Noah Centineo signs on to play He-Man in long-awaited Masters of the Universe ...

Noah Centineo signs on to play He-Man in long-awaited Masters of the Universe movie reboot

By Brian Gallagher For Dailymail.com

Published: 00:00 GMT, 21 March 2019 | Updated: 00:00 GMT, 21 March 2019

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Rising star Noah Centineo has just landed his biggest role yet, figuratively and literally.

The 22-year-old actor is in talks to play He-Man in Sony Pictures and Mattel Films' Masters of the Universe live-action reboot, according to The Wrap. 

Centineo recently worked with Sony Pictures on another reboot, Charlies Angels, with Variety reporting the studio was 'eager' to work with him again.

New He-Man: Noah Centineo is in talks to play He-Man in Sony and Mattel's new Masters of the Universe reboot

New He-Man: Noah Centineo is in talks to play He-Man in Sony and Mattel's new Masters of the Universe reboot

The movie is based on Mattel's now-iconic toy line, which spawned the 1983 animated series He-Man and the Masters of the Universe.

The toy line also spawned the 1987 live-action movie Masters of the Universe, where Dolph Lundgren starred as He-Man and Frank Langella played his nemesis Skeletor.

That movie also marked the feature film debut of a young Courteney Cox, who played Julie Winston. 

Animated series: The movie is based on Mattel's now-iconic toy line, which spawned the 1983 animated series He-Man and the Masters of the Universe

Animated series: The movie is based on Mattel's now-iconic toy line, which spawned the 1983 animated series He-Man and the Masters of the Universe

The original animated series was set in the mystical land of Eternia, where He-Man and his warriors

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