By Sheryl Oh
Third time’s the charm? DC’s long-gestating project about the alien mercenary could finally happen.
The comic book movie train just keeps chugging along. But not all cinematic universes operate as well-oiled machines — at least not in the case of DC. Warner Bros.’ rapid shift away from Zack Snyder’s DC Extended Universe footprint is almost amusing and maybe a little sad for some. Yesterday, we reported that Joaquin Phoenix is eyed to play The Joker in a film under a separate DC umbrella that has nothing to do with the Suicide Squad continuity that stars Jared Leto.
On the same day that that story broke, The Wrap reported that one of DC’s long-gestating film projects is eyeing a new, high-profile director: explosions extraordinaire Michael Bay. A movie will be based on the character Lobo, an alien who works as an interstellar mercenary and bounty hunter. The project, which has been in development at Warner Bros. for years, has changed hands between Brad Peyton (San Andreas) and Guy Ritchie (Sherlock Holmes), and now the studio is thinking about bringing Bay on board to direct from a script by Jason Fuchs (Wonder Woman).
As The Wrap aptly points out, as far as character arcs go, Lobo sounds a lot like Deadpool. Tim Miller’s Deadpool brought about a huge revival for the X-Men franchise and even earned itself a few accolades along the way. With a freshly released Deadpool 2 trailer hitting this week, the timing for a Lobo movie announcement could not be more spot on, because there’s nothing like healthy competition between franchises… if only people — including studio executives — had more faith in DC creations. I just don’t know if Lobo would reignite the same fire for DC that Deadpool did for Fox.
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