{"id":690765,"date":"2026-05-24T04:03:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T04:03:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/690765\/"},"modified":"2026-05-24T04:03:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T04:03:12","slug":"leto-not-thrilled-with-masters-of-the-universe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/690765\/","title":{"rendered":"Leto Not Thrilled With &#8220;Masters of the Universe&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/leto-not-thrilled-with-masters-of-the-universe.jpg\" data-caption=\"Amazon MGM Studios\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/leto-not-thrilled-with-masters-of-the-universe.jpg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"leto-not-thrilled-with-masters-of-the-universe\"\/><\/a>Amazon MGM Studios<\/p>\n<p>Jared Leto, who voices Skeletor in the upcoming live-action \u201cMasters of the Universe\u201d film, is reportedly \u2018not thrilled\u2019 about the film or his absence from the movie\u2019s marketing push.<\/p>\n<p>Fans of the film have noticed Leto\u2019s conspicuous lack of promotion of the movie \u2013 he didn\u2019t attend the recent LA world premiere, wasn\u2019t on hand at CinemaCon or Comic Con and has done no promotional push for the film through his social media.<\/p>\n<p>A new report from <a href=\"https:\/\/puck.news\/what-im-hearing-at-5-100-industry-sources-weigh-in\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Puck News<\/a> (via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.avclub.com\/jared-leto-skeletor-masters-of-the-universe-promo-tour-missing\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">AV Club<\/a>) adds that Leto \u201cwasn\u2019t thrilled\u201d with the film but not for the reasons you might expect.<\/p>\n<p>They indicate that Leto was reportedly paid $5 million for the role and, at Amazon\u2019s request, is complying with remaining silent about his involvement with the film.<\/p>\n<p>Leto\u2019s participation in a project isn\u2019t a selling point these days after a series of high-profile flops in recent years, including \u201cTRON: Ares\u201d and \u201cMorbius,\u201d not to mention headlines about inappropriate behaviour that emerged last year.<\/p>\n<p>Nonetheless, reviews have praised Leto\u2019s work in the film and indicate his Skeletor is one of the highlights.  The film is set to open in cinemas on June 5th.<\/p>\n<p>Previous article<a href=\"https:\/\/www.darkhorizons.com\/heat-2-targets-7-month-shoot-this-fall\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cHeat 2\u201d Targets 7-Month Shoot This Fall<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Next article<a href=\"https:\/\/www.darkhorizons.com\/fjord-wins-the-top-prize-at-cannes\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cFjord\u201d Wins The Top Prize At Cannes<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Amazon MGM Studios Jared Leto, who voices Skeletor in the upcoming live-action \u201cMasters of the Universe\u201d film, is&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":690766,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[64,63,142132,134],"class_list":["post-690765","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-bigslider","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/690765","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=690765"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/690765\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/690766"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=690765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=690765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=690765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}