Guy Ritchie To Direct Lobo
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Posted by Frederik Hautain on Sep 2, 2009
Tags: dc, lobo, ritchie, warner bros
Everybody hide! Lobo is coming to cinemas everywhere with Guy Ritchie set to direct. The news was first reported by Variety. Here's an excerpt:
Ritchie will make the film his follow-up to “Sherlock Holmes,” the Silver-produced film that stars Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law and Rachel McAdams, which Warner Bros. opens Christmas Day. 
Production on “Lobo” begins early next year. The character originated in 1983 in “Omega Men,” written by Roger Slifer and Keith Giffen. Lobo has had several comic incarnations. In the film, he is a seven-foot tall, blue-skinned, indestructible and heavily muscled anti-hero who drives a pimped out motorcycle, and lands on Earth in search of four fugitives who are bent on wreaking havoc. Lobo teams with a small town teenaged girl to stop the creatures.
WB is aiming for a PG-13 rating. Pic will be strong on visual effects, and Ritchie will bring the irreverent, gruff tone of past films like "Snatch" and "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels."
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Comments
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Andy Oliver Sep 2, 2009 at 7:05pm
This seems like one of those press releases I dreamt up in a "too many pints of London Pride and a dodgy vegetable korma" stupor...
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Lee Newman Sep 3, 2009 at 8:52am
Of course, the real question is will we get the Snatch Ritchie or the Swept Away Ritchie?
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Kris Bather Sep 3, 2009 at 10:28am
In the film, he'll be "blue-skinned"? What?
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Andy Oliver Sep 3, 2009 at 11:13am
Didn't notice that Kris. Well as the visual is a pretty important part of the character I think this is a potential change that's a little beyond "organic webshooters". Oh dear...
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Eric Lindberg Sep 3, 2009 at 11:34am
Never cared for Lobo. I wish they'd move forward with some of the other DC characters' movies instead of this.
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CA3 Sep 7, 2009 at 4:19pm
A Lobo movie? I'll believe it when I see it.
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Andy Oliver Sep 7, 2009 at 4:22pm
Think I'll wait for the DVD. ;)
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