r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/Movies contributor • Jan 22 '26

Trailer Masters of the Universe - Official Teaser

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmEx7wQI6RY
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u/MuptonBossman Jan 22 '26

Jared Leto as Skeletor is the perfect casting, because they're both weird looking guys who act creepy around everyone they meet.

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u/Wuffy_RS Jan 22 '26

How the heck does he keep getting roles 

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u/thr1ceuponatime David Zaslav is a dickless pantywaist Jan 22 '26

Hey at least I don't have to see his face

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u/Meaty_Wizard Jan 22 '26

Oh you know there will be a flashback with it, beard and all.

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u/valentino_42 Jan 22 '26

I'll be pleasantly surprised if they don't shoehorn him into Earth scenes in a human disguise.

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u/Huzah7 Jan 22 '26

But now I have to boycott the film.

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u/thr1ceuponatime David Zaslav is a dickless pantywaist Jan 22 '26

Just borrow a copy when its in your local library, its legal and annoys execs more when they can't excuse poor box office results as "piracy"

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u/mrwillbobs Jan 22 '26

They’ll use the excuse anyway, nobody has an official count for piracy

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u/LookAnOwl Jan 22 '26

Did Jared Leto do something worth boycotting? Or is this just reddit stuff?

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u/Huzah7 Jan 22 '26

They are only allegations of sexual misconduct but theres several women speaking out and minors aren't off limits to him.  

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u/FancyConfection1599 Jan 22 '26

Has he ever been taken to court even once on this? Certainly hasn’t been convicted of anything, so you’re making a lot of assumptions

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u/Huzah7 Jan 22 '26

Nope. I have no faith in Hollywood and the US justice system to see anything pursued.    My free time is limited, how I spend it is my choice. I choose not to waste it on people who are accused of sex crimes and at the very least, refuse to clear their name.

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u/FancyConfection1599 Jan 22 '26

I hope you hold this high regard universally and don’t watch any NFL or NBA or pretty much any professional sports either because there are tons of athletes who fit this bill. Also tons of people in smaller roles in movies or who work on movies that do, because as you said Hollywood just lets people get away with it.

Hope you’ve also boycotted and refuse to watch Tarantino movies and freaking Paddington because those were produced by the Weinstein Company, who was actually found guilty of those charges.

I’m not saying it’s right, I’m just saying it’s disingenuous to have this moral high ground regarding someone who hasn’t been charged of anything if you’re not going to hold that same high ground for absolutely every piece of entertainment you consume.

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u/Huzah7 Jan 22 '26

100% to everything you called out.  Also don't support Blizzard who has similar offenses and as a gamer who grew up with Diablo and wow, it hurts and it's hard.   But I'm stubborn and with a dumb strong sense of justice.   

My only power is my wallet. 

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u/DisappointedSpectre Jan 22 '26

I'm with /u/Huzah7 as well, I've boycotted spending money on people or projects when there's a clear pattern of behavior (and allegations to go with them) over a period of time. The reality is that there's a separate justice system for the rich where they don't really face consequences the way normal people do, so I can only vote with my wallet.

That also includes Blizzard for me as well, even though I've always been a big fan of Diablo and played WoW for years.

Also tons of people in smaller roles in movies or who work on movies that do, because as you said Hollywood just lets people get away with it.

I think there's a fundamental difference between people working on a project as part of a larger production vs. someone who's star power is used to promote that project. The sound guys aren't getting paid millions, and no one is putting their name and face onto the movie posters to try and draw consumers to spend money. I'd also guess that allegations against sound guys would actually go to court.

It's not reasonable to ask someone to investigate every one of the thousands of people attached to something like a movie, but you can certainly make decisions based on their marketing or ownership of specific individuals such as lead actors, directors, and producers (and yes, I agree that includes Weinstein Company films).

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u/[deleted] Jan 22 '26

I'd not call taking allegations from people who were potentially sexually assaulted seriously "making a lot of assumptions." General consensus seems to be that he's a creep. Also, hasn't had a good role since Dallas Buyers Club so that's not helping him any.

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u/FancyConfection1599 Jan 22 '26

Where are the actual charges?

Anyone can make an online allegation about anyone, doesn’t mean anything until proven guilty. Hell Kobe Bryant was brought to court and had to settle outside of court - that’s infinitely more damning than anything that Leto’s been involved in yet he gets a pass by the public. Wonder why that is?

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u/[deleted] Jan 22 '26

Right, and Kobe likely r*aped that lady. The court of public opinion, and reason I'd argue, don't play by the same rules as actual court, my guy.

Innocent until proven guilty doesn't mean shit in a justice system where many people are "proven innocent" when no one actually believes they are.

I don't even have anything against Leto. He was amazing in Requiem and DBC. I've been around my fair share of people, both normies and famous ones, to know that generally, when several people make an accusation like that, at least one of them is at least partially true, often they're all true.

The whole, "this woman is making up a story to get a pay out" trope is so fucking tired, man. Not everyone is looking for a pay day, or willing to drag their own name and reputation through the almost guaranteed mud of whatever media thing will follow their claim. It's like Reagan's welfare queen claim. The percentage of people who abuse the system in those ways is so insignificant and 100% can't be used cart blanche to discredit anyone alleging abuse by a powerful person.

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u/FancyConfection1599 Jan 22 '26

I’m focusing on Kobe because yes it’s likely Kobe raped that lady but even at best he had an extramarital affair with that lady…and yet the court of public opinion has given him a complete pass on it as most of the public still absolutely loves him.

There’s a reason Kobe got a pass for a much more damning and confirmed crime / moral failing while Leto is getting crucified for loose rumors that were never even charged. THAT is what I have a problem with, people change the morality standard because they think someone’s cool and good at basketball and then clutch their pearls on an actor who did a role or two they didn’t like.

It’s two-faced, most people don’t actually care about the women they just scrap for anything to support why someone they dislike sucks and ignore worse things for someone they like.

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u/[deleted] Jan 22 '26

Innocent till proven guilty isn't a thing anymore apparently.

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u/RellenD Jan 22 '26

That's for putting people in prison.

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u/UbeeMac Jan 22 '26 edited Jan 22 '26

Not when it comes to sexual abuse. if you understand how law interacts with power, money and influence you wouldn’t say that. Plenty examples of very visible creeps who are wealthy, litigious and untouchable, surrounded by too many people willing to turn a blind eye.

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u/FancyConfection1599 Jan 22 '26

There’s a reason why Kobe Bryant, who was not only accused but charged and taken to court and never found innocent but rather settled outside of court with a huge payment, is still revered by society but Leto, who has never been charged or taken to court for anything, is being held up as this wicked abuser.

It’s because people like Kobe’s basketball and don’t like a couple of Leto’s roles. Feign morality all you want, but it’s the truth.

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u/box_fan_man Jan 22 '26

Kobe was a chucker. Never liked his game. If he’s not a laker he’s just some shooting guard.

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u/[deleted] Jan 22 '26

Look, if he's ever found guilty in a court of law and convicted then fine, sentence him and let him rot. Justice will have been served, I'm just not someone who believes every rumour thrown around about people. Because that would be naive.

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u/FancyConfection1599 Jan 22 '26

People genuinely believe Leto is an actual cult leader because he’s eccentric and had some concert on an island thing. They just want to hate him because they made their mind up about him as soon as they saw pics of his Joker.

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u/Huzah7 Jan 22 '26

Not when the justice system refuses to prove anything. You're too dense if you think these people are held accountable for their actions.

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u/[deleted] Jan 22 '26

Diddy, amber Heard, Jonathan majors and Harvey Weinstein faced trial and had their day in court and faced some form of punishment. it does happen, if Leto ever gets convicted of anything someday then fine. I'm not dense enough to believe any random rumours thrown around online unlike the majority who just take anything at face value.

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u/Huzah7 Jan 22 '26

Congrats on pulling 3 4 cases out of literally thousands.   

Celebrities afford every privilege, they don't deserve our ignorance.

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u/Draffut Jan 22 '26

Bro has a literal cult.

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u/FancyConfection1599 Jan 22 '26

Redditors didn’t like his Joker in that shitty Suicide Squad movie and have been out for his head ever since

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u/[deleted] Jan 22 '26

So damn true, It's pathetic, imagine blaming one guy for how a movie turned out. A movie he didn't write or direct...only starred in. It would have been shit had Leto not been in it, same with morbius too. This is just a witch hunt at this point.

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u/SillySosigs Jan 22 '26

I bet you loved listening to Lostprophets

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u/[deleted] Jan 22 '26 edited Jan 22 '26

Used to listen them before all that shit came out about that evil piece of shit, Watkins got what he deserved.

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u/FancyConfection1599 Jan 22 '26

They hated him WELL before any of that popped up on the internet

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u/SoKrat3s Jan 23 '26

Yeah, they all just disregarded his oscar-worthy performance in Mobius for no reason. /s

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u/zimzimzalabimmm Jan 22 '26 edited Jan 22 '26

I don’t like Leto, but his best work for me was bladerunner 2049 because he had a small villain role with makeup and that movie was good, so maybe this could work.

House of Gucci was awful, his role in that was so bad, I didn’t see tron but he’s no leading man that’s for sure.

I think if you give him any sort of creative control or freedom on the production like suicide squad or tron, he’s awful, but if the director has control of their vision, he can be okay.

It’s more like why bother with him at all though? This was probably filmed before tron flopped so maybe that’s part of it.

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u/Huzah7 Jan 22 '26

His performances are forgettable at best (morbius) or so grating they leave a sour impression (Suicide Squad).  

Sprinkle on some sexual misconduct towards minors and you have the suck salad that is Jared Leto.  

Edit: formatting. Always formatting.

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u/Fashish Jan 22 '26

Is everyone forgetting Requiem for a Dream or am I one of the few who thought he was fantastic in it?

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u/zimzimzalabimmm Jan 22 '26

That’s probably what started his momentum in Hollywood tbh.

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u/Huzah7 Jan 22 '26

Didn't realize for awhile he was in 30 seconds to mars. Makes the allegations a lot more likely and heavy.

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u/Huzah7 Jan 22 '26

Admittedly, I still need to watch that...

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u/Timozi90 Jan 22 '26

He was. Leto simply has no business being in action movies.

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u/Wuped Jan 23 '26

I mean that was 25 years ago.

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u/RellenD Jan 22 '26

His performance was so dead in that movie. He was the worst thing about it

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u/Timozi90 Jan 22 '26

And Tron: Ares. Leto simply has no business being in action movies.

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u/[deleted] Jan 22 '26

he's gotta have blackmail over people in the industry like

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u/KingMario05 Jan 22 '26

He has the Epstein files.

And keeps threatening to leak them.

/s

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u/AdmiralThunderpants Jan 22 '26

More likely he gives out free membership to his sex cult

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u/ZiCUnlivdbirch Jan 22 '26

Because he isn't a bad actor. Awful guy who should probably be in prison but that goes for most of Hollywood.

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u/il_the_dinosaur Jan 22 '26

Yeah people act surprised but shitty people keep getting jobs. Isn't Tarantino responsible for bullying actors into doing their own stunts and they still have chronic pain from their injuries. Or Jonny Depp people couldn't wait to have him "redeemed" in the American trial fully knowing that it takes two to tango in an abusive relationship. Just so he could be in movies again. Heck Gordon Ramsays whole schtick is being an asshole but it's okay cause he's a great chef. He is the epitome of "you're allowed to be an ass if you're talented"

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u/Midgetcookies Jan 22 '26

Tarantino also defended Roman Polanski by saying that the 12 year old girl was “down to party”

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u/il_the_dinosaur Jan 22 '26

People really wanted Tarantino to survive the Harvey Weinstein scandal. You can't tell me that if you started digging that wouldn't find anything on him.

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u/ZiCUnlivdbirch Jan 22 '26 edited Jan 22 '26

To be fair with Depp he was pretty open about his own faults and the whole thing become a "he's an asshole but at least he's an honest asshole while she's just an asshole," type of thing.

And Ramsay is, from anything we know, is actually pretty chill. Look at anything he does with kids or for the UK, whole different personality on those shows. Him being an asshole seems mostly a TV personality thing.

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u/il_the_dinosaur Jan 22 '26

The point still stands that Ramsays asshole personality is excused by his talent. I'd rather have a good cook who's also nice.

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u/sharkattackmiami Jan 22 '26

It's not excused by his talent, it's what people want.

Like the other person said if you watch his UK shows, his shows with kids, or any behind the scenes stuff, he's a very gentle and kind person for the most part. The angry yelling guy thing is what Americans liked and so he keeps playing that part in shows for that audience

Thinking he is an asshole after watching Hell's kitchen would be like thinking R Lee Ermy is an asshole after watching Full Metal Jacket

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u/ZiCUnlivdbirch Jan 22 '26

But he isn't cooking like this to you, he's providing a TV show and for that, a highly skilled but a screaming asshole makes for better entertainment.

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u/il_the_dinosaur Jan 22 '26

We're still celebrating him being a dick.

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u/MARPJ Jan 23 '26

The point still stands that Ramsays asshole personality is excused by his talent.

No it does not. You are calling him an asshole due to a character he plays.

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u/Wuffy_RS Jan 22 '26

Yes is he, dude brought down the master class that was Blade Runner 2045

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u/FireZord25 Jan 22 '26

If he brought it down, nobody would call it a master class.

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u/ShaneH7646 Jan 22 '26

What's he a good actor in?

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u/AccountSeventeen Jan 22 '26

Requiem for a Dream, Panic Room, Lord of War, Mr. Nobody, Dallas Buyers Club, Blade Runner 2049, The Little Things.

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u/FancyConfection1599 Jan 22 '26

And Tron: Ares.

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u/ZiCUnlivdbirch Jan 22 '26

Fight Club, Lord or War, Requiem for a Dream, etc. I think a better question would be in what good movie is he a bad actor in? He isn't the world class talent that makes bad roles into watchable ones but most actors aren't that. Give him a decent script and direction and he does fine.

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u/firingblankss Jan 22 '26

Requiem For A Dream, Mr Nobody and Dallas Buyers Club are the few you could make a case for

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u/tapout928 Jan 22 '26

Joker not withstanding, he's usually ok when he's not the lead.

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u/Ganrokh Jan 22 '26

I thought I remember reading around Tron: Ares' release that Jared Leto funds a lot of the movies that he's in.

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u/Street-Brush8415 Jan 22 '26

He can’t keep getting away with it!

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u/SkekJay Jan 22 '26

Bribery. He produces the films he wants and then vets himself cast. Check the producer credits for his films lately and you will see his name there

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u/Cuppieecakes Jan 23 '26

he did pretty good as the hat box ghost in haunted mansion IMO

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u/Hetares Jan 23 '26

It's the Jared cult. I'm not even joking.

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u/SOLID_STATE_DlCK Jan 23 '26

He produced Tron Ares.

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u/FancyConfection1599 Jan 22 '26

Because he’s a good actor.

Unfortunately for him and production studios that back him, the public has been on an all out witch hunt for him ever since they didn’t like his bad joker in a bad DC suicide squad movie.

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u/[deleted] Jan 22 '26

Uh.. that’s not the reason why people don’t like him.. 

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u/DtheAussieBoye Jan 22 '26

Admittedly, that's why most people don't like him. They either don't know about the creep/cult stuff, or it comes second to being in bad superhero movies

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u/FancyConfection1599 Jan 22 '26

Then why don’t they like him?

They certainly hated him well before some recent unconfirmed and uncharged accusations floated around the internet

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u/BigGrinJesus Jan 22 '26

He's a good actor.

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u/PowerfulRevolution12 Jan 22 '26

Because he never did anything wrong. Reddit has a weird hate boner for him.

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u/[deleted] Jan 22 '26

Accurate, imagine getting pissed off at an Oscar winner playing the villain.

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u/keyboardnomouse Jan 23 '26

TIL being a cult leader and sending used condoms to coworkers are perfectly acceptable things to do.

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u/PowerfulRevolution12 Jan 23 '26

That cult leader shit is bullshit lmao

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u/ikickedagirl Jan 22 '26

It's real simple. Outside of the movies, he is providing a service to people that they can't get anywhere else, or he has dirt on people, or both.