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"Jon M Chu has opened up about his role as director on the proposed Masters of the Universe movie reboot. The G.I. Joe: Retaliation helmer explained that he was attracted to the project by the strength of its screenplay, describing it as a &amp;quot;fresh&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;unexpected&amp;quot; take on the property.   &amp;quot;I was approached about doing a Masters of the Universe movie and while at first I was sceptical,&amp;quot; Chu told Celebuzz, &amp;quot;I read the script and I was blown away. I had no idea what to expect but it was such a fresh, unexpected approach I was immediately intrigued.  &amp;quot;I never expected to connect on a human level to a MOTU movie but I really plugged in emotionally. That alone got me excited to see what we could do with the property.&amp;quot; Chu went on to say that the project is slowly moving forward with him and his team discussing tone and style. He also confessed to being a big fan of the original Mattel toy line. &amp;gt; Channing Tatum should play He-Man, says Dolph Lundgren He added: &amp;quot;I loved the toys growing up. I had Grayskull, I had BattleCat/Cringer, I had Stratos and Orko and obviously He-Man and Skeletor. I also watched the cartoon a lot growing up.  &amp;quot;This is my era, so going to Mattel to visit their headquarters was like walking into a childhood fantasy. For every MOTU fan out there, it felt like it was time and I wanted to make sure to protect it in the process.&amp;quot; G.I. Joe: Retaliation is to be released in March next year after being delayed from this summer. Watch a trailer below:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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