Jason Momoahas been announced as DC’s new big-screenLobo- and if he’s going to get his own solo movie, one A-list action director has volunteered.The Fall Guy’sDavid Leitchwants to do a Lobo feature with Momoa. The director made the offer - “let’s do a Lobo feature” - in a comment on Momoa’s Instagram announcement of his casting.
This morning, Momoa (who starred in the previous incarnation of the DC cinematic universe asAquaman) joined the cast of the upcoming featureSupergirl: Woman of Tomorrowas the intergalactic bounty hunter and antihero Lobo, who he had long been associated with. The film, which will be directed byCraig Gillespie, will featureMilly Alcockas the titular heroine, and will also starMatthias SchoenaertsandEve Ridley. Leitch is a stunt performer turned director, and co-directed his first feature,John Wick, with colleagueChad Stahelski. He has since directed a number of action features, includingAtomic Blonde,Hobbs and Shaw, andBullet Train. If the Lobo movie happens, it won’t be Leitch’s first superhero film; he directedDeadpool 2in 2018.
Who Is Lobo?
Created byRoger SliferandKeith Giffenin 1983’sOmega Men#3, Lobo is a spacefaring mercenary and bounty hunter; super-strong, with chalk-white skin, he is the last survivor of the Czarnian race, because he killed all the others. He became extremely popular in the 1990s, as grim and gritty antiheroes became the norm in superhero comic books; although his biker-influenced portrayal by artistSimon Bisleywas originally intended as a parody of the genre, it was accepted wholeheartedly by comics fans. He made his screen debut in the 1990sSuperman: The Animated Series, where he was voiced byBrad Garrett; subsequent animated incarnations have been voiced byFred Tatasciore,David Sobolov, andJohn DiMaggo. Hefirst appeared in live actionon the SyFy seriesKrypton, where he was played byEmmett J. Scanlan; there were plans for him to be spun off into his own series, but those ended whenKryptonwascanceled after two seasons.
There were previous plans for a solo Lobo movie in 2009, withGuy Ritchieinitially attached to the feature.Dwayne Johnsonwas in talks to star in the feature until he took onBlack Adaminstead.Brad PeytonandMichael Baywere also attached to the project at various times before it descended into development hell.
Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrowwill bereleased in theaters on August 01, 2025. Stay tuned to Collider for future updates.
