Will Skeletor heart He-Man in new movie?

Fur loincloths and pageboy haircuts may be back in fashion sometime soon (and not a minute too soon, in my honest opinion). Variety reports that Warner Bros. and Joel Silver have announced plans for a new live-action version of He-Man and The Masters of The Universe to be penned by Justin Marks, pending approval of the story by Mattel, the original manufacturers of the He-Man toys.

Though it lacked the obvious homosexual undertone of Race Bannon’s and Dr. Quest’s relationship on Jonny Quest, or the camp affectations of Snagglepuss, He-Man has been a gay fave since it premiered in the 80s. Not surprising considering that Prince Adam went from wearing a white muscle tee to a loincloth, leather boots and a metal harness as He-Man whenever he chose to use his “special powers”. Personally, I was a bigger fan of She-Ra, He-Man’s fabulous sister, but then I spent more than a few hours spinning in the backyard trying to transform into Wonder Woman.

One little point of worry is that the studio seems to be set on emulating the recent massacre-fest 300, at least in terms of style. Hopefully that doesn’t include the homophobic posturing, though the film's massive success doesn’t exactly discourage it.

No word yet on casting, but since the heydays of Stallone/Lundgren/Schwarzenegger-like musclemen are long gone, there doesn’t seem to be any obvious choice. Perhaps an unknown bodybuilder will come to the fore, or maybe He-Man will be slimmed down for the new century. Any suggestions on who you would cast?

On a lighter note, the following He-Man smash-ups give us a little insight into Castle Grayskull’s circuit scene.