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Actor Jason Momoa (“Aquaman”) has agreed to appear as DC Comics alien character ‘Lobo’ in the prepping feature “Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow”, directed by Craig Gillespie, starring Milly Alcock:

‘Lobo’ was created by Roger Slifer and Keith Giffen, debuting in DC Comics' "Omega Men" #3 (June 1983)…

“…as an alien 'interstellar mercenary' and bounty hunter.

Although introduced as a villain, the character was revived as an anti-hero biker in the early 1990's…

… intended as an over-the-top parody of Marvel Comics’ “Wolverine”.

"I have no idea why ‘Lobo’ took off," said Giffen.

"I came up with him as an indictment of the ‘Punisher’, ‘Wolverine’ hero prototype…

“…and somehow he caught on as a poster boy..."

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After years of rumors and wishful thinking from fans and Jason Momoa himself, Jason Momoa has been cast to play the Main Man, Lobo.

Jason Momoa posted to his Instagram, an image of a quote from himself back in 2023 during an interview he did with Fandango. The quote reads:

“So Lobo was… I collect comics, and I don’t do so much anymore, but he was always my favorite, and I always wanted to play Lobo, because I’m like, ‘Hello? It’s the perfect role,’” he said at the time. “I mean, listen. If they call and ask me to play him, it’s a f*ck yeah. I haven’t received that call, so I don’t want to put any fake news out there, but if they ever call me and ask to play, or ask me to audition, I’m there.”

The caption was simple: “They called.

It's official: Jason Momoa is returning to the DC Universe. Not as Aquaman, mind you, but as a legendary villain who has been threatening to make his big screen debut for a long, long time. The "Game of Thrones" and "Fast X" star is now officially set to play the baddie Lobo in the upcoming "Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow." This news was not only reported by Deadline, but it was also confirmed by the actor personally.

"Supergirl" is one of the core films in the Dcu reboot happening under the leadership of newly-minted DC Studios heads James Gunn and Peter Safran. It begins on the big screen, in earnest, with Gunn's "Superman" movie next summer, which recently released its first trailer. First announced early last year, "Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow" is due to begin filming in January 2025 and will seemingly pick up where "Superman" leaves off. Milly Alcock ("House of the Dragon...

Jason Momoa is staying in the DC Studios family.

The actor, who previously appeared as Aquaman in several DC comics films including two standalones, will co-star as Lobo the intergalactic bounty hunter in the upcoming “Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow.” Milly Alcock plays the title role, with direction being handled by Craig Gillespie. It’s currently scheduled to start shooting next month in London and Iceland and will be released on June 26, 2026.

Momoa had long lobbied to play the character, basically an outer space biker and who was created by Roger Slifer and Keith Giffen in “Omega Men” #3 back in June 1983. Over the years, various attempts at giving the character his own film have been mounted. In 2009 Guy Ritchie took on the project, with Brad Peyton and Joel Silver attempting the project in 2012 (with Dwayne Johnson in talks to play the character). As recently as 2018, Michael Bay looked to make the movie,...

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Jason Momoa is going from the ocean deep to the galactic highway when he steps into Lobo’s boots for Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow. Momoa has wanted to play Lobo for years, and his dream is finally coming true. Lobo, created by Roger Slifer and Keith Giffen, debuted in Omega Men #3 circa 1983. Lobo is a Czarnian bounty hunter who rides a motorcycle through the cosmos in search of his marks. Inspired by characters like Punisher and Wolverine, Lobo became DC’s poster boy for violence as fans warmed to his reckless nature and “rude dude” attitude.

This attempt is not the first at bringing the cigar-chomping Czarnian to the silver screen. Previously, Guy Ritchie and Brad Peyton tried to bring Lobo front and center, with Dwayne Johnson eyeing the role in Peyton’s version. Michael Bay also attempted to adapt the character, but the concept stalled before taking to the stars.

Jason Momoa, star of Warner Bros and DC’s Aquaman films, has been tapped to play Lobo in Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow, Deadline has confirmed.

Momoa has been linked to the Lobo role since before James Gunn came in to lead DC alongside Peter Safran. He’s been vocal in the past about his interest in the part and today confirmed his attachment to the role in a post on Instagram, where he screenshotted comments from a past interview.

“I collect comics, and I don’t do so much anymore, but was always my favorite, and I always wanted to play Lobo, because I’m like, ‘Hello? It’s the perfect role,'” said the actor. Momoa went on to say that should DC come around asking him to play Lobo, it would be “a f*ck yeah.” Alongside the Instagram screenshot, Momoa posted a caption this morning that reads,...

James Gunn will soon be launching his version of the DC Universe with David Corenswet as the Man of Steel, and with this will come along multiple other characters that were previously either left in the dark or left unexplored. One of these widely speculated characters includes Lobo as well, the villain widely rumored to be embodied by Jason Momoa.

Corenswet in and as Superman. | @jamesgunn/Ig.

While Momoa has been vocal about his heartiest desire to play this unhinged interstellar mercenary and bounty hunter, nothing has been confirmed about even the character’s debut in this respective rebooted super-verse. But this villain is actually so iconic with some truly scary powers that seeing him face Corenswet’s Man of Steel is all we want to see after this.

Lobo is Scarier Than Fans’ Wildest Imaginations

Of all the comic book characters in comics, perhaps none holds as scary powers as Lobo.

From left: The Amazing Spider-Man #21 (Cover art: Sujin Jo), Ben Reilly: Scarlet Spider #3, Spider-Punk Vol. 1 #1 (Cover art: Antonio Salvador Daniel)Graphic: The A.V. Club

This month, Madame Web arrives in theaters, giving the Sony Pictures Spider-Man-adjacent fictional universe yet another crew of characters to add to a growing arsenal that includes Venom,...

Welcome to the latest instalment of a brand-new feature here on Nerdly, where one of our comic gurus, Ian Wells, delves into comics history and dissects Comics Interview, the long-running journal of interviews and criticism from David Anthony Kraft.

A Yak with Dak

Dak uses the Upfront space to plug alternative/independent comics, whilst also going out of his way to say Comics Interview strives to include them. Personally, I feel he is selling himself short in that regard. In the eight issues I have looked at so far, I feel the alternatives/indies have had decent representation. Look at #6 you had Berke Breathed talking Bloom County right alongside huge fanboy porn in the shape of Jla vs The Avengers! Comico was featured last time out, and the comics of First have been featured. It would be interesting to see how the early days of those two, their success and...

Keith Giffen, the veteran comics author and artist who co-created characters such as DC’s Lobo and the Jamie Reyes version of the Blue Beetle as well as Marvel’s Rocket Raccoon, has died. He was 70.

Giffen’s family announced his death on Facebook Wednesday via a sardonic post pre-written by the comic book writer-artist: “I told them I was sick…Anything not to go to New York Comic Con, Thankx,’ adding “Bwah ha ha ha ha.”

His death was affirmed by longtime collaborator Paul Levitz. “The sad news is now official: Keith Giffen has gone off to create new worlds that are beyond our living reach,” Levitz wrote on Facebook. “Keith was probably the most fertile creative mind of our generation in comics. He had an infinite number of ideas, pouring constantly out.”

Levitz continued, “We did over 60 stories together. Many of them he made far better than they...

Keith Giffen, a veteran writer and artist whose work included DC’s Lobo and the Jamie Reyes version of the Blue Beetle and Marvel’s Rocket Raccoon, has died at the age of 70. His death was affirmed by longtime collaborator Paul Levitz on Facebook.

The family of the comics veteran announced his death on Facebook Wednesday via a sardonic post pre-written by Giffen: “I told them I was sick…Anything not to go to New York Comic Con, Thanx,” adding “Bwah ha ha ha ha.” A stroke was attributed as the cause of death.

“The sad news is now official: Keith Giffen has gone off to create new worlds that are beyond our living reach,” Levitz wrote. “Keith was probably the most fertile creative mind of our generation in comics. He had an infinite number of ideas, pouring constantly out. Many, thankfully, never saw print as wholly insane or inappropriate.

Keith Giffen, the longtime comics author and artist who co-created popular characters such as DC’s Lobo and the Jamie Reyes version of the Blue Beetle as well as Marvel’s Rocket Raccoon, has died. He was 70.

His family announced his death Wednesday on Facebook via a sardonic post pre-written by Giffen: “I told them I was sick…Anything not to go to New York Comic Con, Thanx,” adding “Bwah ha ha ha ha.”

The cause of death is being attributed to a stroke.

Giffen is best known for writing and drawing galaxy-spanning adventure book Legion of Super-Heroes in the 1980s and 1990s, at one point making the title one of DC’s top sellers. He was also the artist on early 1980s title Omega Men in which he and writer Roger Slifer introduced Lobo. At first a brutal villain, he was later turned into a parody of overly muscle-bound...

Welcome to this brand-new feature here on Nerdly, where one of our comic gurus, Ian Wells, delves into comics history and dissects Comics Interview, the long-running journal of interviews and criticism from David Anthony Kraft.

Credits

I am going to kick things off by delving into the credits box, just to do a quick round-up of who’s, who. Now this feature may not come back every week depending on how much the credits change issue to issue. If a new name crops up I will call them out and maybe with the people I can’t find anything about online I can find out about them with the reading of each issue. There is no better place to start than with the main man himself, David Anthony Kraft. Before publishing this very magazine we are about to dive into Kraft has a more than substantial body of work both...

One of the most rock n roll characters of the DC Universe, Lobo, gets a shining role in upcoming DC Animation Superman: Man of Tomorrow. Ahead of the digital release of the film on the 24th August, we wanted to provide you with a little insight into DC’s badass bounty hunter.

Character Creation

Lobo’s character was created by Roger Slifer and Keith Giffen, first appearing in 1983 in Omega Men #3. In the special feature Lobo: A Natural Force of Chaos attached to the Blu-ray edition of new film Superman: Man of Tomorrow, Lobo is described as the “natural force of chaos in all of us”. His muscular appearance is said to have been inspired by WWE and WWF wrestlers, whilst also portraying him as a metal rocker. The name Lobo roughly translates to “he who devours your entrails and thoroughly enjoys it” which totally represents his character!

The Last...

Syfy has set its sights on a DC Comics fan-favorite. Syfy and Warner Horizon Scripted Television confirm they are developing Lobo (working title), a live-action screen version of the intergalactic rogue. A deal is in place for Emmett J. Scanlan, who plays the character of Lobo in Krypton Season 2, to star in the project.

DC Comics fan-favorite Lobo is an indestructible deep-space bounty hunter who looks like a biker version of Beetlejuice, grouses like Wolverine, and has amassed an interstellar body count that would make The Mandalorian envious. In temperament and destructive power, Lobo is steroid-pumped Stich (of Lili & Stich) equipped with Mad Max sensibilities. He’s typically drenched in both sarcasm and blood, sharing many of the profane and lethal attributes of Fox’s Deadpool character.

Based on the characters from DC, this spinoff of Krypton, which premieres its second season tonight and chronicles the events on Superman’s...

A couple of months ago, it was reported that DC’s intergalactic bounty hunter Lobo would be coming to the second season of the Syfy series Krypton. We’ve now learned that Emmett J. Scanlan has been cast to take on the iconic role of the DC character. This will be a recurring role for him.

Lobo was created in 1984 by Roger Slifer and Keith Giffen. He is a blue-skinned, 7-foot-tall, heavily muscled anti-hero alien who works as an interstellar mercenary and bounty hunter and drives a space-faring motorcycle across the universe. I should probably also mention that he murdered his entire species. He has superhuman strength and is virtually immortal.

I’m not really familiar with Scanlan’s work, but he appeared in Netflix's Safe, opposite Michael C. Hall, and The Fall, with Gillian Anderson and Jamie Dornan. He was last seen in Guardians of the Galaxy.

DC Entertainment...

During the Comic-Con Panel for the Syfy series Krypton, DC Entertainment announced that the intergalactic bounty hunter Lobo would be coming to the series and that he will be the big bad villain for the upcoming season! They still have yet to cast an actor in the role, but this is certainly going to make the series a lot more interesting. It was definitely a surprise announcement that I wasn't expecting.

It looks like I'm going to have to finally finish watching Season 1. This has been a decent series, it just one of those series that I'm slowly making my way through.

Lobo is a blue-skinned, 7-foot-tall, heavily muscled anti-hero alien who works as an interstellar mercenary and bounty hunter and drives a space-faring motorcycle across the universe. He was created in 1984 by Roger Slifer and Keith Giffen.

DC Entertainment is also looking to make a movie set around the...

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Krypton Season 2 is bringing a Constantine vet back to play Lobo.

Krypton Season 2 is introducing Lobo. He'll be played by Emmett J. Scanlan (who portrayed Jim Corrigan on Constantine) will play the ruthless bounty hunter.

Lobo was created by Keith Giffen and Roger Slifer in the pages of Omega Men back in 1983. The character made the move from generic to a parody of '90s comics, thanks to the work of Giffen, Alan Grant, and Simon Bisley in Lobo: The Last Czarnian.

Lobo is the last of his race, the Czarnians, who murdered all of his fellow Czarnians mostly for the hell of it. He has at various times been contracted to kill Santa Claus, all of his children, criminals, and to find a murderer hiding in a planet-sized brothel by pleasing all of the women there until he can complete his mission. His presence...

Jim Dandy Mike Cecchini Oct 4, 2018

Krypton Season 2 is bringing a Constantine vet back to play Lobo.

Krypton Season 2 is introducing Lobo. He'll be played by Emmett J. Scanlan (who portrayed Jim Corrigan on Constantine) will play the ruthless bounty hunter.

Lobo was created by Keith Giffen and Roger Slifer in the pages of Omega Men back in 1983. The character made the move from generic to a parody of '90s comics, thanks to the work of Giffen, Alan Grant, and Simon Bisley in Lobo: The Last Czarnian.

Lobo is the last of his race, the Czarnians, who murdered all of his fellow Czarnians mostly for the hell of it. He has at various times been contracted to kill Santa Claus, all of his children, criminals, and to find a murderer hiding in a planet-sized brothel by pleasing all of the women there until he can complete his mission. His presence...

"Transformers" director Michael Bay is interested in directing a live-action feature, adapting DC Comics' comedic, super-powered, inter-stellar mercenary character "Lobo", with a screenplay based on the "Lobo" 1990's comic book run by Keith Giffen and Alan Grant :

Created by Roger Slifer and Keith Giffen, the alien Lobo first appeared in DC Comics' "Omega Men" #3 (June 1983), working as a bounty hunter.

"I have no idea why 'Lobo' took off," co-creator Giffen said. "I came up with him as an indictment of the 'Punisher', 'Wolverine', hero prototype and somehow he caught on as a poster boy..."

Initially introduced as a villain, the character evolved into an anti-hero biker and over-the-top parody of various superheroes.

Lobo has extraordinary strength of undefined limits, possessing superhuman durability, able to survive unprotected in deep space and withstand powerful explosive blasts without sustaining injury. An accelerated healing factor enables him to regenerate with efficiency and little pain,...

"Transformers" director Michael Bay has shown 'some interest' in directing a live-action feature, adapting DC Comics' comedic, super-powered, inter-stellar mercenary character "Lobo":

Created by Roger Slifer and Keith Giffen, the alien Lobo first appeared in DC Comics' "Omega Men" #3 (June 1983), working as a bounty hunter.

"I have no idea why 'Lobo' took off," co-creator Giffen said. "I came up with him as an indictment of the 'Punisher', 'Wolverine', hero prototype and somehow he caught on as a poster boy..."

Initially introduced as a villain, the character evolved into an anti-hero biker and over-the-top parody of various superheroes.

Lobo has extraordinary strength of undefined limits, possessing superhuman durability, able to survive unprotected in deep space and withstand powerful explosive blasts without sustaining injury. An accelerated healing factor enables him to regenerate with efficiency and little pain, as he is functionally immortal, immune to the effects of aging.

Lobo also...

Prepare to light 1,000 gallons of gasoline on fire because Warner Bros. may be hiring Michael Bay to direct Lobo!

Believe it or not, Michael Bay has never directed a superhero film.  Crazy, right?  Giant explosions, supernatural abilities, over the top action, seems like it would be right up his alley.  Well, according to a new report by The Wrap, Warner Bros. is hoping that the Transformers director will make his superhero cinematic debut with DC's anti-hero, Lobo.

Warner Bros. has tried to make a movie for the 7 foot tall blue mercenary since 2009, but have been stalled along the way.  Initially, Guy Ritchie was attached to the project, using a screenplay by the late Don Payne.  Then, it went into the hands of San Andreas director Brad Peyton.  WB is working feverishly to make Bay the one to finally put the loudmouth biker on the big screen.  They've even gone...

This is the final part of my conversation with comics writer Robert Loren Fleming on the tragic backstory and forgotten history of DC’s Thriller comic book series. As I explained last week, this is actually an addendum to my recent article on this 80s cult favorite in TwoMorrow’s Back Issue Magazine.

Thriller was poised to be the next big thing from DC, but it seemed like many forces conspired against it. Despite it all, Thriller achieved a certain status. How did so many things go off the rails? The behind the scenes stories are as fascinating as the story between the covers.

Hazing, Publishing Style

There were some difficult things going on backstage at DC in those days. One of the uglier things was the hazing. It included everything from ripping up freelancers checks to harassing a female worker to the point where she was ready to clobber...

DC's answer to Marvel's Deadpool, Lobo, was thought to be long dead.  However, that has all changed as they have now hired a writer to handle the Lobo movie!  Come inside to find out who!

Ever since Deadpool was unleashed to the world, back in February, the superhero landscape has changed. In fact, Deadpool is currently over $710 million, globally. This is leading to more and more studios clamoring for R-rated superhero films. With the high demand comes greenlights for comic book characters that, otherwise, wouldn't even be considered.  Enter DC's equivalent to Deadpool, Lobo.

Lobo had actually been in the works, a few years ago.  They had a director in Brad Peyton (San Andreas) but they never started working on the project.  Today that changed when DC announced that they hired Pan and Wonder Woman screenwriter, Jason Fuchs, to write a screenplay for Lobo, from the ground up.

This is...

Actor Danny Trejo took to his personal Twitter account to upload a picture of DC Comics notorious bounty hunter, Lobo, teasing fans that he is possibly lobbying for the role. Trejo tweeted the following:

"First rule of hunting, Super Dupe. Make the target come to you. @DCComics."

Attached was a picture from the waste down of Lobo from a comic book holding a gun in one hand and a severed head in the other.

First rule of hunting, Super Dupe. Make the target come to you. @DCComics pic.twitter.com/CNyN2xEQkz

— Danny Trejo (@officialDannyT) January 19, 2016

Trejo is an ex-convict turned actor who has a lengthy career appearing in both television and film. Trejo also has a long-standing relationship with director Robert Rodriguez and has been featured in a number of his films which include "From Dusk Till Dawn", "Spy Kids", "Once Upon a Time in Mexico", "Machete", and "Machete Kills.

Sideshow collectibles has released the Lobo Premium Format Figurine. In 1983, amongst a wave of popular comic book anti-heroes, Keith Giffen and Roger Slifer introduced the world to the interstellar biker bounty hunter in their Green Lantern spinoff, Omega Man.  Lobo By Sideshow Collectibles Lobo, whose name translates roughly to " he who devours your entrails and thoroughly enjoys it," enjoys violencec, intoxication, and the color Sepulcher Black! Sideshow Collectibles and is pleased to present the Lobo Premium Format Figure. The DC Comicc accurate Lobo premium figure is specially crafted based on its images in DC Comics. It features a finely detailed body, with a unique leather jacket, skull belt, and a specially designed figure stand.  Exploding into action with big guns, and an even bigger attitude, everyone's favorite red-eyed, cold-blooded bastich is here to kill, rend, frag, and destroy all losers. Standing over two feet tall on a base that combines...

Ms. Marvel Cosplayer: Meg Murrderher ........................................................................ DC Comics - Aquaman Cosplayer: Meg Murrderher ........................................................................ DC Comics - Catwoman Cosplayer: Meg Murrderher ........................................................................ DC Comics - Lobo Cosplayer: Meg Murrderher Lobo is an ultra-violent motorcycle-riding inter-galactic bounty hunter. Born on the planet Czarnia, he killed every other member of his race for a high school science experiment and then gave himself an "A" on the assignment. In addition to incredible strength, he has an accelerated healing factor that will completely regenerate his entire body from even a single cell. Despite his sadistic and vulgar attitude, he has a deep personal code of honor and will never break his word. He has been a member of L.E.G.I.O.N., the R.E.B.E.L.S. and Young Justice. Created by Roger Slifer and Keith Giffen, first appearing in Omega Men #3. - dc.wikia...

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Is Netherrealm bringing DC Comics' tough-talking bastiche to "Injustice: Gods Among Us?"

Eh, probably.

Last month, Netherrealm's Ed Boon tweeted what's looking now like a hint that the Roger Slifer and Keith Giffen creation will be making his way into the Elseworlds fighting game. The image below only serves to confirm it.

For those of you not following mainstream comics back in the 90's, Lobo served as a parody of the violent antiheroes of the decade, his origin story having him slaughtering the population of his planet before knocking around the known universe on his space motorcycle. Typically, this unstoppable killing machine would come into contact (and conflict) with the heroes of the Dcu because who wants to deal with a sociopathic albino space man with no table manners?

No word on when the character will make his way into the game or what kind of pricing will be in place,...

Last spring, it seemed it was all about Lobo, that bad-ass DC Comics character created in 1984 by Roger Slifer and Keith Giffen.  Lobo was a Czarnian (originally Velorpian) bounty hunter who, as a nearly indestructible anti-hero, drives a space-faring motorcycle across the cosmos in search of his next target.

And he was expected to hit the big screen at some point under the direction of Brad Peyton (Journey 2: The Mysterious Island).  And Dwayne Johnson was rumored to be circling the role as the eponymous "main man."  But it appears momentum on Lobo has dissipated at Warner Bros.

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Lobo co-creator Roger Slifer is showing signs of improvement after being seriously injured in a hit-and-run collision. The comic book writer was treated in hospital for a brain injury, but has been breathing without the need for a ventilator since August 12. Hero Initiative, who are accepting donations to help with Slifer's medical expenses, confirmed that he has opened his eyes, shown some responsiveness to touch and could begin rehabilitation within three to six (more)...

In the wake of Marvel Studios upcoming production of a live-action "Guardians Of The Galaxy" big screen feature, Warners is looking at actor Dwayne Johnson to play the lead in the developing space adventure "Lobo", based on DC Comics' comedic, super-powered, inter-stellar mercenary character.

Created by Roger Slifer and Keith Giffen, the alien Lobo first appeared in DC Comics' "Omega Men" #3 (June 1983), working as a bounty hunter.

"I have no idea why 'Lobo' took off," co-creator Giffen said. "I came up with him as an indictment of the 'Punisher', 'Wolverine', hero prototype and somehow he caught on as a poster boy..."

Initially introduced as a villain, the character evolved into an anti-hero biker and over-the-top parody of various superheroes.

Lobo has extraordinary strength of undefined limits, possessing superhuman durability, able to survive unprotected in deep space and withstand powerful explosive blasts without sustaining injury. An accelerated healing factor...

In late May we heard the rumour that Dwayne Johnson may play “He-Who-Devours-Your-Entrails-And-Thoroughly-Enjoys-It.” Following up with our coverage of the big-screen adaptation of DC Comics’ Lobo, produced by Joel Silver and Akiva Goldsman, we hear word straight from the wrestler-turned-actor.

Via his Twitter feed, Johnson tweeted a confirmation of his casting as Lobo, the intergalactic bounty hunter:

Writer-director Brad Peyton worked with Johnson before in Journey 2: The Mysterious Island and Peyton will be writing and directing Lobo as well. Seems like a perfect fit, no?

Lobo was created by Roger Slifer and Keith Giffen, and debuted in issue #3 of Omega Men back in 1983. The character was originally an interstellar alien mercenary and bounty hunter, and made a comeback in the 90s as an anti-hero biker.

No production or release dates have been announced for Lobo.

The fine folks at Cinema Blend (who follow The Rock on twitter for workout tips and accidentally stumbled on this movie news) are reporting that Dwayne Johnson is working with Joel Silver and director Brad Peyton (Journey 2) to make a movie adaptation of the DC comic “Lobo” happen. The character, created by Roger Slifer and Keith Giffen, is a bounty hunter with a bad attitude meant to be a play on The Punisher and Wolverine. He’s also often blue and might represent a solid challenge/opportunity for some great make-up work. The bottom line though? He’s a brute, and he’s built like a professional wrestler, so it’s fortunate that there’s one out there with some acting chops and personality. This isn’t a new project by any means, but it’s definitely a gutsy one that, if made, would hopefully have the bite necessary to be satisfying. At...

On Sunday, Dwayne Johnson was asked on Twitter by a fan if the rumors of him playing Lobo at Warner Bros. Pictures were true, and he made pretty big announcement: "Rumors of me possibly playing Lobo are true. Joel Silver and Brad Peyton working on it now. That could be fun.. " If cast, Johnson would be reuniting with Peyton, who directed him in Journey 2: The Mysterious Island , which was released earlier this year. Created in 1984 by Roger Slifer and Keith Giffen, the DC Comics character is a Czarnian (originally Velorpian) bounty hunter who, as a nearly indestructible anti-hero, drives a space-faring motorcycle across the cosmos in search of his next target. The studio has not set a release date yet for the film.

Veteran comics writer Roger Slifer is fighting for his life after being struck by a hit-and-run driver in Santa Monica, CA. it’s being reported on Twitter and elsewhere. Best known as the co-creator of Lobo, Slifer, 57, has worked as an editor and writer in the comics, animation and video game industries. According to reports, Slifer was struck by a white sedan at Fifth Street and Colorado Avenue early Saturday morning and taken to Ronald Regan UCLA Medical Center, where he remains in critical condition with a serious brain injury. Friend Flint Dille has been updating the situation: Okay, here’s what I know. We had originally thought of keeping this quiet, because Roger is a fairly private guy, but as word is out and time might be of the essence if we’re going to find the hit-and-run driver, I’ll post what I know. Roger is in Ronald Reagan...

Lobo co-creator Roger Slifer is in intensive care following a hit-and-run collision. The comics writer is said to have suffered a brain injury and is in a critical condition in Ronald Reagan Hospital at UCLA, Bleeding Cool reports. A campaign is under way to trace the driver responsible in the interests of both justice and insurance, as any money claimed will go towards Slifer's treatment. "He is in intensive care. The nurse on duty could only tell me that he was in critical (more)...

Reports are coming in that Roger Slifer, the co-creator of DC Comics’ popular Lobo character, appears to have become the victim of a hit-and-run incident that occurred early Saturday morning in Santa Monica. Together with artist Keith Giffen, Roger Slifer helped to create the classic anti-hero Lobo, a popular fixture in the DC universe who was first introduced in Omega Man #3 in 1983.

Screenwriter Flint Dille has been making updates on the current situation which you can read below and we encourage all readers to help spread the news as the driver’s whereabouts are still unknown at this time.

Update #1 –

Okay, here’s what I know. We had originally thought of keeping this quiet, because Roger is a fairly private guy, but as word is out and time might be of the essence if we’re going to find the hit-and-run driver, I’ll post what I know.

Roger is...

Last month, we brought you the news when Warner Bros. Pictures hired Brad Petyon (Journey 2: The Mysterious Island), to re-write and helm the big-screen adaptation of the DC Comics series Lobo, being produced by Joel Silver and Akiva Goldsman.

Thanks to BleedingCool, we may now have some idea about who will be portraying the film version of “He-Who-Devours-Your-Entrails-And-Thoroughly-Enjoys-It”. An untested source tells the site that Dwayne Johnson told some guests at “a Hollywood party” that he was taking the role of Lobo.

Writer-director Brad Peyton last directed Johnson in Journey 2: The Mysterious Island. In addition to Johnson’s previous relationship with the writer-director of Lobo, the actor added some of his own fuel to the casting by stating the following on Twitter:

Lobo was created by Roger Slifer and Keith Giffen, and debuted in issue #3 of Omega Men back in 1983. The character was originally an interstellar alien mercenary and bounty hunter,...

It has been two years since we heard anything on the proposed big-screen adaptation of the DC Comics series Lobo. Back then, we brought you word from producer Joel Silver about then circulating rumors that director Guy Ritchie was to helm the ultra-violent antihero’s trip from the pages of DC Comics to the big screen.

While Richie was apparently considering the gig, Warner Bros. Pictures was more interested in having him helm the return of Sherlock Holmes, after the wild success of the first film. So, Richie passed on the project and we have heard virtually nothing about it since.

Now, Deadline reports that Warner Bros. Pictures has hired Brad Petyon (Journey 2: The Mysterious Island), to re-write and helm the film version of “He-Who-Devours-Your-Entrails-And-Thoroughly-Enjoys-It”. The project is still being produced by Joel Silver and Akiva Goldsman.

Lobo was created by Roger Slifer and Keith Giffen, and debuted in...

According to reports, Warner Bros. is adapting DC Comics' super-powered character 'Lobo' as a big screen feature.

Created by Roger Slifer and Keith Giffen, the alien Lobo first appeared in DC Comics' "Omega Men" #3 (June 1983), working as an interstellar mercenary and bounty hunter.

"I have no idea why 'Lobo' took off," co-creator Giffen said. "I came up with him as an indictment of the 'Punisher', 'Wolverine', hero prototype and somehow he caught on as a poster boy..."

Initially introduced as a villain, the character evolved into an anti-hero biker and over-the-top parody of various superheroes.

Lobo has extraordinary strength of undefined limits, possessing superhuman durability, able to survive unprotected in deep space and withstand powerful explosive blasts without sustaining injury. An accelerated healing factor enables him to regenerate with efficiency and little pain, as he is functionally immortal, immune to the effects of aging.

Lobo also has a developed sense of smell,...

It's been a few years now since Warner Brothers first started trying to set up a movie based on Lobo, the cult favourite DC Comics character created by Roger Slifer and Keith Giffen. Guy Ritchie was attached to direct back in 2009 but eventually bowed out in order to focus on his Sherlock Holmes reboot. Since then the project has been floating in limbo, and I think most of us just assumed it was dead. I mean, Lobo really hasn't been big since the '90s and I don't think very many people were clamoring for a big screen adaptation in the first place. This week, however, it would appear that Lobo is back on track with a brand new director: Brad Peyton, the guy who just did Journey 2: The Mysterious Island. Are you fraggin' kidding me? The news comes courtesy of Deadline, who don't have much else to offer...

The success of Journey 2: The Mysterious Island has clearly opened some doors for director Brad Peyton, and not just those leading towards a sequel. With a bona fide hit on his hands, he’s being offered various gigs and has clutched one tight to his directing bosom, with Warner Bros. setting him up to direct a movie based on DC Comics’ iconic troublemaker Lobo.The greasy, long-haired and – oh, yes – interstellar type first appeared in the pages of Omega Man issue 3 way back in 1983, birthed by creators Roger Slifer and Keith Giffen as a riff on the likes of Wolverine. The blue-skinned, Kiss-styled goon cropped up from time to time as a tough nut villain, though he was rarely well used.But he saw a real revival in the 1990s, when he was dragged out of footnote limbo, dusted off and re-imagined as a bounty-hunter.Peyton is not the...

Rejoice, fans of the Main Man! Three years after Guy Ritchie first made noise about directing a live-action Lobo movie, based on the D.C. comic book character, Warner Bros. has finally decided to follow up on the property by handing it over to Brad Peyton. Peyton, coming off the hit “Journey 2: The Mysterious Island” with Dwayne Johnson and Josh Hutcherson, will write and direct the movie. Based on the D.C. comic book character, Lobo is a white-faced (see pic below) anti-hero (okay, he’s mostly just a selfish, arrogant, violent douchebaggey dude) who rides the D.C. spaceways on his intergalactic hog (re: bike) working as a bounty hunter. Or an assassin-for-hire. Or pretty much whatever you want to pay him to be. The character was created by Roger Slifer and Keith Giffen in the ’80s, with the latter continuing and really sharpening Lobo’s character as...

Thus far in his feature career, director Brad Peyton has found himself making movies for little kids. The filmmaker started in 2010 with the dreadful Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore, and just a few months ago, his sophomore effort, Journey 2: The Mysterious Island, found its way into theaters. Having seen both of those films, I must admit that I'm scratching my head over the news that Peyton has been brought on to both helm a film based on the DC Comics character Lobo. Deadline says that Warner Bros. is giving the project another go and in addition to having Peyton direct, he will also re-write an existing script. A few years back Guy Ritchie was hired to guide the project into development, however, he was forced to abandon his plans so that he could make Sherlock Holmes 2. Though first created in the early 80s by Roger Slifer and...

The cinematic Marvel-dc "arms race" is a bit of an illusion, since Marvel has leased their properties to many other studios, and DC's characters all exist underneath the Warner Bros. banner. Still, WB is smart enough to know that superheroes sell right now, and with the departure of "Harry Potter," the end of the Chris Nolan Batman films, and a final "The Hangover" hitting next summer, they're clearly hard-up for franchises right now. Which is why DC and the WB are partnering to bring "The Flash" "Wonder Woman" "Lobo" to the big screen, with the help of the visionary auteur behind "Cats And Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore."

"Lobo," a fringe character at DC, is an intergalactic bounty hunter who looks very much like a beefy biker with a love of old Kiss 45's. Created by Roger Slifer and Keith Giffen in the eighties, he was a parody...

The Fringe is a place where non-horror genre films can get some play on Shock.  These films might be sci-fi, fantasy or action - and certainly contain some horror elements - but will likely be light on scares, or, straight-up "horror."  Still, they might be of interest to you.

Warner Bros. has set Journey 2: The Mysterious Island director Brad Peyton for their DC Comics adaptation, Lobo, Deadline reports.

Created in 1984 by Roger Slifer and Keith Giffen, Lobo is a Czarnian (originally Velorpian) bounty hunter who, as a nearly indestructible anti-hero, drives a space-faring motorcycle across the cosmos in search of his next target.

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Warner Bros. has set Journey 2: The Mysterious Island director Brad Peyton for their DC Comics adaptation, Lobo , Deadline reports. Created in 1984 by Roger Slifer and Keith Giffen, Lobo is a Czarnian (originally Velorpian) bounty hunter who, as a nearly indestructible anti-hero, drives a space-faring motorcycle across the cosmos in search of his next target. When Guy Ritchie was attached to the project in 2009 , Don Payne had written the most recent draft of the script and had Lobo tracking four alien fugitives to Earth and teaming with a small town girl to track them down. Though there's no hint at casting as of yet (and, no matter what, the character is likely going to employ heavy makeup and CGI to be realized for the screen), Jeffrey Dean Morgan told Superhero...

Who is Lobo? Lobo is a Czarnian, he is last of his race because he fragged them all. He is the universe's best bounty hunter. Lobo has exceptional strength and fortitude. He enjoys nothing better than mindless violence and intoxication. Killing is an end in itself, He is arrogant and self-centered, focusing almost solely on his own pleasures, although he proudly lives up to his word. Physically, Lobo resembles a chalk-white human male with blood-red pupilless eyes surrounded by black eye shadow-like patches. When he first appeared he has neatly trimmed purple-grey hair, and wears an orange-and-purple leotard. The character first appeared in Omega Men #3 (June 1983), and was created by Roger Slifer and Keith Giffen. His look will get some overhaul, his hair soon redesigned to be a long, straggly, grey-black mane. His costume has been replaced by black leather biker gear. Lobo seems...

Producer Joel Silver ("Sherlock Holmes") is looking for another director for Warners developing big screen adaptation of DC Comics "Lobo", now that "Holmes" director Guy Ritchie has signed on to direct a "Sherlock Holmes 2" sequel.

"I want to do 'Lobo', said Silver. "We're working on the script now a little bit more. We learned a lot as we did a test — a very effective test..."

The comic book character 'Lobo', created by Roger Slifer and Keith Giffen, debuted in DC Comics' "Omega Men" #3 (June 1983), as an alien 'interstellar mercenary' and bounty hunter. Although first introduced as a villain, the character was revived as an anti-hero biker in the early 1990's, intended as an over-the-top parody of Marvel Comics "Wolverine".

"I have no idea why Lobo took off," Giffen said. "I came up with him as an indictment of the 'Punisher', 'Wolverine', hero prototype and somehow...

Lobo first roared into the DC Universe way back in 1983, and the "Main Man" has been fraggin' anyone who looks at him funny ever since. Originally created by Roger Slifer and Keith Giffen as the natural evolution of antiheroes like Wolverine and Punisher, Lobo was recently tagged for solo movie treatment courtesy of director Guy Ritchie. So the question becomes: who can bring the "Ultimate Bastich" to life on the big screen?

Early last month, we gave you our picks for who should play Lobo, and we followed up with actor Jeffrey Dean Morgan today regarding his willingness to portray the baddest of DC's good guys. But now it's your turn!

I've compiled a list of our picks for the role, as well as actors suggested by Splash Page readers. From Christopher Meloni and Danny Trejo to Ron Perlman and Vinnie Jones, now's your chance to vote for the actor...