Lobo Series in development at SyFy - Blu-ray Forum

ben6543 · 06-12-2019, 08:26 PM

Whelp, start stocking up on those monkey-skull crotch-guards because we’re about to get a whole lot more Lobo. According to Variety, a Krypton spinoff starring the Czarnian bounty hunter is in development at Syfy with Krypton executive producer Cameron Welsh onboard to write the new series. Emmett J. Scanlan plays the character on Krypton, the Superman prequel series that just returned for a second season.

Created by writer Roger Slifer and artist Keith Giffen in 1983, Lobo was kind of Deadpool before Deadpool was cool, an ultra-violent fourth-wall-breaker who lives for quips and mass murder. In the character’s comics-canon origin story, he killed off the entire population of his own homeworld. In his native Czarnian, the name Lobo roughly translates to “he who devours your entrails and thoroughly enjoys it.” Lobo is a whole lot, is what I’m saying. In Krypton season 2, the character will reportedly butt heads with Superman’s extremely square-jawed grandfather, Seg-El (Cameron Cuffe) after Seg escapes the Phantom Zone.

It’s an interesting time for Syfy, a network that still seems to be looking for an identity after all these years. Krypton is back and a lot more crazy than season 1, and now the network is confident enough for a full-on spinoff. But Syfy also just canceled the graphic novel adaptations Happy! and Deadly Class, two of the buzziest series the network had going for it, not to mention The Magicians closing out its fourth season with the game-changing death of its main character, Jason Ralph‘s Quentin Coldwater.

We’ll see if Lobo is just bonkers enough to be a mainstay for Syfy. Until then, check out our coverage of Krypton below:

http://collider.com/lobo-tv-series-s...source=twitter

Poya · 06-12-2019, 08:40 PM

So much for DC’s cinematic answer to Deadpool.

TheWildWhelk · 06-16-2019, 07:09 PM

The casting for Lobo has got to be one of the most lazy, haphazard, botched casting decisions in years.

Yes, even though he plays Aquaman, the perfect Lobo should be Jason Momoa, and massively built 6'5" long-haired bastcih, not a 6 foot Irishman of slight build! I've been reading the Lobo comics now for more than 25 years, and with no disrespect to the actor, Emmett Scanlan doesn't fit the bill. He is not the Main man!

ManOfTheForest · 06-16-2019, 08:09 PM

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Originally Posted by TheWildWhelk

The casting for Lobo has got to be one of the most lazy, haphazard, botched casting decisions in years.

Yes, even though he plays Aquaman, the perfect Lobo should be Jason Momoa, and massively built 6'5" long-haired bastcih, not a 6 foot Irishman of slight build! I've been reading the Lobo comics now for more than 25 years, and with no disrespect to the actor, Emmett Scanlan doesn't fit the bill. He is not the Main man!

I know very little about the character beyond his appearance but when Momoa first showed up on Stargate Atlantis I thought "there is Lobo".

Was there ever any consideration at DC/Warner Bros. to cast Momoa as Lobo or even to make a Lobo movie?

They seem more interested solo movies for villains and sidekicks and Lobo does seem like it might be their Deadool as mentioned above.

dcfan88 · 06-19-2019, 02:27 AM

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Originally Posted by ManOfTheForest

I know very little about the character beyond his appearance but when Momoa first showed up on Stargate Atlantis I thought "there is Lobo".

Was there ever any consideration at DC/Warner Bros. to cast Momoa as Lobo or even to make a Lobo movie?

They seem more interested solo movies for villains and sidekicks and Lobo does seem like it might be their Deadool as mentioned above.

I do agree that Momoa should've been Lobo instead of Aquaman, Momoa even said it himself in an interview but mentioned he trusted Snyder's vision

There were rumors of Michael Bay doing a Lobo movie but between him doing a Netflix movie, Bad Boys 3, possibly Bad Boys 4, and he's still attached to Transformers franchise I doubt he's doing it. YES, I'm aware Bay is not a first choice here but he was the last director I can think of that was attached to making a Lobo movie

Also, WB and DC have said several movies are "in development" and yet we've heard little

Why they are doing a tv show instead of a movie? I know this can be up for debate but DC has had success with their characters on TV in recent years (Arrow going 8 seasons, Flash being CWs #1 show, Lucifer being a top binged show on Netflix, Watchmen getting a series on HBO) This is possibly why DC is going for a tv series instead of a movie.

Personally I'd prefer a movie (better budget and I don't trust SyFy) but why they're doing TV is just a personal guess of mine

jokerzwild · 06-22-2019, 10:35 PM

Ya I'm not seeing how Irish T.J. Miller can carry a show, he isn't off to a good start on Krypton.

jokerzwild · 08-16-2019, 08:39 PM

It appears this series is dead along with Krypton.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/su...yfy/ar-AAFUjy3

oilers73 · 08-16-2019, 08:42 PM

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Originally Posted by jokerzwild

It appears this series is dead along with Krypton.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/su...yfy/ar-AAFUjy3

Maybe Lobo will get his own series on a real network someday.

kemcha · 08-16-2019, 09:38 PM

I don't how many times I have to say this, NBC/Universal/SyFy should not be in the business of producing licensed television content. They have a horrendous track record. Ever since they ditched genre television for reality TV programming has this network of studios systematically destroyed what little loyalty that fans have for these shows.

It's also doubtful that another network will pick them up. Personally? I would rather see these shows either on The CW or on DC Universe.

This doesn't surprise me in the least that Krypton was canceled and that Lobo was axed before it even began. I suspect that the end result is that the producers created another cliffhanger for a genre TV series just to cancel it because they don't like the genre. This is just why I don't watch SyFy. I stopped watching the network after they canceled Stargate Atlantis in favor of Stargate Universe, which ended up getting the axe anyways.

Only question I have is "why is SyFy on television if they don't want to produce content". The WWE is not the only thing on television and I think they forgot what their network name stands for. "SyFy = Science Fiction". This keeps going back to SyFy being angry that they couldn't trademark "SciFi".

06-12-2019, 08:26 PM	#1
ben6543 Blu-ray Champion Top contributor Member since:Mar 2017 Location:In The Pages of DC & Marvel Comics 4K collection:22 Blu-ray collection:279 DVD collection:80 Digital collection:2 iTunes collection:25	Lobo Series in development at SyFy Whelp, start stocking up on those monkey-skull crotch-guards because we’re about to get a whole lot more Lobo. According to Variety, a Krypton spinoff starring the Czarnian bounty hunter is in development at Syfy with Krypton executive producer Cameron Welsh onboard to write the new series. Emmett J. Scanlan plays the character on Krypton, the Superman prequel series that just returned for a second season. Created by writer Roger Slifer and artist Keith Giffen in 1983, Lobo was kind of Deadpool before Deadpool was cool, an ultra-violent fourth-wall-breaker who lives for quips and mass murder. In the character’s comics-canon origin story, he killed off the entire population of his own homeworld. In his native Czarnian, the name Lobo roughly translates to “he who devours your entrails and thoroughly enjoys it.” Lobo is a whole lot, is what I’m saying. In Krypton season 2, the character will reportedly butt heads with Superman’s extremely square-jawed grandfather, Seg-El (Cameron Cuffe) after Seg escapes the Phantom Zone. It’s an interesting time for Syfy, a network that still seems to be looking for an identity after all these years. Krypton is back and a lot more crazy than season 1, and now the network is confident enough for a full-on spinoff. But Syfy also just canceled the graphic novel adaptations Happy! and Deadly Class, two of the buzziest series the network had going for it, not to mention The Magicians closing out its fourth season with the game-changing death of its main character, Jason Ralph‘s Quentin Coldwater. We’ll see if Lobo is just bonkers enough to be a mainstay for Syfy. Until then, check out our coverage of Krypton below: http://collider.com/lobo-tv-series-s...source=twitter

06-12-2019, 08:40 PM	#2
Poya Blu-ray Baron Member since:Jun 2011 Location:NY, NY 4K collection:1 Blu-ray collection:2 Trading Score:12	So much for DC’s cinematic answer to Deadpool.

06-16-2019, 07:09 PM	#3
TheWildWhelk Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Oct 2007 Location:Elsinore Blu-ray collection:63 Blu-ray reviews:4	The casting for Lobo has got to be one of the most lazy, haphazard, botched casting decisions in years. Yes, even though he plays Aquaman, the perfect Lobo should be Jason Momoa, and massively built 6'5" long-haired bastcih, not a 6 foot Irishman of slight build! I've been reading the Lobo comics now for more than 25 years, and with no disrespect to the actor, Emmett Scanlan doesn't fit the bill. He is not the Main man!

06-22-2019, 10:35 PM	#6
jokerzwild Power Member Member since:Feb 2012 Blu-ray collection:53 Digital collection:135 iTunes collection:63 Trading Score:191	Ya I'm not seeing how Irish T.J. Miller can carry a show, he isn't off to a good start on Krypton.

08-16-2019, 08:39 PM	#7
jokerzwild Power Member Member since:Feb 2012 Blu-ray collection:53 Digital collection:135 iTunes collection:63 Trading Score:191	It appears this series is dead along with Krypton. https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/su...yfy/ar-AAFUjy3

08-16-2019, 09:38 PM	#9
kemcha Blu-ray Knight Top contributor Member since:Dec 2009 Location:Michigan, USA 4K collection:18 Blu-ray collection:344 Blu-ray reviews:18 Trading Score:32	I don't how many times I have to say this, NBC/Universal/SyFy should not be in the business of producing licensed television content. They have a horrendous track record. Ever since they ditched genre television for reality TV programming has this network of studios systematically destroyed what little loyalty that fans have for these shows. It's also doubtful that another network will pick them up. Personally? I would rather see these shows either on The CW or on DC Universe. This doesn't surprise me in the least that Krypton was canceled and that Lobo was axed before it even began. I suspect that the end result is that the producers created another cliffhanger for a genre TV series just to cancel it because they don't like the genre. This is just why I don't watch SyFy. I stopped watching the network after they canceled Stargate Atlantis in favor of Stargate Universe, which ended up getting the axe anyways. Only question I have is "why is SyFy on television if they don't want to produce content". The WWE is not the only thing on television and I think they forgot what their network name stands for. "SyFy = Science Fiction". This keeps going back to SyFy being angry that they couldn't trademark "SciFi".

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