Vexing news of the month: He-man is back. Again.

[MonkeyFunk]

http://uk.movies.ign.com/articles/791/791404p1.html

Variety says this He-Man, to be scripted by Justin Marks from an idea by Marks and co-producer Neil Ellice, "was pitched to the studio and Mattel as a classic good vs. evil battle, using the kind of visual effects strategy employed in 300. A warrior is touted as the last hope of a magical land called Eternia, which is being ravaged by technology and a despotic ruler named Skeletor. Many of the characters in the universe will be informed by the four different cartoon series done since the 1980s."

Oh, for pity's sake, why can't somebody revive Dangermouse or Arthur and the Square Knights?

[GrafSpee]

Because Dangermouse or Arthur and the Square Knights were fairly obscure compared to He-Man. A lot of kids watched He-Man when it was on (...I was in my 30s when it was on the 80s, so I didn't care much for it...). The producers of any He-Man movie would hope to draw in some of that crowd (as well as a new generation of He-Man watchers).

[MonkeyFunk]

I dunno - I mean, Biker Mice from friggin' Mars was revived, and Dangermouse is easily better known than that (in its home country, at least).

A while back I think there was word of a Jamie and the Magic Torch movie... shame that doesn't seem to have come to fruition.