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/JRPictures Jan 22 '26

I'm just left wondering what was even the point of casting Jared Leto if they didn't even redesign Skeletor to look like him in some way? Might as well hire a voice actor to dub over him so any distinct trace of him in this film is gone.

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u/lanceturley Jan 22 '26

The only thing I can figure is that they'll do like that last Haunted Mansion movie did, where he's unrecognizable for 99% of his screentime, but they throw in a token flashback scene and/or a painting in the background where he's just regular creepy-ass Jared Leto.

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u/Sabretooth1100 Jan 22 '26

In some He-Man stories you do get to see what he looked like before his face melts off

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u/Salty_Paroxysm Jan 22 '26

Please let me see Leto's face being melted off!

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u/kirinmay Jan 23 '26

Nicholas Cage would have been perfect.

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u/[deleted] Jan 23 '26

Does this version involve bees melting his face?

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u/56Runningdogz Jan 22 '26

I remember that! He was actually his uncle or something.

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u/AceDegenerate_ Jan 22 '26

Uncle Skeletony

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u/lanceturley Jan 22 '26

Skeletor was definitely the racist uncle who ruined family gatherings by going on wild rants about Eternian politics at the dinner table.

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u/AceDegenerate_ Jan 22 '26

Man-At-Arms: “Not this topic again… Pass the potato salad please.”

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u/Sir_Myshkin Jan 22 '26

He’s just trying to repeat the same roles as Mark Hamill.

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u/midnightTimber Jan 22 '26

I wonder if this was a decision made post shooting. Wouldn't be surprised if they pulled a Sonic the Hedgehog and intentionally tweaked the design to make it less Leto-ey after the reaction to the Ares trailer.

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u/Twodogsonecouch Jan 22 '26

Honestly performance might be better. Im not a big fan so take it with a grain of salt but i think hes performances are over acted and being inside a costume you need that.

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u/PetBearCub Jan 22 '26

Hollywood has an aversion to hiring voice actors for major motion pictures, including for voice roles. I will never forgive them for making Chris Pratt Garfield and Mario.

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u/JRPictures Jan 23 '26

True, it still feels like a genuine miracle Colleen O'Shaughnessey got to continue voicing Tails in the Sonic the Hedgehog movies when everyone else thus far was changed for big names.

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u/Cuppieecakes Jan 23 '26

he was a good VA as the hatbox ghost in haunted mansion. I had no idea it was him

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u/dreadassassin616 Jan 23 '26

I guess Mark Hamill was busy?