Masters of the Universe Movie Finally Unleashes a Powerful He-Man Villain
Beast Man is officially stomping into the live-action Masters of the Universe, confirmed after a motion-capture performer was spotted on the London set as the film powers through post-production.
Well, that mystery mo-cap monster spotted chasing people through London last summer? It was exactly who you thought. Beast Man is officially in the live-action Masters of the Universe movie, and he is not a small presence.
So who was in the dots-covered suit?
Per a new report from HeMania.com, the actor filmed in London wearing a full motion-capture rig was portraying Beast Man. That confirmation puts a bow on months of speculation kicked off by on-set footage of the mo-cap performer barreling after Nicholas Galitzine and Camila Mendes during location shoots. For anyone keeping track: Galitzine is playing Prince Adam and Mendes is Teela.
What this does to the villain picture
Early on, a lot of folks assumed Hafthor Bjornsson’s Goat Man would be the main heavy. The latest reporting shifts that expectation. Beast Man is being realized at a larger, more imposing scale than many anticipated, with creature design that looks significantly beefed up from the classic version. Translation: expect Beast Man to be big.
The story they are telling
The film follows a young Prince Adam who crash-lands on Earth and loses the Power Sword. Nearly 20 years later, he finds it again, gets pulled back to Eternia, and has to face down Skeletor while piecing together a history he can’t remember. It’s a clean setup: fish out of water, then thrown back into the deep end.
Cast check
- Nicholas Galitzine as Prince Adam
- Camila Mendes as Teela
- Idris Elba as Man-At-Arms
- Morena Baccarin as The Sorceress
- James Purefoy as King Randor
- Charlotte Riley as Queen Marlena
- Alison Brie as Evil-Lyn
- Hafthor Bjornsson as Goat Man
- Sam C. Wilson as Trap Jaw
- Kojo Attah as Tri-Klops
- Jon Xue Zhang as Ram-Man
- Beast Man appears via performance capture; the performer has not been publicly identified
Where things stand
Post-production is underway, with the first teaser expected soon. Masters of the Universe is dated for June 5, 2026.
For the paper trail people: the Beast Man confirmation comes via HeMania.com, with the initial chatter surfacing through a report by Disheeta Maheshwari at SuperHeroHype.