Masters of the Universe fans have been waiting nearly 20 years for a theatrical reboot of the popular sci-fi/fantasy franchise, but their patience will be rewarded on the 2026 movies schedule this summer. The new Masters of the Universe movie brings He-Man back to the big screen with Nicholas Galitzine inhabiting the role, Of course, you can’t have the Power Sword-wielding hero not battle his arch-nemesis Skeletor, and director Travis Knight shared how he bluntly reacted to how the reboot was going to change up the villain’s look before he came long.
Jared Leto is playing Skeletor in live-action this time around, following in the footsteps of Frank Langella in the 1987 Masters of the Universe movie. And as you can see in the Masters of the Universe trailer, Leto’s Skeletor looks pretty faithful to the source material, skull face and all. But in previous iterations of the reboot, that skeletal visage was going to just be a golden skull mask. As Knight recalled to Empire about how he reacted to this baffling change:
