Jared Leto Cast as Skeletor in Amazon’s Masters of the Universe Movie
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Jared Leto officially cast as Skeletor in the live-action adaptation of Masters of the Universe. Get the latest updates and news on the highly anticipated film.
By the power of Grayskull! Amazon has officially cast Jared Leto as Skeletor in the live-action adaptation of Masters of the Universe. The movie has been in developmental hell for some time, but with Amazon MGM now in charge of the rights, the film is finally moving along the assembly line. Leto has been eyeing this role for a while, and after all the chatter, he’s officially signed on to play He-Man’s biggest foe.
Leto is the latest actor to join the project to play the villains. So far, Sam C. Wilson (House of the Dragon) has been cast as Trap Jaw, Hafthor Bjornsson (Game of Thrones) will star as Goat Man and Kojo Attah (In the Grey) will bring Tri-Klops to life.
HEROES
The project has already assembled a fantastic cast to bring the film’s heroes to life. On board so far are Nicholas Galitzine (The Idea of You) as Prince Adam/He-Man, Camila Mendes (Do Revenge) as Captain Teela, Alison Brie (Community) as Evil-Lyn, and Idris Elba (Sonic the Hedgehog 3) as Man-at-Arms/Duncan.
The film was previously in the Netflix developmental machine with a succession of writers and directors attached to bring the project to life. But the streamer could never get the project off the ground. Now, after the rights fell into the lap of Amazon MGM Studios, the film is finally back on track with Travis Knight (Kubo and the Two Strings) set to direct from a script by Chris Butler, with initial drafts penned by David Callaham, and Aaron & Adam Nee.
RELEASE
The live-action Masters of the Universe movie is the newest big project for Leto. He was well-known for portraying Joker in David Ayer’s Suicide Squad before jumping into the Marvel Universe as Michael Morbius. Now, he’s also joining Disney with Tron. In the upcoming Tron: Ares, he’s playing the lead role of a super advanced program that gets sent from the digital world into the real one on a risky mission.
Masters of the Universe will be rewarded with a theatrical release and will premiere on June 5, 2026.
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