about his "toxic masculinity" comment are forgetting SkeLETOr's most popular modern content: the memes. 🤣 That is 100% toxic masculinity, and it's hilarious. Besides, he's a bad guy... You should be against toxic masculinity. Remember, there is masculinity (embodying the traits) and toxic masculinity (someone who pushes the traits; e.g., blatant mansplaining.) 🤣
Anybody can be toxic, but it's only ever males who get accused of it. And who are the vast majority of the MOTU audience?
As I said before, it's probably just an untrue statement because Hollywood is full of posing idiots. But that doesn't actually matter because the phrase itself is toxic and now so is this movie in the eyes of thousands of would be customers. People have long had enough of Hollywood catchphrases and preaching down to the masses.
Type 'Skeletor Toxic Masculinity' into YouTube and see the damage this stupid phrase is doing to this movie. It's accumulated around 118 thousand video views already. Then you've got god knows how many thousands on every social media platform. Multiply just the YouTube numbers by even 6 bucks from potential customers and the real point of not uttering that phrase becomes obvious.
It's unfortunate that many of these movie-makers feel the need to throw around highly-charged vocabulary every chance they get...
However, don't let this forum become a cesspool like so many others.
Based solely on what we've seen in the teasers, this version of Skeletor looks badass. Hopefully, he remains the classic Overlord of Evil we all have come to expect.
(I want Leto to channel his inner Filmation / Frank Langella Skeletor rather than the Revelation / 200X versions...)
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It's unfortunate that many of these movie-makers feel the need to throw around highly-charged vocabulary every chance they get...
However, don't let this forum become a cesspool like so many others.
Based solely on what we've seen in the teasers, this version of Skeletor looks badass. Hopefully, he remains the classic Overlord of Evil we all have come to expect.
(I want Leto to channel his inner Filmation / Frank Langella Skeletor rather than the Revelation / 200X versions...)
That's why I'm generally talking about how this stuff plays out (you'd run out of fingers counting the franchises lost to this terminology) and not the battle of opinions. I have no interest in that. But I honestly don't know why Hollywood persists with this stuff when it's killing them too!
I think this is all a big nothingburger. Skeletor is evil - of course he's going to display toxic attributes as part of his personality. Is that not obvious, lol? Similarly, Evil-Lyn personifies "toxic femininity". The heroes are the opposite examples. Ugh, how is this even a conversation? So many bored idiots out there digging into things that are meaningless.