'The movie has tremendous heart': We sat down with the director of 'Masters of the Universe' to learn how he found 'the power' for the new He-Man

" Masters of the Universe " brings He-Man to life for a new generation, and director Travis Knight is taking this responsibility seriously. "It is very personal to so many people," Knight told Space. "He-Man has been around for over 40 years; it's a huge part of many people's childhood, including myself." "You always feel pressure when you're doing something like this," Knight added. With his lifelong connection to He-Man and understanding of this film's importance, Knight takes on making the first He-Man movie since the 1980s. He-Man began in the early 1980s as a character created by Mark Taylor for Mattel, which sold He-Man action figures packaged with mini-comics as part of a "Masters of the Universe" toy series. The figurines were an instant phenomenon, and, over the decades, the He-Man-verse grew with comics, an incredibly popular animated television show, a live-action movie, and more.