The screenplay, which had been written by Justin Marks (writer of the upcoming Street Fighter movie, as well as Voltron and Green Arrow), received positive reviews from Latino Review, who broke the bad news yesterday. Apparently, the thirtysomething producers at Warners who had championed the film have moved on from the company, and their replacements don't seem to care as much. Needless to say, Mattel is kinda pissed-off, since they've been planning their long-term He-strategy for a while now. Hopefully, they won't cancel their old-school toys, which look pretty sweet, and they'll be able to get back the movie rights and take it to another studio, since Warner Bros. was pretty stupid to cancel it. Yeah, that's right, stupid.

After all, look at what He-Man has going for it! A popular 1980s property with over 25 years of fans, and multiple TV incarnations, like Transformers? Check. A fantastical, ab-tastical mash-up of gladiators, barbarians and monsters, like 300? Check. A rich, magical universe with sequel potential, like Harry Potter? Check. ...Of course, it also has the bloated albatross that is the 1987 Masters of the Universe movie, starring Dolph Lundgren. Hey, if the Punisher can recover from Dolph Lundgren, He-Man should definitely be able to.