For years, Warner Bros. has been trying to figure out how to bring “Lobo” to the big screen. Guy Ritchie and Brad Peyton circled the director’s chair at various times, while Dwayne Johnson — now the biggest movie star on the planet — was once attached before the project “went away.” (I bet WB is kicking themselves they didn’t get that incarnation made). The comic book property has laid dormant for a few years, but now it’s back in a big way.
The Wrap reports that Michael Bay is being eyed to direct “Lobo” for DC Films. Amazingly, his commitment seems dependent on the script (lol), which is currently being written by Jason Fuchs (“Pan,” “Wonder Woman“). Apparently, Bay has given some notes to the screenwriter (put in more Transformers?), and WB hopes they can ink the director based on the redrafted screenplay. Again, it’s truly shocking that Bay needs an actual script, since things like “dialogue” or “emotion” don’t really seem to matter to the filmmaker.
Despite the disastrous “Justice League” and the executive shakeup at DC that followed, it still seems like random business as usual at the comic book studio. It still seems like they’re flailing about, looking for a plan. At any rate, here’s a brief synopsis about the character via ComicVine. He apparently has “space dolphins.” And you thought “Aquaman” was silly….
Post-Crisis, Lobo was born on the peaceful planet Czarnia. By some accounts, he tore out of his mother’s womb. By others, his mother told him to find what he did best before he killed her. Other accounts claim his parents became hermits due to the evil they unleashed. There were many theories as to why Lobo inflicted violence, which was unheard of on Czarnia. Though the exact cause was never determined, it was concluded that Lobo was just plain bad.
At the age of two, Lobo requested a song to be played continuously on station Cosmic Rock Zombie. It was “I Killed My Folks (No Accident)” which Wolfman Wilf played non-stop out of fear for his life. Lobo had become fed up with being like others, and set out to establish his own identity. This meant a wardrobe change.
By age 16, he had killed half the planet’s population. By age 17, he had engineered a plague that caused irreversible neural damage and excruciating pain for days before the victim died. Having made himself immune, he murdered 5 billion Czarnians while he played death metal. Only one Czarnian survived the plague – Lobo’s fourth grade teacher.
Having no plans to rule a dead planet, Lobo set out to find employment to feed his space dolphins. After several failed jobs, he became a bounty hunter. One of his contracts from Manga Khan was to kill the Justice League.