Keith Giffen, co-creator of DC Comics' Lobo (with
Roger Slifer), recently told CBR that he is excited about seeing how the
Guy Ritchie-directed live-action adaptation of the exploits of "The Main Man" turns out, but that he was not asked to consult on the film:
"Not at all. How rare is it that they come to the comic book guy? Films and comic books are completely different media. I understand that and I’m pretty much in the position of the fans. Very curious about how the whole thing is going to turn out and looking forward to it with my fingers crossed." Giffen was asked about who he would like to see play Lobo, and he said that he would not choose
Jeffrey Dean Morgan, a CBM fan favorite following his turn in
Watchmen:
"Were I king--and I’m not, I have no say in this whatsoever--if I were calling the shots, I would go for an unknown. Sort of 'make a star.' Do the George Lucas thing, make a star instead of bringing someone in. If you bring, off the top of my head, Mel Gibson, and say, 'Okay. Mel Gibson is going to play Lobo.' It stops being a Lobo movie and starts being a Mel Gibson movie. Movie stars bring their own baggage." As for the tone of the film, Giffen says he hopes they go for dark humor:
"I’ve always pictured Lobo would work best as a movie if you played him sort of like, a very attitudey, black humor, Czarnian from outer space. That’s just my opinion. I don’t [know] which direction they’re going with this. I have no idea or what they’re going to do with it. I just hope that I’ll be as pleasantly surprised as everybody else."
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