Travis Knight
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Sep 13, 2026
Will CollinsHOST
Oh, the Avatar guy.
Will CollinsHOST
Travis Knight is his name.
Will CollinsHOST
Yeah.
Kevin LehaneHOST
Yeah, yeah.
Will CollinsHOST
Shoe Dog, I think it's called.
Will CollinsHOST
Something like that.
Will CollinsHOST
it's a brilliant book so he directed this as well so Travis Knight has directed this he also did Bumblebee which was actually decent no it wasn't I watched Bumblebee I
Kevin LehaneHOST
thought it was really poor
Neil GregoryHOST
Well, talking of adapting books, next up we have from director and one-time rapper Chitty T.
Neil GregoryHOST
Sorry, that's Travis Knight to you and me.
Neil GregoryHOST
Oh, it rhymes.
Neil GregoryHOST
I didn't even plan that.
Neil GregoryHOST
He buys you an animation studio and you use your money for good to support stop motion animation.
Neil GregoryHOST
So, yay.
Neil GregoryHOST
Yay, Travis Knight.
Neil GregoryHOST
One of the good billionaire sons out there.
JimHOST
Masters of the Universe was released theatrically on June 5th, 2026.
JimHOST
It was directed by Travis Knight, who previously directed Bumblebee and Kubo and the Two Strings.
JimHOST
And honestly, that made me more interested right away, because Knight has demonstrated already that he can take material that could easily become ridiculous and give it some actual heart.
JimHOST
This is a science fiction fantasy action adventure based on Mattel's Masters of the Universe franchise.
Corey ColemanHOST
Laika? Laika? I'm gonna say Laika.
Corey ColemanHOST
Yeah, Wildwood is the latest from Travis Knight.
Corey ColemanHOST
Travis Knight...
Corey ColemanHOST
So if you don't know Travis Knight, Travis Knight just did...
Corey ColemanHOST
He was the director of He-Man, the He-Man movie that just came out.
Corey ColemanHOST
But his real strength is when he's doing stop-motion animated films with... with Leica Studios.
Corey ColemanHOST
And this looks incredible.
Corey ColemanHOST
I wish I could play some sound for you, but yeah.
Cati GlidewellGUEST
All right.
Cati GlidewellGUEST
Masters of the Universe, directed by Travis Knight, starring Nicholas Galitzine, Camila Mendes, Idris Elba, and someone that I did not know was in this film because I do not watch trailers.
Cati GlidewellGUEST
I do not watch anything about this.
Cati GlidewellGUEST
All I know is that I wrote down in this film that That this guy is having one hell of a good time playing Skeletor.
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Don ShanahanHOST
often.
Will JohnsonHOST
And that's great.
Will JohnsonHOST
And this is probably the second time a Travis Knight directed film was able to steer an IP in a different direction because all the Michael Bay Transformer movies are terrible.
Will JohnsonHOST
And then Travis Knight directed Bumblebee and suddenly they became fun and engaging and exciting.
Justin ManciniHOST
Yeah.
Justin ManciniHOST
This is from Travis Knight, who, of course, is no stranger to Laika, the animation studio.
Justin ManciniHOST
He's actually the CEO.
Bill BodkinHOST
Did he do the Missing Link movie?
Mike SchubertHOST
Derek Fisher was 24.
Mike SchubertHOST
Travis Knight, 29.
Mike SchubertHOST
You know, so like, not, and then the second round, I, Moochie Norris, Drew Barry, not, nothing, nothing really standing out there.
Mike SchubertHOST
So it's not like a, oh man, what could have been.
Jon DrakeHOST
By August of 2018, the search for a director had been narrowed down.
Jon DrakeHOST
The names included Chloé Zhao; Nicole Kassell, who was more of a TV director, but had also directed the excellent 2004 Kevin Bacon drama, The Woodsman; Bumblebee and eventual Masters of the Universe director, Travis Knight; and Colombian filmmaking duo, Cristina Gallego and Ciro Guerra.
Jon DrakeHOST
Zhao had also been on the short list to direct Black Widow, but narrowly missed out, and she was announced as the Eternals director in September of 2018.
Jon DrakeHOST
At the time of her announcement, Zhao had only directed two movies: the 2015 drama, Songs My Brothers Taught Me, and the 2017 neo-western, The Rider.
KneonHOST
record of left-wing corporate act activism.
KneonHOST
You know, what's weird about this though, is they go after the CEO because he backs Republicans and his son runs, uh, like a studios, which stop motion studios, Travis Knight.
KneonHOST
And he's the one who did masters of the universe and they were having a shit fit.
KneonHOST
about that because they're like, he's a right wing bigot.
KneonHOST
Record of left-wing corporate act activism.
KneonHOST
You know, what's weird about this though, is they go after the CEO because he backs Republicans and his son runs, uh, like a studios, which stop motion studios, Travis Knight.
KneonHOST
And he's the one who did masters of the universe and they were having a shit fit.
KneonHOST
about that because they're like, he's a right wing bigot.
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