Wow, really? Okay, Guy Ritchie, I get, but really? They’re actually going to make a live-action version of Lobo? The Main Man? Aka the last Czarnian? If you gotta ask how he became the last Czarnian, then you’ve never read the comics, in which case you might not get why I’m so incredulous that they’re trying to make a live-action movie out of it.
In any case, news of Ritchie agreeing to helm the film for Warner Bros. comes from Variety, who also said this about the plot of the movie:
In the film, [Lobo] is 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 bent on wreaking havoc. Lobo teams with a small town teenaged girl to stop the creatures.
Well, he doesn’t actually “drive”, it’s more like “flies”, since that motorcycle is capable of interstellar space travel. No, really.
I’ve always been a fan of Lobo, and was probably one of those kids who bought every Lobo one-shot, even the ones that had him going to the North Pole to assassinate Santa Claus. Really, that was one of the ludicrous storylines D.C. came up with. Needless to say, Lobo was probably as un-DC as the comic publisher could possibly get, what with their silly superheroes with silly superhero names and silly, colorful superhero costumes.
Production on the live-action “Lobo” is expected to commence early next year, with the filmmakers aiming for a PG13 rating. I guess with that kind of rating we won’t be clued in on how Lobo got the title of “the last Czarnian”. Probably not kid-friendly, that bit of history.
When he's not trying to kill Superman, Lobo's trying to take out Santa Claus.
