Silver Wants To Make Lobo His Avatar
Fri, July 31, 2009
Film Producer Joel Silver is no stranger when it comes to bringing comics the big screen , having his hands in such projects as HBO’s "Tales From The Crypt", "V For Vendetta", and upcoming film versions "The Losers", and "Sgt. Rock". But at a recent press event for his latest endeavor, "Orphan", he let slip to Sci-Fi Wire about one comic based film that has his attention - - "Lobo". “Lobo is one I’m very excited about maybe doing one day, hopefully soon. I think we can do it. We’ve got a script we like.”
DC Comics’ Lobo is an interstellar bounty hunter who starred in numerous specials and mini-series in the late ’80’s-90’s, most of which were ‘suggested for mature readers only’. The Main Man’s ultra violent adventures include committing planet wide genocide to his home world of Czarnia (so he‘d be unique), getting booted out of both Heaven and Hell,being hunted down by his illegitimate children,and killing Santa Claus. So one would assume that "Lobo" will be rated R, right? Wrong.
“I think it’s structured now as a PG-13 movie,” said Silver of the Angel Dean Lopez penned script. “I think we’ve done it that way, but I loveit. I’ve just wanted to make it for a long time, and I think it’s a great character, a great guy.”
So how can Silver Pictures deliver a PG-13 rated version of "Lobo" without alienating ’The Main Man’s fan base? By possibly taking advantage of the technology being pioneered by James Cameron. “When you see 'Avatar', see pieces of it, the technology is genius, the stuff that’s out there that is doable is fantastic. It’s such a great character.”
Reader Comments (4)
Hmm this is interesting. I really want to read that script, though.
Heres the script review on video of Lobo,by Latino Review
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmydHkakjqM
^ Being the new guy here, I didn't want to post that video review with this story seeing how Silver & co. "asked" LR to pull it off their site... :)
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