Queen guitarist Brian May has revealed that he's contributing to the soundtrack of the new He-Man movie, Masters of the Universe.May shared the news of his involvement in the the forthcoming project in a post on Instagram, which he began by quoting He'-Man's iconic catchphrase from the original animated TV series. "I have the POWER!!!!," May posted, with his trademark fondness for extraneous exclamation marks. "Great joy to work tonight on scrumptious brand new HE-MAN movie with (L-R) Director Travis Knight, Composer Daniel Pemberton, and chief sound man Sam Okell - pictured here with our family's (actually Jimmy's) vintage He-Man action figure collection from ... oooh, about 1986, I guess. What fun! And this movie will make a lot of people smile a lot !!! And - yes - my ol' Red Special is all over it!!! Watch out!!!"The film has been a long, long time coming. It was first announced in 2009 by Sony Pictures International, and since then, the script has had a number of re-writes, various directors have come and gone, and a series of actors have been linked with the role of the comic book icon/The Most Powerful Man in the Universe. The rights to the film were acquired by Netflix in early 2022, but just eighteen months later, the streaming giant abandoned the project having spent a reported $30 million on its development. In the summer df 2023 Amazon MGM took over the production of the film, which now stars English actor Nicholas Galitzine as Adam Glenn as Adam Glenn/He-Man, 30 Seconds To Mars frontman Jared Leto as the skull-faced, blue-skinned evil sorcerer Skeletor, and Idris Elba as Man-at-Arms.
