Report: MOTU Heads to the Big Screen in 2026

Mattel’s long-awaited Masters of the Universe (MOTU) movie lastly has a launch date. In line with reviews from The Hollywood Reporter, Variety, and different Hollywood commerce publications, Amazon MGM listed the film’s worldwide theatrical launch as June 5, 2026. 

Travis Knight, President and CEO of Laika, the animation studio behind Coraline and Kubo and the Two Strings, and director of the 2017 toy-inspired movie Bumblebee, is directing the film. The film relies on a script by Chris Butler, who wrote and directed Laika’s ParaNorman and Lacking Hyperlink.

Mattel Movies’ Robbie Brenner and Escape Artists’ Todd Black, Jason Blumenthal, and Steve Tisch are producing.

The MOTU film has been in manufacturing for years, bouncing from Sony to Netflix to Amazon MGM, with a number of filmmakers hooked up all through the method. 

In line with the movie’s synopsis, the film will comply with 10-year-old Prince Adam, who has crashed on Earth in a spaceship and is separated from the Energy Sword. After discovering the sword virtually 20 years later, Prince Adam returns to his residence planet to guard it from Skeletor. Earlier than that, nevertheless, he should uncover the mysteries of his previous and declare the title of He-Man.