Netflix Has Kyle Allen Ready to Play He-Man in a ‘Masters of the Universe’ Live-Action Movie

Like perma-grinning villain Skeletor’s evil schemes, the many attempts to make a new, live-action ‘Kyle Allen to play main hero He-Man.

This latest development comes as the streaming service grabbed the rights to make the film from Sony, which had been planning its own movie with Noah Centineo lined up as He-Man.

A quick primer for anyone who didn’t grow up with Mattel’s fantasy toy line from the 1980s: ‘Masters of the Universe’ is the story of Prince Adam and his heroic friends, who must defend the faraway land of Eternia from the machinations of Skeletor and a group of fellow evildoers. At stake is Castle Grayskull and the Power Sword, which transforms Adam into He-Man, helping him fight off the various threats.

A cartoon series called ‘He-Man and the Masters of the Universe’ was launched in 1985 to help sell the action figures, creating a pop culture phenomenon. It was infamously turned into a movie in 1987 starring Frank Langella as Skeletor. That flopped at the box office, which scuttled a planned sequel.

Sony was just the latest studio taking a crack at making a live-action adaptation of the toy series. Directors such as ‘Jeff Wadlow have been attached at one time or another, but the movie has always fallen apart.

Directing siblings Dave Callaham.

Sony is staying in the mix in one way, though – it’s holding on to the rights to distribute the movie in China, where Netflix doesn’t have a presence.

Netflix is all in on its deal with Mattel for He-Man and co, having already produced ‘Masters of the Universe: Revelation (developed by ‘Sarah Michelle Gellar among its voices. There’s also ‘He-Man and the Masters of the Universe’, which is a more traditional take on the tale, albeit one using 3D animation.

Allen, who played Balkan in American Horror Story’. He’ll no doubt be busy bulking up to play the muscular hero, as filming will start this summer.