Jason Momoa’s Lobo team is reviving the canceled Supergirl idea on the big screen

Aquaman is dead. Long live… Lobo?

This is the only way to read today’s news Jason Momoa has officially been cast As the vile DC counterpart to Deadpool. The bounty hunter character first appeared in comics in 1983 as a villain, but became a fan favorite as an anti-hero in the 1990s. Momoa has been rumored to be playing this character ever since James Gunn and Peter Safran became heads of DC’s film division, and it’s a character he seems perfect to portray, especially after his unhinged performance in “Fast X.” Lobo co-creator Keith Giffen envisioned Czarnian as a ridiculously violent parody of The Punisher, so he was shocked to watch the character develop into a likable mercenary with little interest in human or alien life. since then, There have been attempts to bring the character to the big screenbut only now, within the soon-to-be-launched DC Universe film series, will he be introduced to major moviegoers.

How will it go? If the “Deadpool” franchise. He’s a reliable measure, and would be an amazing success – especially with a lovably goofy star like Momoa in the role. But there must be some concern within Warner Bros. Fans will be confused about Momoa’s return this early in a new DC film series, especially given the success of the “Aquaman” films compared to the rest of the DCEU. If they were trying to get rid of the gunk left behind by a failed movie world, this might seem like a questionable choice.

This decision becomes even more questionable when you consider that Lobo will be released alongside the main character of the movie “Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow,” which is claimed to be a semi-adaptation of Tom King and Belquis Evely’s popular series of the same title. Will there be some multiverse nonsense to justify this casting decision or is there something else going on entirely? Let’s try to get to the bottom of it.

King and Evilly in “Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow” Revered by many comic book fans as a thrilling and deeply moving take on “True Grit” by Charles Portis. The tale follows an exhausted and out-of-place Kara Zor-El as she sets out on a quest for revenge at the request of an alien girl. If condensed into a feature film, it’s a story full of potential. So, where does Lobo appear in the story? In the comic book, he didn’t do that – although, according to King, he almost did. As he told WordBalloon:

“This book (“Supergirl: World of Tomorrow”) started when I was promoting the Lobo/Supergirl book, and it was my editor(s), Brittany Holzherr and Jamie Rich, who were like, “No, take Lobo and make Supergirl the Rooster Cogburn character.” So it wouldn’t exist without Jamie and Brittany.”

Under Gunn’s auspices, director Craig Gillespie and screenwriter Ana Nogueira are apparently planning to bring King’s initial take on “Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow.” Lobo will be Rooster Cogburn and Supergirl will be Mattie Ross. This is a choice that might rub fans of the King-Evely version the wrong way. They had the opportunity to make a Supergirl movie with two very different and amazing heroines, and now they’re turning it into a part-Lobo show. This could totally work, but it feels like a hedged bet with the potential to please anyone. Fortunately, we know that This showdown with Supergirl will be a bit more intense, Gunn says:

“Superman was sent to Earth and was raised by incredibly loving parents while Kara was on a piece of Krypton that was drifting away from the planet and she lived there for the first 14 years of her life (in) a terrible situation where she watched everyone around her die, so she’s a girl.” A tougher, more violent superhero.”

We won’t know until Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow hits theaters on June 26, 2026.