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David S. Goyer Doesn’t Have the Power; Exits ‘Masters of the Universe’
We learned back in November that David S. Goyer (Blade: Trinity, The Unborn) was tapped to direct Masters of the Universe for Sony, a brand new live action feature film that’ll bring He-Man and Skeletor back to the big screen. Well, things have changed.
Variety is reporting today that Sony Pictures is now on the hunt for a new director, as Goyer has exited the project. “The filmmaker and screenwriter has had to drop out because of other commitments,” the site notes. Goyer will remain on board as executive producer, and he also wrote the script that he was set to direct.
Goyer has written films such as Dark City, Blade, Batman Begins, Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance, Man of Steel and Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.
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Set on the planet Eternia, the story follows a warrior named Prince Adam who turns into the heroic He-Man and battles a villain named Skeletor out to conquer Castle Grayskull.
Sony has set Masters of the Universe to be released on December 18, 2019.
The “He-Man” franchise began as a successful toy line from Mattel and was turned into a cult hit kids’ TV series in 1983. Four years later, the series was turned into a live-action film starring Dolph Lundgren as He-Man and Frank Langella as his nemesis, Skeletor.
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Dead Meat Announces Horror Short Film Competition With Theatrical Release Planned for This Halloween
Hosted by James A. Janisse and Chelsea Rebecca, the mega popular YouTube channel Dead Meat has announced their latest project: a short film competition they call Fresh Meat.
Indiewire exclusively reveals the details this week, with the website noting that the horror short film competition will spawn an anthology feature film being unleashed in theaters!
“This is our way of finding, highlighting, and amplifying people who can do these things — who already have done them — and helping develop their ideas and make them bigger,” James A. Janisse tells the outlet. Chelsea Rebecca adds, “We’ve been there: fresh to Los Angeles, wanting to make movies, having no money. There have been countless, countless meetings to figure out the logistics of how we can make sure filmmakers are fully supported by this.”
They’re partnering with Atlas Entertainment’s Atlas Literary and Hades Film on the project, with submissions opening up Saturday, July 25, and closing Monday, August 24.
“Shorts from around the world are eligible, provided English is the submission’s primary spoken language, and a $50 submission fee applies,” Indiewire explains in their report.
How it will work is that “roughly 10 films” will be selected from the submission pile, and they’ll be put together into a feature film anthology experience. Filmmakers whose shorts are selected for the Fresh Meat anthology feature will receive a monetary award and they’ll also be given a cut of the theatrical profits. Their shorts will also be up for “first-look consideration for feature development through a joint venture between Dead Meat and Hades Films.”
The plan is to release the Fresh Meat anthology into theaters on October 12.
Head over to Indiewire to learn more about Dead Meat’s Fresh Meat competition!