By the power of Grayskull, behold the trailer! On Wednesday, Amazon MGM Studios and Mattel Studios unveiled the trailer for their live-action Masters of the Universe feature film, which will be hitting theaters in the U.S. on June 5, 2026. Internationally, Sony Pictures International Releasing will be distributing the He-Man movie in June. A teaser was posted on Tuesday, and it has already captured the hearts of fans worldwide.
The trailer takes us on a journey with the bored Adam Glenn (aka Prince Adam/He-Man, played by Nicholas Galitzine), trapped in the mundane world of corporate America. His desk plate’s pronouns of He/Him are a fun nod to both modern society and, of course, He-Man himself. That is, until someone tracks down his sword and things take a turn for the dramatic.
Masters of the Universe is a sci-fi adventure movie based on the iconic 1980s Mattel toy line. Directed by Travis Knight, this film sees Prince Adam return to Eternia, where he and his fellow He-pals – Teela (Camila Mendes), Duncan/Man-at-Arms (Idris Elba), and others – must take down the evil Skeletor (Jared Leto). If you haven’t guessed by now, here’s a spoiler alert: it’s going to be an epic battle!
The real star of the show is, of course, Battle Cat, the giant green armored tiger whose alias is Cringer and who is Prince Adam’s wimp of a house cat. The trailer ends with a climactic battle between He-Man and a pretty badass-looking Skeletor. It’s cool, except for the fact that much of the final live-action appears to be… not live-action at all, but rather computer-generated video. I’m just not sure why a significant portion of this particular scene would need to be CGI (as opposed to, say, Battle Cat). The Hollywood Reporter reached out to a rep for the film with those questions; we are awaiting a reply.
The film also stars Alison Brie, James Purefoy, Morena Baccarin, Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson, Charlotte Riley, and Kristin Wiig as the voice of Roboto. There were many cooks in the kitchen for the screenplay: Chris Butler, Aaron Nee, Adam Nee, and Dave Callaham wrote the script. The Nees came up with the story alongside Alex Litvak and Michael Finch. Masters of the Universe is produced by Todd Black, Jason Blumenthal, Robbie Brenner, Steve Tisch, and DeVon Franklin; it is executive produced by Ynon Kreiz, Bill Bannerman, and David Bloomfield. Masters of the Universe is not yet rated.
