Rookie Writer Summons The Power of GRAYSKULL — Evan Daugherty is living the dream…of a man with furry underwear summoning special powers
Written by Matt Goldberg
I don’t know what screenwriters aspire to. Clearly, it depends on the screenwriter, but I wonder how many lay awake at night and think to him or herself, “I wish I had the chance to re-adapt the cartoon ‘Masters of the Universe’ into a live-action film because I could really capitalize on some goofy nostalgia.” Whether Evan Daugherty had that dream or not is unknown but he will be coming on board to rewrite Justin Marks’ (who, as the go-to guy for “Street Fighter”, “Voltron”, and “Shadow of the Colossus” probably did have that dream) script for “Grayskull” because you don’t want to your movie about He-man to sound un-cool with a title like “Masters of the Universe”.
According to The Hollywood Reporter (who act like Daugherty committed the artistic crime of the century by getting this job; he’s …