We know what you’re thinking. Sure, the big-budget superhero genre has grown over the last decade, but what we really need is one more. Just one more, then we’ll be off of them for good and go back to British slow-burn dramas wherein dark family secrets kept across generations unravel in spectacularly dry fashion.
And if there was one superhero story worthy of the silver screen, it’s the most homoerotic of them all, He-Man.
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Sony has announced that in its upcoming Masters of the Universe live-action film, Calvin Klein wearer Noah Centineo will don He-Man’s iconic circuit party harness and speedo to bring him to life.
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While nobody is arguing that Noah isn’t aesthetically pleasing, you have to wonder what his bulking regimen will be as he prepares to take on his most muscular character yet.
For reference, here’s his recent CK ad:
And here’s He-Man:
“Yes, Yeah yeah yeah yeah. Masters of the Universe! I have an affinity for being in my underwear,” Centineo said on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon Monday while promoting his film Perfect Date. “Thank you. Thank you so much. I’m very excited. It’s a great opportunity.”
Masters of the Universe is slated to be directed by Aaron and Adam Nee and produced by David Goyer. Matt Holloway and Art Marcum, who wrote the Iron Man screenplays, will tackle the script.
No theatrical release date has been announced, so in the meantime, here’s some more of its star, Noah Centineo:
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WillParkinson
I don’t see it, but if he can pull it off, more power to him.
jjose712
I hear about him in a lot of gay sites. I know he is famous for his roles in teen rom coms on Netflix.
I hope he is at least gay friendly because i’m a little tired of gay sites promoting straight actors who are not exactly allies
ingyaom
Good luck with that.
tommyboy5023
He is a cute enough kid. I look forward to the set pictures and possible music video. But, I recently saw a very cheesy 80s version of MotU. It has yet to be a fully fleshed out character for a whole movie. As usual, it will come down to ifs it decent script or not.
MacAdvisor
Mr. Centineo is a very attractive man, full of vitality and sensuality. However, He-Man is very broad in the shoulders, something Mr. Centineo is not. He has narrow shoulders. Narrow shoulders are great for Italian suits, but they are not He-Man.
Billy Budd
Very nicely put.
Bromancer7
Nonsense. Google pictures of Henry Cavill, Chris Hemsworth, The Rock, and Jason Momoa when they were younger, before packing on the muscle. They all look just like Noah.
Kerkyon
Meh!
BUMC Member
Noah started in the very gay friendly show The Fosters (a lesbian couple raising a number of foster children). So he has some gay street cred. However, in the tv series , he was a HORRIBLE actor. But then what do y’all u expect for He-Man…
dwes09
Masters of the Universe pretty much requires horrible actors. None of the voice over people in the cartoon could “act their way out of a paper bag.” Its entertainment value to anyone who was older than 7 or 8 was how awful it was.
Think of the intentionally bad acting and grotesque foley work on “Young Hercules” (which had a very young Ryan Gosling and a bunch of other tender beefcake not even trying to act).
Prax07
I just can’t see this kid as He-Man. It’d be like casting him to play Arnold in his body building prime. Yeah, he can possibly bulk up, but he’s definitely never going to ever look like He-Man.
jasentylar
Noah has a Netflix contract out of this world. He’s contracted to do a sequel to All the Boys I’ve Loved and I don’t see how he’ll be able to explain that kind of muscle mass needed for He-Man. He is cute, but no. He-Man is not for him.
scotty
just because you can does not mean you should.