Nicholas Galitzine Shows Off He-Man Training (and Bulging Muscles) in CinemaCon Set Footage: ‘He Is Transforming’
variety.comMatt Donnelly Senior Film Writer CinemaCon got the earliest — and we mean earliest — of looks at the long-awaited film adaptation of “Masters of the Universe.” Despite some slim-pickings footage from set, the convention of global movie theater owners were dazzled by what Amazon MGM has set in motion with stars Nicholas Galitzine and Camila Mendes under director Travis Knight. “It’s the rebirth of this incredible world,” said producer Jason Blumenthal from set.
Director Knight discussed his long-held love of the toys and beloved ’80s animated series (he had a He-Man haircut as a kid, he revealed).
He also showed off some huge set pieces that earned screams of approval from the crowd, including the fictional planet Eternia and He-Man’s iconic Sword of Power.
There was also plenty of b-roll from Galitzine’s workouts — wielding swords, bench-pressing and, in a criminally short snippet, flexing his biceps in a battle costume with the freshest blowout we’ve seen on a man in some time.
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