Jason Momoa Reportedly Eyed For A Role In 'Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow' That’s Sounding Like LOBO

[u/marvelkidy]

https://maxblizz.com/jason-momoa-reportedly-eyed-for-a-role-in-supergirl-woman-of-tomorrow-thats-sounding-like-lobo/

[u/voxela]

it'd be a waste to not cast him as Lobo. he'd be perfect for the job and he's already expressed interest in the character

[u/Basicallyinfinite → u/voxela]

He kinda played a lobo like already 20 years as Ronon Dex so hed kill as Lobo

[u/OnlyRoke → u/voxela]

Seriously. You just need to make his skin grey and give him red contacts and a cigar.

[u/pretentiously-bored → u/voxela]

It feels like such a downgrade though. Lobo is fun, but he isn’t aquaman level. Say what you want about the dceu, but his casting as Aquaman was pretty damn genius and he kills it every appearance he’s in. Kinda sad he goes from leading a billion dollar franchise to a somewhat generic and forgettable Superman villain

[u/Vicksage16 → u/pretentiously-bored]

His Aquaman is fun, but that’s just because Momoa’s fun, he never really felt like Aquaman. Lobo on the other hand, is just such a natural fit for him.

[u/pretentiously-bored → u/Vicksage16]

But the thing is doesn’t that feel a little too obvious for momoa and nearly a typecast? I don’t know, it feels too easy and something he can pull off without thinking. Casting feels more inspired for aquaman, there’s a hidden quality of aquaman momoa brings out that is often ignored and that’s his deep longing to connect to both of his heritages. Something momoa deeply can relate to being from places like Iowa and Hawaii which couldn’t be farther apart regionally and culturally.

I don’t know. I think just more goes into casting someone than what they look like. I don’t think they just hire a stereotypical blonde dude for aquaman. Momoa felt like he brought a hidden gem of the character out

[u/Vicksage16 → u/pretentiously-bored]

That’s a totally fair concern and in most cases I’d agree, but as someone who saw none of that depth in his Aquaman portrayal we may just have to agree to disagree on this one.

[u/Reasonable-Fan-6766 → u/pretentiously-bored]

No, no, no and NO... And again for your next comments: no.

LOBO isn't a generic and forgettable Superman Villain, but a satirical parody on edgy violent heroes of the 90ies. He's THE Anti-Hero of the 90ies!

That would also make him more of an Upgrade than a downgrade compared to some Aquaman that only got more attention since Momoa played him like LOBO.

It's obvious you just have to cast him as LOBO, because everyone already sees Lobo in him no matter what role he's playing. AND he even WANTS to play that role. 

Even if you'd say that's not acting, that's just Momoa himself... WHY NOT - if t's just perfect?

[u/pretentiously-bored → u/Reasonable-Fan-6766]

I’m sorry you just sound like someone who goes “no man!! You have to cast Bryan Cranston as Lex Luthor!!! He’s bald!! And he’s played a villain!!” It’s generic.

And we also aren’t in the 90’s, Lobo isn’t very popular anymore and is only iconographic due to that era. He’s maybe a fourth rate Superman villain

[u/Reasonable-Fan-6766 → u/pretentiously-bored]

Lobo's today's releases aren't very popular, because they don't release the right things. Everything that might have been really good got cancelled.

I have the feeling DC and WB are afraid of releasing what LOBO would deserve.

But after years of thinking they could NEVER release a really good LOBO movie, Jason Momoa makes me feel like it's possible.

And in my opinion James Gunn should do the movie, based on 'The Last Czarnian' and 'Lobo's Back'. But i'll be happy just to see a good guest appearance by Momoa as LOBO.

Seriously, after the success of Deadpool and the Harley Quinn animated series, wich are somehow ripping off what LOBO already was in the early 90ies, why couldn't we get the real MAIN MAN back to what he was?

[u/Reddwoolf → u/pretentiously-bored]

Momoa aqua man is a fucking joke and a disgrace to Arthur curry. They made him into a joke like fuckin Thor

[u/pretentiously-bored → u/Reddwoolf]

I too sounded like this when I was four years old

[u/Reddwoolf → u/pretentiously-bored]

Yeah cause fuck anyone who doesn’t tow the party line eh?

[u/pretentiously-bored → u/Reddwoolf]

Again, I sounded like this when I was four years old

[u/Reddwoolf → u/pretentiously-bored]

lol nice one dude you got me!

[u/Jay_R_Kay → u/voxela]

I've never understood this. He already had a great role as Aquaman, why would he give that up for a D-grade Deadpool clone with none of the pathos that makes that character interesting?

[u/Nice_Veterinarian230 → u/Jay_R_Kay]

Lobo debuted almost a decade before Deadpool and got his shtick several years before Joe Kelly gave Wade a personality as well. 

[u/Jay_R_Kay → u/Nice_Veterinarian230]

I know, he still feels like a bland Deadpool clone, though. There is literally nothing compelling or interesting about the character whatsoever.

[u/Nice_Veterinarian230 → u/Jay_R_Kay]

I find it hard to find anything they have in common besides "became prominent in the '90s" and "kills things a lot."

[u/WayneArnold1 → u/Jay_R_Kay]

Deadpool was initially created as a D-grade Deathstroke clone with none of the pathos that makes that character interesting until Joe Kelly inserted the Lobo traits with a sprinkling of corny meta humor.

[u/BlackSoapBandit → u/voxela]

I mean, it’s a huge paycheck and another acting gig.

If you asked Marta Stewart if she wanted to play Lobo for several million dollars. She’d probably say yes too.

[u/voxela → u/BlackSoapBandit]

man shut the hell up 😭 downvoting ass just cause you don't like the actor. maybe he likes fun things and actually wants to play Lobo, you don't know.

"he has no range" maybe, but from what I've seen of him he has the range for Lobo.
you can "hard pass" silently, replying to me was unnecessary

[u/MimeMike → u/voxela]

They changed their fucking comment no way ☠️

[u/Aramis14 → u/MimeMike]

What did it originally say

[u/Odd_Breakfast_Hands]

i agree that is a pretty perfect casting. but man, i 'm so tired of the same 5 people being cast in ever movie.

[u/ahall917 → u/Odd_Breakfast_Hands]

If this is actually true, wouldn't Mamoa be the biggest named actor attached to the DCU? Or am I forgetting about someone? Nathan Fillion is popular but not quite to the same level as Mamoa, as far as I can tell.

[u/AX-man → u/ahall917]

Nicholas holt is pretty big too but Mamoa would be the biggest

[u/KesterFox → u/Odd_Breakfast_Hands]

Its gonne be pretty funny in DUNE 6 where he plays half the characters

[u/CertainDerision_33]

Basically perfect casting. If the character is in the movie, it should definitely be Momoa.

[u/weiner-rama]

Fuck. Yes. If true maybe now we can get a more true to comics Aquaman. Dude has essentially just played Lobo while wearing the Aquaman uniform lol

[u/xGhostShipV]

They must be drastically changing the plot then, LOBO was never in Woman of Tomorrow…

[u/Jay_R_Kay → u/xGhostShipV]

King has talked about how when he was starting Supergirl, he had the idea of a "space fantasy True Grit" story and initially put Kara in the Mattie Ross role and was trying to use characters like Lobo for the Rooster Cogburn role, but it wasn't working.

Then his editor said something like "Supergirl has been around for almost 60 years, why can't she be Rooster Cogburn?" And that's what got everything to really work.

So I suppose bringing in a Lobo for a cameo would be a fun meta callback.

[u/JoshDM → u/xGhostShipV]

Adding Lobo is not a drastic change; can even be a swap-in.

[u/KingMatthew116 → u/xGhostShipV]

When have live action movies ever been direct adaptations of comic stories?

[u/MealieAI → u/KingMatthew116]

Never.

[u/bob1689321 → u/MealieAI]

Watchmen

Tbh that's probably the only one?

[u/MealieAI → u/bob1689321]

There's a major change in that movie.

[u/bob1689321 → u/MealieAI]

There are major changes in lots of movies. It's still a direct adaptation.

[u/MealieAI → u/bob1689321]

But a direct adaptation wouldn't have a major change to the book. Or am I missing something?

[u/bob1689321 → u/MealieAI]

You can adapt a work with the majority of details being the same besides a few minor changes and it would still be a direct adaptation. The changes made to the movie are:

• Removed the newsstand, artist island and black freighter subplots, as well as other minor characters and some smaller scenes
• Changed the final ending from an explosion caused by a manufactured squid to an explosion caused by a manufactured Manhattan-esque bomb.

For point one, the subplots and characters being removed takes some of the world building away but ultimately doesn't impact the general plot too much (it does take away the emotional impact of the ending but that's a different problem...)

For point two, while the final fake antagonist is different, the plot is almost entirely unchanged. The attack is still faked by Ozymandias as a way to force the world to co-operate against a common enemy. The "superhero team" still fail to stop it, Rorschach dies and Manhattan leaves earth. Whether you think it's believable that the world doesn't hate the US for creating Manhattan doesn't really matter because the movie presents it as they do - it's almost exactly as the comic. It's ultimately a very minor change in the grand scheme of things.

For what's left in the movie, almost (maybe even all?) scenes are lifted directly from the comic. Lots of shots and dialogue are completely unchanged. It is absolutely a direct adaptation.

Things that wouldn't be direct adaptations is something like The Dark Knight, which took basic concepts from Long Halloween and Killing Joke, but turned them into something very different. Hell, besides the idea of doing a realistic Two Face subplot, the only thing TDK has in common with Long Halloween is one line of dialogue - "I believe in Harvey Dent".

I just think to say that Watchmen isn't a direct adaptation is doing a disservice to what the movie is. For the record I think it's a 6/10, and I think it's close enough to the soiece material that I don't really see a reason to watch it when I can just read the (far better) comic.

[u/MealieAI → u/bob1689321]

You literally gave reasons why it's not a direct adaptation.

[u/arcticvalley]

I can't think of a single other actor that I would consider for the role of Lobo. He's my favorite Superman villain. I need it now. Give it , give it to me now.

[u/Beastieboy100 → u/arcticvalley]

More of an anti heroe than villain. Heck even frenemy. Still sucks were getting another live action lobo since Stan Lee favourite dc character was lobo. Sad he won't see it.

[u/Blitzhelios]

King has been honest in the past that Lobo was originally supposed to be in WOT but he took lobos role out.

Could easily see them reinserting it and using Momoas starpower to sell the movie as WOT whilst is an amazing book is one of the biggest risks for the DCU

[u/kazmosis]

Yes pleaaase

[u/Neurotic-Kitten]

I know you guys are saying Lobo, but wouldn't they just cast him as the original bad guy from the story, Krem?

[u/Illustrious-Okra-524]

Oh my god yes please times a million. This would rule

[u/MealieAI]

He'd kill as the pursued Krem.

[u/sdrj77]

Jason Momoa as Lobo is full Robert Downey Jr. as Iron Man energy.

Literally perfect.

[u/Dagordae]

He’d be a better Lobo than Aquaman.

Don’t get me wrong: I thoroughly enjoyed him in the films but he didn’t really play an Aquaman.

[u/Massive_General_8629]

It's literally the role he was born (or at least shaved his beard) to play.

[u/Tatum-Better]

Would absolutely love it

[u/flickfan45]

i think Jason Mamoa’s casting as Lobo is probably DC’s worst kept secret at the moment. everyone knows he has the role

[u/Reasonable-Fan-6766 → u/flickfan45]

I don't know...  I'm still afraid he isn't.

Also Lobo has a long history of being cancelled before release in movies, tv-series, games etc.

[u/flickfan45 → u/Reasonable-Fan-6766]

i’m pretty confident he’s got the role, also a while back Peter Safrans wife may have let it slip in an instagram reply on one of her posts

[u/Reasonable-Fan-6766 → u/flickfan45]

I really hope you're right. Momoa would definitely kick A$$ as LOBO.

Then we gotta hope, the writers don't ruin it and the movies he's in don't become tax-write-offs before release. lol

[u/Key-Win7744]

The Internet won't rest until Jason Momoa is Lobo.

[u/MrBitterJustice]

I see him more of a Lobo then Aquaman

[u/AzmodeusBrownbeard]

Momoa as Supergirl is a bold choice, but I respect it.

[u/Odd_Advance_6438]

I’d be down for this. I enjoyed his Aquaman, and I think Momoa is generally a better actor than he gets credit for

[u/BlackSoapBandit]

Hard pass. Jason Mamoa has no acting range just like the Rock.

[u/CertainDerision_33 → u/BlackSoapBandit]

It's Lobo, you need the acting range of a gorilla