New He-Man Movie Slated for 2011?

[Mutagen Mutant]

I don't what I've read is rumor or they actually are making "Grayskull" for 2011. I heard that it will be directed by John Stevenson, written by Evan Daugherty, and that it will be a "gritty fantasy". Is this still a go or is it in development hell? Justin Marks has wrote a script for it before Daugherty took over. There is a review for it here:
http://digg.com/movies/GRAYSKULL_THE_MASTERS_OF_THE_UNIVERSE_Script_Revie w

But I will be reading the script myself. Does anyone have any feedback on what they thought of that script or what's going on with this movie?

[Ioz]

Since then, they added a new writer and after that switched movie studios, so it is stuck in developmental hell for the time being.

here you go:
http://www.cinematical.com/2009/09/24/he-man-finds-a-new-home-at-sony/

[Leo656]

People shouldn't tease me like this. I get violent.

And I'm the nice one. GK eats babies.

[Canadian Turtle]

Dude I asked this very question like a month ago, I would be SO pumped for a properly done movie like that!

Crossing fingers!

[Mutagen Mutant]

Read the script Justin Marks wrote and it was a great first draft. Doesn't have the comic relief, which a movie like this shouldn't have in the first place. Dark, grim, and the sorcery-science is woven well together.

[Brodie]

....Shouldn't have comic relief? A film based on a toy franchise with a 300minute commercial cartoon series? Wherein there is a midget sorceror in a floppy hat...and a pet tiger that talks, but has a Scooby-Doo mindset?

[Mutagen Mutant]

So I guess you're hoping for a G rated He-Man. Unless you're still 6 or 7 that still might be cool.

[The Stryker]

He-man is a toy commercial!

[Brodie]

So I guess you're hoping for a G rated He-Man. Unless you're still 6 or 7 that still might be cool.

So comedic relief automatically makes things geared for 6 year olds?

I'm pretty sure that isn't the case. As bad as the Transformers movies are, there's comedic relief in them (however stupid they are), but those films are far from being just for kids. They're at times dark, violent, and sexually suggestive...not really just for 6 year olds. And you know what else? STILL A BUNCH OF TOY COMMERCIALS.

Any comic book movie without Christian Bale in it has comedic relief...Even Blade, an R-rated film. The Punisher, too (pick your version).

The 2003 series of He-Man also had comedic relief, and was still an intelligent series, with violence, and dark imagery.

So, fact checking. That might be good, as well as not assuming that adding a sense of ease or levity to situations/film would automatically make it a terrible movie. Especially considering the source material: MADE FOR CHILDREN.

The idea of a totally dark and visceral He-Man movie is awful. What's the point? You're not hitting any of your target audiences; kids probably wouldn't get to see it, or might not be interested, and adults who grew up on He-Man cartoons and toys won't get what they expect from the franchise that they're nostalgic about. A completely dark He-Man is stupid. Its like if they made a dark Alice in Wonderland.


oh, wait...

[GK Punk]

Brodie pretty much summed up all of my thoughts completely right there.

[Cure]

So I guess you're hoping for a G rated He-Man. Unless you're still 6 or 7 that still might be cool.

You're what's wrong with the world.

[Ninjinister]

(Kicks back in his chair with a bucket of popcorn)

This is better than the movie ever could be.

[Mutagen Mutant]

He-man is a toy commercial!

Class A wisdom right there. Wow, how did you figure that one out!

[The Stryker]

Class A wisdom right there. Wow, how did you figure that one out!

Because it is? I'm just stating that a movie based on a glorified toy commercial doesn't exactly have the potential to be dark and serious. Look to Brodie's post for a more in-depth version.

[Mutagen Mutant]

So comedic relief automatically makes things geared for 6 year olds?

Blah, blah, blah.....

The idea of a totally dark and visceral He-Man movie is awful.

blah, blah, blah.......

It's not that I dislike comedic relief. And I can tell that your parents had a sense of humor as well.

[Mutagen Mutant]

You're what's wrong with the world.

And you are what I find tragic and hopeless with the world - close minded, unimaginative, and stale.

[The Stryker]

And you are what I find tragic and hopeless with the world - close minded, unimaginative, and stale.

Wait....what? Are you insane?

[Cure]

You guys, check out this PM he sent me.

Too bad your mother didn't use birth control. It would have been one less mistake/blemish in this world.

Somebody takes their He-Man SUPER seriously, especially if he's willing to attack people's parents. Lolz.

[Mutagen Mutant]

You're what's wrong with the world.

I really don't give a $!@# what you think of He-Man, but don't go attacking me for my opinion. That's not an attack on He-Man, it's an attack on me personally. So, yeah eat $@%# and die.

[The Stryker]

Did you just respond two times to the same post?