"I have the power!" So bellows Prince Adam every time he turns into the eponymous hero of toy-brand-turned-80s-animated-TV-series He-Man And The Masters Of The Universe. We imagine it's also what the folks at Amazon have been saying on the regular as they bring together the cast and crew of their hotly anticipated new live-action Masters Of The Universe movie. Having already snagged Laika head honcho Travis Knight to helm moviegoers' latest trip to Eternia and The Idea Of You star Nicholas Galitzine to get his He-Man on in the lead, the long-gestating project has now found its Teela, too. Today, Amazon MGM Studios revealed that Do Revenge star Camila Mendes is set to play the animated series' kickass warrior, who's both Prince Adam's mentor and also He-Man's sometime-sort-of love interest.
According to THR's reporting, Mendes — who's only just landed the lead in another eagerly awaited big screen reboot, Sony slasher I Know What You Did Last Summer — beat off fellow rising actors Clara Rugaard, Alexandra Shipp, and Quintessa Swindell to land the role of Man-At-Arms' Sorceress-born daughter. Little is known about what the plot of Knight's Masters Of The Universe might look like at this stage, but we do know that A) the Laika president's fellow studio alum Chris Butler (ParaNorman, Missing Link) has handled the latest draft of the script, and B) the movie is expected to stick to the toon's raison d’être, with Galitzine's Prince Adam using his Greyskull-powered sword to transform into He-Man and protect the land of Eternia, socking it to nefarious ne'er-do-well Skeletor with his pals.
Admittedly, we don't have much else to work with thus far beyond the knowledge that this is a big-budget venture from Amazon and that, after years of non-starter efforts to bring Prince Adam back to life on the big screen, this live-action MOTU movie will be the first since Dolph Lundgren's cult classic 1987 effort. Plus, y'know, if anyone is a safe pair of hands to handle a live-action take on a beloved 80s toyline-tied-in-toon then it'd be Travis Knight, the man behind 2018's surprisingly great Bumblebee. We'll find out whether Masters Of The Universe truly does have the power, or if it's a bit of a royal boob (Skeletor's words, not ours!) when it hits cinemas worldwide on 5 June, 2026.