The He-Man project lands a new scribe

Posted on May 14, 2009
Filed Under Actors, Adaptation, Directors, TV show

Many of you out there grew up in the 70′s, just like me. And if you’re man like me, you probably owned a “He-Man” action figure (it’s not a doll…) or at least knew someone who had one. And most certainly you watched the not so brilliant movie adaptation “Masters of the Universe” starring as He-Man. But that’s all in the past now and as some of you know there is a new adaptation cooking in Hollywood. Why? I really can’t say. Maybe because the 1987 version sucked so badly and now some studio exec. wants to try again. Or something. I really don’t think that the young movie goers have any real interest in He-Man and his arch enemy Skeletor. And the rest of us have moved on.

Anyway, The Hollywood Reporter writes that rookie scribe Evan Daugherty comes aboard He-Man project and is now about to to pen the latest draft of “Grayskull.” Justin Marks penned the previous draft (which apparently wasn’t good enough). Landing “Grayskull” is a huge coup for Daugherty, whose only writing credit is the screenplay “Shrapnel.” Daugherty wrote the script to earn an NYU film-school grant. He was living at his parents’ home at the time and paying bills by doing freelance video editing. Daugherty didn’t get the grant but entered an obscure screenwriting contest called Script Pimp, where he caught the attention of Jake Wagner of management firm Energy Entertainment. And here we are now.

John Stevenson (“Kung Fu Panda“) is attached to direct the adaptation ot the show, which followed a blond warrior named Prince Adam who, when uttering the magic words, “By the power of Grayskull — I have the power,” turned into the heroic He-Man. He and his allies — Battle Cat, Man-at-Arms and Orko — defended their planet Eternia from the evil forces of Skeletor, who tried week after week to conquer the fortress Castle Grayskull, which imbued He-Man with his powers.

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