Grayskull
 

Warner Bros. has hired a new writer for their upcoming He-Man movie - Grayskull.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, the studio has hired newcomer Evan Daugherty, who only has one writer/director/editor credit on IMDB - a short film called Rusty Forkblade. Apparently he won the gig of the back of a well-regarded unproduced screenplay that did the rounds in Hollywood called Shrapnel.

Warner's vision for the project is a drastic re-imagining of Mattel's Masters of the Universe toy line and cartoon.

The original TV Show revolved around blonde warrior prince Adam, who turned into the heroic He-Man to defend the planet Eternia from the evil Skeletor.

The big-screen version is set to be a gritty fantasy, and will see Adam as a soldier transported to Eternia, where he finds that Skeletor has raised a technological army hell-bent on eradicating magic.

John Stevenson (Kung Fu Panda), is already onboard to direct, while Justin Marks (Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li) wrote the first draft of the script.