‘Lobo’ TV Show Coming To Syfy, Will Be A Spin-Off Of ‘Krypton’
DC has been trying to make aLobomovie for years, but the foul-mouthed intergalactic bounty hunter is coming to the small screen first inKryptonseason 2. Now a new report says the character will be hanging out in the TV realm for a while longer, because Syfy is developing aLoboTV show that will function as a spin-off ofKrypton. But what about that movie?
Varietybrings the news about theLoboTV show that’s in the works at Syfy, the home of the Superman prequel seriesKrypton. Season two of that show debuts this Wednesday night, and the dirty, motorcycle-riding, hulking Lobo will make an appearance in the second season as played by actorEmmett J. Scanlan.Kryptonexecutive producerCameron Welshwill serve as the writer and showrunner for the newLoboseries.
Lobo was introduced in DC Comics in the early 1980s as a villain, and though he was meant as a parody of the type of over-the-top, sex-crazed, violence-prone comic antiheroes of that era, readers couldn’t get enough of his antics. He’s the type of character who, in the wrong hands, could end up being a complete disaster when adapted into live action; in self-aware hands, he could be a lot of fun to watch. I imagine his inclusion in Krypton will provide that show with a shot in the arm from audiences who may otherwise have never tuned in, and it says something about the network’s belief in the character that they’ve already given this character a spin-off without even seeing audience reaction to him yet.
Guy Ritchiewasin talksto direct aLobomovie ten years ago, but that never came to pass. A few years after that,Dwayne Johnsonconfirmedthat he was in discussions to play the role in a movie directed by his frequent collaboratorBrad Peyton; just a year later, that project hadfallen apart. When we last checked,Wonder WomanscreenwriterJason Fuchswasworkingon a draft of the script that would potentially be directed by – wait for it –Michael Bay. No word yet if that movie version is still in the works, but DC has been hesitant to put many of its characters in the movies and on TV shows at the same time (The Flash is a notable exception), so I wouldn’t be surprised if they pumped the brakes on a big screen version of the character and treated this TV spin-off as a test-balloon for how to handle this brazen, chain-smoking character in live-action.
