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Saturday, December 21, 2024

Jared Leto is ‘Skeletor’


After taking on ‘evil’ movie roles, including the deranged ‘Joker’ in “Suicide Squad” (2016) and the living vampire in “Morbius” (2022), actor Jared Leto will next play the wise-cracking sorcerer ‘Skeletor’ in the upcoming live-action heroic fantasy feature, “Masters of the Universe”, to be directed by Travis Knight:


“…the main antagonist of the ‘Masters of the Universe’ franchise created by Mattel, ‘Skeletor’ is the archenemy of ‘He-Man’…


“…depicted as a skull-faced, blue-skinned sorcerer. 


“In the beginning, Skeletor seeks to discover the secrets of ‘Castle Grayskull’…


“…which he believes will allow him to conquer the planet of ‘Eternia’ to become the Master of the Universe.


In the 1980’s Filmation animated TV series, Skeletor is a former pupil of ‘Hordak’, the high-ranking commander of the ‘Evil Horde’. 


“When Hordak invaded Eternia and kidnapped the baby ‘Princess Adora’ from the palace, ‘Man-At-Arms’ and the ‘Royal Guard’ captured his apprentice Skeletor…


“…and forced him to divulge the whereabouts of his master, who had retreated to his base of operations, ‘Snake Mountain’.


“After being cornered, Hordak escaped to Eternia with Adora through a dimensional portal, raising an army of minions and becoming ruler of Snake Mountain. 


Now, Skeletor needs to conquer the fortress of Castle Grayskull, from which He-Man draws his powers…”


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