It looks like our excitement was for naught, we get the sombre news from moviesonline:
A rumor has been running the web that Brad Pitt will be playing He-Man. His publicist has come out and categorically denied that Brad Pitt has anything to do with the He-Man movie, role, catering, or cleaning. Ok so maybe not all those things, but you get the idea. Brad Pitt is not involved. You will recall that back in the day John Woo was attached to this film but left it. Other rumored people to play He-Man are The Rock and Gerard Butler.
This sucks. Rumors live and die fast on the net, this is one that I wish were true. I guess He-Man remains a mystery and we will have to be on the lookout to see if this movie will ever happen. I guess as long as the rumors keep coming it will be alive in our hearts.