Amazon MGM Studios has put the live-action Masters of the Universe into production and Jared Leto has been officially confirmed in the role of Skeletor.
After rumors and increasingly concrete rumors, the official confirmation: Jared Leto will be Skeletor in Masters of the Universeadaptation in live-action produced by Amazon MGM Studios.
Masters of the Universe: Jared Leto will be Skeletor in the live-action adaptation
A few weeks ago, Jeff Snyder shared a scoop on Masters of the Universeadaptation live-action with the popular Mattel toys in development at the Amazon MGM Studios and directed by Travis Knight. According to the insider, Jared Leto was in negotiations to play the role of the villain Skeletora character played on screen by Frank Langella in 1987. Weeks later, the rumor was officially confirmed and on Saturday 22 December it was announced that Jared Leto will play Skeletor In the live-action Of Masters of the Universe.
The film will debut in cinemas in the summer of 2026 and stars Nicholas Galitzine (The Idea of You) as the protagonist and hero of the film, He-Man/Principe Adam. They were also added to the cast Camila Mendesaka Teela, captain of the royal guard, and Alison Brie as Evil-Lyn, lieutenant of Skeletor. With the confirmation of Jared Leto in the role of the villain also comes the news of the official nomination of the actors who will play his henchmen: Sam C. Wilson (Hous of the Dragon) sarà Trap Jaw, Hafthor Bojornsson (Game of Thrones) è Goat Man e Kojo Attah it will be Tri-Klops.
Masters of the Universe it was launched as a line of action figures by Mattel in 1982 and then became an animated series in 1983, as well as several comics, series and film adaptations. The project of an adaptation live-action came after the success of Barbie in the summer of 2023: Mattel he has in fact revealed that he has a lot in the pipeline 45 films inspired by its most famous toy lines, including a live-action Polly Pocket, Hot Wheels and, of course, Masters of Universe.
For the role of He-Man had originally been chosen Noah Centineothen replaced by Kyle Allen and, finally, by Nicholas Galiztine. For the role of Skeletor the name of Jared Leto it had been released well before the official announcement. The actor is certainly no stranger to villain roles in the cinema: he played the Joker in Suicide Squad, the vampire Morbius in the Sony Spider-Man Universe flop and will be at the cinema in 2025 in Tron: Ares again as the antagonist.
