Warner Bros. Hires Director Brad Peyton for "Lobo"

[Kowalsky (formerly JudgeGumpty)]

Warner Bros. has hired Brad Peyton, who helmed the hit family adventure "Journey 2: The Mysterious Island," to direct and rewrite "Lobo," the live-action movie based on DC Comics' ultraviolent intergalactic bounty hunter, Deadline reports.

Guy Ritchie had been attached to direct the adaptation in late 2009 but left the project to develop the blockbuster "Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows." Don Payne ("Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer," "Thor") wrote the most recent draft. Joel Silver and Akiva Goldsman are producing.

Created by Roger Stern and Keith Giffen, Lobo debuted in 1983's "Omega Men" #3 as a self-centered villain with a penchant for mindless violence, but he gained popularity in the 1990s as a parody of Wolverine, Punisher and other anti-heroes. Although Lobo has appeared in animated form on "Superman: The Animated Series," "Justice League" and "Legion of Super Heroes," this would mark his live-action, and big-screen, debut.

Payne's PG-13 script reportedly followed Lobo as he pursued four fugitives to Earth, where he partnered with a teenaged girl to stop them. Whether any of that will remain in Peyton's rewrite is, naturally, unknown at this point.

PG13 for the galaxies bastiche bounty hunter ? I will be following this with a lot of anticipation just hope whoever gets to direct this does the main man proud.

[Misanthrope]

"where he partnered with a teenaged girl to stop them."

Pass.

[IAMTHESYSTEM]

Yeah I don't see how a 13 audience is going to really get Lobo's humour.

He'll look like some deranged KIZZ fan to them. Who'd play him? Mickey Rourke? 

[Goaty]

Found this somewhere over the net, someone create that... but it sort of right cast, good eyebrow match?

Kevin Durand as the Lobo...

[von Boom]

Andew Bryniarski has already played Lobo. I'd give him another shot.





JvB

[Richmond Clements]

My money's on The Rock.

[Bat King]

I won't be expecting a good film...

[strontium_dog_90]

"where he partnered with a teenaged girl to stop them."

Pass.

Yep - you can pretty much predict the way the film's 'story' will go just from that one line. Hate turns to grudging respect turns to love. Because that's totally what would happen if you happened to meet Lobo.

Not be holding my breath for anything good coming from this.

[I, Cosh]

Yeah I don't see how a 13 audience is going to really get Lobo's humour.

Really? I thought 13 year old boys were precisely the target audience for Lobo.