Tuesday, July 21, 2009

'Lobo' To Be PG-13?

Producer Joel Silver, the Hollywood power-player behind "Sherlock Holmes" and "The Matrix," has his eye on DC Comics' "Lobo," the intergalactic biker with a fowl mouth and Gene Simmons-styled eye makeup.

However, the movie version of "Lobo" might be slightly more family-friendly than his original comics incarnation, according to Silver.

"I think it's structured now as a PG-13 movie," Silver told a group of reporters, according to Sci Fi Wire. "I think we've done it that way, but I love it."

Originally created as a peripheral character in Keith Giffen and Roger Slifer's Green Lantern spinoff comic Omega Men, Lobo was reinvented as an antihero in the early 1990s by writer Alan Grant and artist Simon Bisley, who elevated the exaggerated biker persona to epically monstrous levels.

Though Silver declined to reveal further details, he suggested that the technology that James Cameron is currently working with might play a role in realizing Lobo's transition from page to screen.

"When any of you see 'Avatar,' see pieces of it, the technology is genius, the stuff that's out there that is doable is fantastic," he noted.

The story for the proposed film is already in its early stages, and bringing it into production sounds like something Silver wants make happen in the near future.

"'Lobo' is one I'm very excited about maybe doing one day, hopefully soon," Silver said. "I think we can do it. We've got a script we like."

Sources: MTV News, Sci Fi Wire

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