Det kommer ju att komma en ny rulle om 80-talsfiguren He-Man och hans vänner, det vet vi. Men det kommer inte att vara den film som Kick Ass 2-regissören Jeff Wadlow hade skrivit eftersom filmbolaget valde att slunga hans manus i papperskorgen. Nu har dock Jeff berättat för Collider att hans berättelse kändes väldigt mycket som Guardians of the Galaxy samt Thor: Ragnarok, långt innan de filmerna ens var påtänkta. Något som gjort att han övergett storstudio-världen och nu uteslutande arbetar med Blumhouse Productions som på flera sätt revolutionerat hur man gör Hollywood-film i modern tid.
"I had a really irreverent take on Masters of the Universe, and the studio, at the time, was very focused on a Game of Thrones/Lord of the Rings take. I love He-Man. I still have all my original figures from the '80s. That's how I got the job. I brought them in and put them on the table and was like, 'This is why I'm a director!' I wrote a scene where Prince Adam meets Ram Man and says to him, 'So, they call you Ram Man, huh?' And he's like, 'Yeah.' And he goes, 'Do you like that name?' And Ram Man goes, 'I'm owning it.' So, there was an irreverence to it, but at the time, that just didn't gel with what they wanted to do.
"It's interesting now, with Thor: Ragnarok and Guardians of the Galaxy. I think that's sort of what I was trying to do, but either I was too early or they just never saw it that way. That's the weird thing about making movies in the studio system. You can have a take and a real point of view, but if it doesn't line up with the point of view of the people who are writing the checks, it doesn't matter. That's why working with Jason Blum has been so fantastic. He's changing the way that movies are made. He's basically saying, 'As long as we keep the budget down, it doesn't matter what I think. I want you to do what you think is best.'" Länk
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