Heat Vision is reporting that Mike Finch and Alex Litvak are going to write Masters of the Universe for Columbia. They wrote the screenplay for the upcoming Predators movie coming out in July. The duo has attempted to balance a treatment that would convince the studio it was cinematic and keep the Mattel, who has final story approval, satisfied that its characters were being portrayed appropriately.
This is the first big move since Columbia Pictures picked up the property late last year. Mattel and Warner Brothers parted ways after the sides couldn't agree on a creative vision. While at Warners,
Masters went through several writers and in latter stages had John Stevenson, who co-helmed
Kung Fu Panda, attached to direct.