Sony Hires New Writer For ‘Masters Of The Universe’

Variety reports that Sony Pictures and Escape Artists have hired Richard Wenk (co-writer of The Expendables 2) to rewrite their He-Man pic, Masters Of The Universe. Alex Litvak and Mike Finch wrote the initial draft of the script, which was originally titled “Grayskull”.

Wenk has most recently penned the script for Sony’s The Equalizer, which is a big screen remake of the television series that will star Denzel Washington. He has also worked on many action-based scripts, so don’t worry about the action in this flick, which also include 16 Blocks and The Mechanic. Jon M. Chu (GI Joe: Retaliation) is set to direct the movie which “follows a young prince who becomes a warrior and sets out to defeat the evil Skeletor and fulfill his destiny as He-Man”. Let’s see if they can make a legit flick out of a somewhat cheesy property.