New Writer for He-Man Movie

"Grayskull" the new He-Man movie coming out, has a new writer attached to it.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, "Warner Bros. and Silver Pictures have tapped newcomer Evan Daugherty to pen the latest draft of 'Grayskull,' the studio's big-screen take on Mattel's 'Masters of the Universe' cartoon and toy line.

John Stevenson ('Kung Fu Panda') is attached to direct the adaptation of the show, which followed a blond warrior named Prince Adam who, when uttering the magic words, 'By the power of Grayskull -- I have the power,' turned into the heroic He-Man. He and his allies -- Battle Cat, Man-at-Arms and Orko -- defended their planet Eternia from the evil forces of Skeletor, who tried week after week to conquer the fortress Castle Grayskull, which imbued He-Man with his powers.

Warners sees the big-screen version as a gritty fantasy and reimagines Adam as a soldier who sets off to find his destiny, happening upon the magical world of Eternia. There, Skeletor has raised a technological army and is bent on eradicating magic.

Justin Marks penned the previous draft."

While not much is known about Daugherty, we can only hope he is a fan of the series and mostly sticks to the original storyline. It's a pretty simple plot as long as you keep it on Eternia and don't make it some stupid story about an American kid from Kentucky finding a portal, landing on Eternia and realizing his destiny. Because that's too obvious and stupid. (Latino Review)

The character started as a toy line which was adapted into the 1980s cartoon series.

There was a live-action film in 1987 starring Dolph Lungdren as He-Man and "Frost/Nixon's" Frank Langella as the villainous Skeletor. (Geek Files)

More news to come! Catch ya' later!