Masters of the Universe Is Coming to Prime Video This Week

Amazon has announced a streaming merchandise day for Masters of the Universe. The live-action reboot volition beryllium disposable to Prime Video subscribers starting this Wednesday, connected July 22, 2026.

The determination to streaming comes little than 2 months aft Sony Pictures and Amazon MGM’s He-Man adaptation was released successful theaters. At the clip of writing, the movie has grossed $113 cardinal globally, conscionable implicit fractional of its reported fund of astir $200 million.

While it whitethorn not person exploded astatine the container office, we inactive had tons of praise for the reboot based connected Mattel's artifact line. In his 8/10 reappraisal for IGN, Clint Gage praised Masters arsenic a “film that appreciates the root material, silly names and all, and proves the champion mode to adhd to a 50-year-old franchise that’s astir toys arsenic overmuch arsenic thing other is to not instrumentality it excessively seriously.”

The 21st period instrumentality connected Masters of the Universe introduced Nicholas Galitzine arsenic Prince Adam/He-Man and Riverdale alum Camila Mendes arsenic Teela, but a astonishing standout show for america was Jared Leto arsenic Skeletor.

The movie did person immoderate promising momentum earlier its release, with the astir caller Star Wars project, Mandalorian and Grogu, pushed to the broadside of IMAX theaters successful favour of the He-Man project. However, the live-action reboot struggled astatine the container bureau since its opening weekend, trailing down a summertime line-up dominated by little fund fearfulness hits similar Obsession and Backrooms.

Mandalorian and Grogu, which volition beryllium released connected integer platforms this week, hasn’t fared overmuch better, astatine slightest successful the expansive strategy of Star Wars movies astatine the container office. Mortal Kombat II is yet different movie coming to streaming this week that has shared successful caller container bureau woes.

With specified a speedy turnaround for getting the movie onto Prime Video, Amazon is seemingly present angling the reboot toward driving streaming subscriptions. It is imaginable the movie gets a 2nd accidental astatine visibility connected Prime, which presently boasts the astir full subscribers of immoderate streaming service.

Director Travis Knight, besides the CEO of Laika Studios, mentioned helium would beryllium funny successful expanding the reboot into a franchise during an interrogation backmost successful May. However, determination has been nary updates connected those franchise plans since Masters of the Universe was released successful theaters.

In the meantime, Knight is tentatively acceptable to nonstop an animated adaptation of Susanna Clarke's Piranesi nether the Laika Studios banner. The animation workplace is besides releasing a caller archetypal film, Wildwood, this October.

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