'Lobo' Nabs Guy Ritchie to Direct
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And here's one more director who's looking to throw their name in the comic adaptation hat, as Variety reports that Guy Ritchie will jump from Sherlock Holmes to a big-screen adaptation of the DC comic Lobo, about an interstellar mercenary and bounty hunter. The character, created by Roger Slifer and Keith Giffen, first appeared in an Omega Men issue back in 1983 as a sort of noir villain, though he was later reinvented as an anti-hero biker in the early 1990s. Don Payne penned the latest draft, while Joel Silver, Akiva Goldsman and Andrew Rona will produce for Warner Bros. Production is set to begin next year on the film, which will be interesting because its lead character is, as Variety describes him, a "seven-foot-tall, blue-skinned, indestructible and heavily muscled anti-hero who drives a pimped out motorcycle, and lands on Earth in search of four fugitives who are bend on wreaking havoc." Apparently, Lobo will then team up with a teenage girl to stop the creatures.
I was loving the description until they got to the part where he teams up with a teenage girl? Really? Why? Really? Ugh. Should the film become a success, Lobo has crossed over and had run-ins with other DC superheroes like Batman and Superman, so the potential to do something Marvel-ish is there. The studio is aiming for a PG-13 flick, and I imagine something along the lines of Hellboy ... but with Guy Ritchie's familiar stop-go-punch style of filmmaking.
Any fans of Lobo out there? What do you think about Ritchie tackling the project?
More: Wanna know what a live-action Lobo movie might look like? Head over to SciFi Squad to find out.
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9-02-2009 @ 5:14PM
cablebfg said...
I deeply dislike the insistence of studios to make mature-themed properties into PG-13 films to grab the kiddies audience. Blah. Nolan's "The Dark Knight" is the exception, not the rule!
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9-02-2009 @ 5:25PM
Eric said...
Why does this remind me of Masters of the Universe?
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9-02-2009 @ 7:02PM
Booby Jones said...
Most of these odd comic book character/director pairings have worked out well, so I have high hopes for this movie. If this and Green Lantern will help WB to start tapping into the DC library, then I am all for it.
Are they going to make him a CG character? As long as it doesn't turn into Clone Wars: Thundercats, I guess it might be OK.
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9-02-2009 @ 8:34PM
bobby1423 said...
i actually like guy ricthie as the director if he directs it right. is it true that there aiming for pg 13 im sick of that just like 3d movies. i hope it goes for a hard r. and its true dark knight got lucky just like the 6th sense i have yet to see a scary pg 13 movie. all horror terror should be r. also comic book adaptions. making lobo pg 13 is like making the punisher a pg movie thats just dumb.
Also i must mention that cablebfg got that off of hes just not that into you lol
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9-02-2009 @ 9:53PM
Eric said...
I've always thought that Guy Ritchie's comic style was perfect for Deadpool. I think this one's just a cash grab, but I hope it generates enough cash for him to continue with the RockNRolla trilogy.
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9-03-2009 @ 1:12AM
Batzarro said...
Like all DC movies, Warner will make sure this falls through! Live the dream while you can, Marvel fans!
Seriously though, It might be interestin if it happens(uh...it won't)
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9-03-2009 @ 3:18AM
Rich said...
The should just give up and do the greatest of the Lobo stories...
The Lobo Paramilitary Christmas Special!
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9-03-2009 @ 10:10AM
Ben said...
Lobo should be R. He was just crazy enough in that Superman cartoon series in the 90's, and the Justice League Unlimited series but then again our expectations were low for the violence in the cartoons.
Basically I think Guy Ritchie is a great choice though. He does some great brutal violence, namely in hand-to-hand combat and Lobo is a natural brusier. If he is given free rein it should be great here. Also, for the guy to play Lobo I'm thinking Vinnie Jones could work if the make-up is done right. He's already a pretty damn huge guy so it will take less effects work to make him look as huge as Lobo, he has a good physicality as is, the square jaw that is needed for Lobo and best of all he's already worked with Ritchie so he knows his style and they can mesh more cleanly.
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9-03-2009 @ 11:44AM
Jake said...
Um, DC's answer to Hellboy, perhaps?
Change "alien" to "demon" and "blue" to "red" and you've basically got the plot to Hellboy, minus the government spooks.
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9-04-2009 @ 12:07PM
Mike said...
Right! Because if I was a tough, brutal interstellar bounty hunter, the first thing I would need to help me in my job is a teenage girl.
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9-09-2009 @ 1:13PM
The Flyattractor said...
....I so want to vomit right now..
PG-13
I HATE YOU DC/WB!
This will be a worse fail then the Steel movie.
And LOBO is my fav comic character of all time
Garrghh.
This makes me so mad.