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Morena Baccarin and Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson have joined Travis Knight’s upcoming “He-Man and the Masters of the Universe” live-action film.
Baccarin, who is no stranger to genre projects having starred in the “Deadpool” franchise as well as “Gotham” and “Firefly,” will be playing Sorceress. Jóhannesson, who played Olaf Haraldsson in “Vikings: Valhalla,” will be playing Fisto!
Nicholas Galitzine will star as Prince Adam / He-Man, Alison Brie will play Evil-Lyn, Camila Mendes will play Teela, and Idris Elba will play Teela’s father, Man-at-Arms. Sam C. Wilson will play Trap Jaw, Kojo Attah will play Tri-Klops, and Hafthor Bjornsson will play Goat Man. James Purefoy will play King Randor, and Charlotte Riley will play Queen Marlena. Sasheer Zamata will play Suzie, Jon Xue Zhang will play Ram-Man, and Christian Vunipola will play Hussein. Jared Leto will be playing Skeletor.
Travis Knight directs from a script by Chris Butler. (Previous versions were penned by David Callaham, and Aaron and Adam Nee.) We’ll let you know what else we hear about this and other news.
