Who needs YouTube videos of people arranging objects into pleasingly symmetrical formations when Jason Momoa has been cast as Lobo in the upcoming film Great girl film? Deadline reports that Momoa has been tapped to play the DC Comics antihero alongside Milly Alcock’s Supergirl in Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow.
Momoa confirmed in an Instagram post that Warner Bros. reached out, citing his long-held ambition to play Lobo, one of the most bombastic characters DC Comics has to offer:
And who can blame him? Similarity isn’t enough to make a good superhero cast, but Momoa and Lobo nail it. But there’s also no denying that Lobo also fits the kind of roles Momoa clearly prefers: big personalities, strong physicality and a healthy dose of humor.
Lobo – yes, just “Lobo” – began its editorial life in 1983 as a little-used alien villain created by Keith Giffen and Roger Slifer, but reached its peak in the 1990s, when Giffen, artist Simon Bisley and other creators significantly renewed. as a parody character. In the ’90s, Lobo became a big-haired, Kiss-looking, cigar-chomping, space-motorcycle-riding, hook-chain-slinging intergalactic bounty hunter; a rude, crude, murderous dude crafted as a rip-off of the Punisher, Wolverine, Judge Dredd, and every other ’90s comic that leans toward x-treme violence and guts.
But to paraphrase another DC Comics movie, you either die as a parody, or you live long enough to see yourself become a character everyone loves, precisely because of the parts of you that should be exaggerated. Lobo sticks to his signature sci-fi chopped oaths (bastich, fraggin’), his space helicopter, his insistence on calling himself “the Main Guy,” and his ability to somehow smoke cigars in the vacuum of the room. He’s completely selfish and strong enough to take on Superman, but so annoying that even low-powered heroes find him as infuriating as he is terrifying.
One place you won’t find it, however, is the actual comic book Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow – but he fits right into the format of the series, a travelogue of the strangest parts of DC Comics’ interstellar landscape, either as a supporting character or as a bargaining chip for the comic’s main villain, a space outlaw who hires a space rancher girl Supergirl to get revenge on.
Momoa, of course, made quite a meal of playing Arthur Curry/Aquaman in the Justice League and Aquaman films – and it’s nice that that didn’t hinder this particular coincidence of perfect casting. Momoa is perfect for Lobo, and hopefully Lobo will be perfect too Great girl.