Jason Momoa is the Lobo of the DCU

Has been live for it nearly as long as Aquaman has been, and now, Jason Momoa is getting a late holiday gift: the actor will trade DC’s seas for its stars as he takes on the mantle of intergalactic bounty hunter, Lobo.

due date reports that Momoa will first appear as Lobo in the cosmic future Supergirl movie, Woman of tomorrowprotagonist House of the DragonIt’s Milly Alcock like Kara Zor-El. Although Momoa himself did not specify when and where he will appear, he confirmed the news in an Instagram post of a screenshot from a previous quote where he said “If (DC Studios) call and ask me to play him, he’s a dick, yeah”, now with the simple caption “they called”.

Momoa wouldn’t be the first actor to cross over from the old DC cinematic universe into James Gunn and Peter Safran’s new DCU, but he’s arguably the most prominent yet, making the switch from a former member of the Justice League to any ability we.” I will see him as Lobo. Gunn already joked that Lobo was going to be a character that we eventually saw in this new universe – if only in supporting roles like Woman of tomorrow or beyond in an independent film or TV series remains to be seen, but it’s nice to see at least one former DC star get what they wanted under the new regime.

We’ll bring you more on James Gunn’s plans for the DCU as and when we learn it.

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