I've got the concerns that everyone has when they see one of the characters they created when the go into film. I'm not as radical as Alan Moore going, 'I don't want a damn thing to do with it,' but I'm not as enthusiastic as Mark Millar. I'm optimistic about the potential for the film, but it's a cautious optimism.

I think Guy Ritchie is a good choice for director or a horrible choice for director, depending on whether we've got 'Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels' Guy Ritchie, which is a good thing or we've got 'Swept Away' Guy Ritchie, in which case it's 'Tank Girl.' 

Get an unknown and make him a star instead of giving the money to a star. If it's, 'Mel Gibson as Lobo,' it kind of stops being a Lobo movie and starts being a Mel Gibson movie.

Interesting comments by Giffen. 
I agree completely about getting an unknown to play Lobo but the thing is the average movie gaoer is never going to see Lobo unless a fairly household name plays him. 
 
PG-13 will be annoying for us fans but its do-able 
 
I have faith in Ritchie but am extremely curious to see his take on Lobo's typically sci-fi world. I've never seem him do anything even close to sci-fi and it doesn't seem to fit. He can definitely do dark and gritty though which is a major plus.

" thanks for posting Lobo's ass....lol "

" @_brandon said:

" thanks for posting Lobo's ass....lol "

Be really thankful I didn't post a LARGE version... "

Rob Zombie should play Lobo

Who would fight Lobo other than Super-man

That's about as optimistic as a serious creator who has ZERO input into the live action-adaption could be. Moore is pissed for various reasons, but the main one being he never got the royalties, credit, and input he and co-creators deserved. Not to mention, he's got Directors like Snyder saying goofy things like "I hope he puts it in his DVD player in his Flat in London and enjoys something in it", which of COURSE comes-off as arrogant and insulting. Millar, on the other hand, is a gleeful Scot who got to hang-out with Angelina Jolie and brag about it for weeks on-end. This guy writes comics for the PURPOSE of being turned into movies, so naturally he's not going to be upset when they get optioned.
 
I just hope that, like with Johns on the "Green Lantern" and "Shazam" movies, Warner gets Giffen to help bring "Lobo" along how it should be. Or at the very least asks his opinion. A movie about The Main Man without KG's input would really seem shallow to me...
 
...Wait, I just said a Lobo movie would be shallow. And also in today's news, the sky is blue. *Shrugs*

nice ^_^

I always thought that Jason Momoa should play Lobo.I know he's got the look and everything but I'm just not sure if he has the chops.I still think he is potentially the best actor for the job I mean it's not like you have to give an academy award winning performance because the main man just isn't that deep as RaptorFratBoy pointed out.And Momoa has already played a tough guy on Stargate Atlantis who had dreads.

I don't understand why every comic book movie needs to be R rated for the fans to enjoy it. An R rating is well over rated, you get an R by having sex and nudity in your movie, and maybe the gratiatious use of the F Bomb. No lets face it Lobo he says Fraggin, hummm where have I heard that before, oh ya that's right Battlestar Galactica, which was on tv and was very adult oriented. So lets lay off the if its not R rated its going to suck mentality. Also Lobo kills aliens, so you're gonna get alot of green, purple, or what ever color blood, another reason it won't be R rated.
 
I will happily go see a Lobo movie, and as long as Giffen has some input it will most likely stay true to the character. I don't know how much Guy actually knows about comic book characters, but we'll find out. If he puts his mind to it this movie can be leasted with some of his greats; like Snatch; Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels; and Rockn Rolla.
 
As far as actors go, I don't think they'll need a house hold name. Guy is known for bringing in some little known talent who later become stars, Jason Stathem and Vinnie Jones come to mind. He also has a gift for bringing in the bigger names like Brad Pitt, Benicio del Torro, and Chris 'Ludacris' Briggs. I think the perfect person for Lobo would be Gerard Butler, he's an excellent actor, he's a physical actor, the only draw back is his accent. Although in his new movie he seems to have dropped it alittle.
 
I won't give it a thumbs up or down until afterwards, but as of right now I'd pay to see it.

The picture with Lobo's ass reminds me of the Comedian

I'm not really concerned about a PG-13 rating. I mean its like you said, G-Man, you can still get away with quite a bit in PG-13. 
 
@Nova`Prime` said:

" I think the perfect person for Lobo would be Gerard Butler, he's an excellent actor, he's a physical actor, the only draw back is his accent. Although in his new movie he seems to have dropped it alittle."  

Okay Im torn about the whole Lobo becoming a movie idea
 
Simply put Id love to see the Bastch put into a movie format, and Ill agree with Giffen they need an unknown actor to play him cause i think that would be freaking badass seeing someone new play a badass Lobo.\
 
BUT
I dont want it to be PG-13 because lets face it, Lobo is known as the man who will slice you into tiny little bits or tear you into pieces WHILE cursing at you in ways that make your grandmother roll in her grave. So having it be PG13 is just a dumb idea, I dont like how movies now always HAVE to be PG13s. Horror movies can most of the time pull of this rating simply cause thier made to scare you not disgust (The Grudge, and The Ring). Those types of movies are perfect for the PG13 rating, But come on people would any of you go see a Friday the 13th or Nightmare on ElmStreet movie if they were rated PG13. HELL NO!
 
Why? Because you know and expect that these movies will live up to the R rating and majority of the time they really do just on the gore an nudity alone but u also dont go to see these movies based on story. Come on who went to Friday the 13th remake to see a story No u went to see boobies and lots an lots of blood.
 
So thats what I want from a Lobo movie, from the issues Ive read of him (havnt read his series yet) and the online webtoon that was on what 7 years ago I grew up knowing he was a badass mofo who kills an cusses to his hearts content.
 
Screw the PG13 rating and make it an R.

Well, at least Mel Gibson isn't going to be Lobo...

Get some mad metal singer to be be cast as lobo then costume guys will have an easy job lol

You want "Lobo" to tank horribly before it even has a chance, and there to NEVER be another one made ever again?
 
Because that's what will happen if it's R-Rated.

" You want "Lobo" to tank horribly before it even has a chance, and there to NEVER be another one made ever again?  Because that's what will happen if it's R-Rated. "

I agree in casting an unknown as Lobo.  I don't agree with the PG-13 rating.  I mean, let's look back at Live Free or Die Hard, where the character's most famous line of "Yippee-ki-yay, muthaf*&#a" was cut down.  It was a travesty.  While it was restored in the Unrated DVD edition, it's still just annoying. 
 
But that's also an interesting thing to look at:  they could make a PG-13 version for theatres to pull as much money as possible, then release an Unrated edition on DVD that has the REAL Lobo movie.  However, that plays into the post I made in the Archaia Comics Giveaway thread that's anchored on the boards:  you are focusing on the product, not the character and the story.  Lobo is QUITE a character, and one with a ton of interesting niches.  THAT is why people dig him.  Turning him into a product is being disrespectful to the fans and the creators in a big way, and I don't know if I can support that. 
 
Nonetheless, they did the same thing with Constantine, and while I still enjoy that movie, that doesn't mean I felt less disrespected by it. 
 
In the end...they just want to make a gankload of money.  Hopefully, as some point during production, Guy Ritchie will say "there's just no way I can be okay with a PG-13 rating on this flick".  Terminator Salvation may have gotten away with it, but they didn't have Lobo!!!

I haven't read enough Lobo to really know. However, seeing how much they get away with in PG-13 films these days (up to 3 Fbombs now and some non sex nudity) plus insane violence I'm willing to give it a go. 

I don't think enough people know about lobo other than some random appearances in the super man adventures cartoons to even comment on this. 

" I don't think enough people know about lobo other than some random appearances in the super man adventures cartoons to even comment on this.  "

What are they thinking, this movie should be rated R!?

" @Om1kron said:

" I don't think enough people know about lobo other than some random appearances in the super man adventures cartoons to even comment on this.  "

Hopefully this thread has shown you otherwise... "

relax guys. 

pg-13 lobo movie? wtf?!? I like lobo, and I like movies, but I would not like a pg-13 lobo movie. I think clive barker said it best in an interview a year or so ago about pg-13 horror films making as much sense as a pg-13 porno film.

blade worked out really well when it came out and nobody knew who the fudge that was, and it was R. hint, hint.

PG 13? YOU MOTHERFUCKERS!!!

" pg-13 lobo movie? wtf?!? I like lobo, and I like movies, but I would not like a pg-13 lobo movie. I think clive barker said it best in an interview a year or so ago about pg-13 horror films making as much sense as a pg-13 porno film. "