Actor Jason Momoa is ready to make extra waves in comedian guide cinema as he prepares for his second dip into the waters of the DC Universe for the upcoming film, Supergirl: Girl Of Tomorrow. He has put down the Trident of Neptune, however will now choose up a chained hook, and “Frag” grenades to play the homicidal, genocidal, cigar-chomping son-of-a-bastich from the planet Czarnia. That might be none aside from DC Comics fan favourite – LOBO!!!
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The 45-year-old actor confirmed this on his Instagram this previous Monday by sharing a quote from his interview with Fandango whereas he was browsing the press junket for Aquaman and the Misplaced Kingdom on the finish of 2023. It’s clear that the King of Atlantis has harbored a longtime want to play the interstellar mercenary, and that he’s trying ahead to getting into these cumbersome knee-high boots.
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“I accumulate comics,” the quote reads. “…and I don’t achieve this a lot anymore, however he was at all times my favourite, and I at all times needed to play Lobo, as a result of I’m like, ‘Hey? It’s the proper position,” he stated within the interview. “I imply, hear. In the event that they name and ask me to play him, it’s a f#@% yeah. I haven’t obtained that decision, so I don’t need to put any pretend information on the market, but when they ever name me and ask me to play, or ask me to audition, I’m there.”
It seems that “they” have lastly known as, and he’s most definitely there. This would be the first function movie look for Lobo since making his ‘official’ debut in 1990. The loopy ‘bastich’ first appeared in Omega Males #3 (June 1983) as a villain, however was ultimately overhauled into the violent, vulgar maniac who dug the tip of his soiled hook into the demented hearts of many comedian guide readers, and located himself a spot there forever.
Up till now, Lobo has been voiced by an entire slew of gifted actors within the DC Animated Universe, together with a number of video video games, and was performed by Emmett J. Scanlan within the character’s live-action debut on the SYFY collection, Krypton. Whereas it’s inconceivable to disclaim that Momoa appears to be like the half, the identical will be stated for when he was solid as Conan The Barbarian within the 2011 remake, and everyone knows how that turned out.
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That is the second film to be introduced as part of James Gunn’s reboot of DC’s cinematic universe. Craig Gillespie is directing the movie, and Ana Nogueira is writing the screenplay primarily based on the DC Comics restricted collection of the similar identify by Tom King and Bilquis Evely.
Anybody who has ever learn the collection already is aware of that Lobo isn’t even part of the story, however that has by no means stopped Hollywood earlier than – and it’s nonetheless higher than them attempting to shoehorn Harley Quinn into one other film.
It stars Milly Alcock as Kara Zor-El (aka Supergirl) whereas additionally that includes Eve Ridley as Kara’s warrior sidekick, Ruthye Marye Knoll, and Matthias Schoenaerts has been solid because the collection’ fundamental antagonist, Krem of the Yellow Hill. Supergirl: Girl Of Tomorrow is scheduled to be launched on June 26th, 2026.
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