Jason Momoa Is Lobo In The New DC Universe

You might know actor Jason Momoa from the handful of times he played Aquaman in WB’s now-abandoned Old DC Cimenatic Universe. They’re building a New DC Cimenatic Universe now, and today we learned Momoa’s still going to be on the payroll, but as a totally different character.

Momoa will now be Lobo. That’s L as in Lacerate, O as in Obliterate, B as in disemBowel, and O as in….well, I guess we can use “Obliterate” again, right? In terms of personality Lobo couldn’t be more different from Aquaman, but the way Momoa talks, it sounds like the Main Man was the role he wanted all along. “If they call and ask me to play him, it’s a **** yeah,” he once said on his Insta, and he confirmed it recently by simply saying “They called.”

Lobo started out as a parody of Marvel’s Wolverine; the “tough guy” stereotype, but taken to such an extreme that he’s really not a hero anymore. Lobo is a trash-talking Space Biker and intergalactic bounty hunter who rides a motorcycle through the vacuum of space (somehow) to chase his targets. The Main Man’s main weapon is a hook on a chain, which he keeps wrapped around his wrist, and his main obsession is himself. Whether Lobo is an ally or an enemy depends on if the situation is good for Lobo.

So which superhero is going to have to deal with this guy? Sounds like he’s Supergirl‘s problem. Momoa has been slated to star in Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow, opposite Milly Alcock as Kara Zor-El.