SUPERGIRL: WOMAN OF TOMORROW Casts Jason Momoa as Lobo

 
The Main Man is coming to the big screen.

Deadline is confirming reports that the upcoming DC Universe film Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow, based on the DC Comics character, has cast Jason Momoa as the bounty hunter Lobo. Momoa joins Milly Alcock as Supergirl/Kara Zor-El, Matthias Schoenaerts as the main antagonist Krem, and Eve Ridley as Ruthye Marye Knoll.

Craig Gillespie will direct Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow from a script by Ana Nogueira. The project is based on the 2022 DC Comics limited series of the same name, written by Tom King and drawn by Bilquis Evely.

Momoa, 45, is best known to DC Comics fans as Aquaman/Arthur Curry in the films Aquaman, Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom, and Justice League. He's also appeared as Duncan Idaho in Dune (2021), Khal Drogo on the HBO series Game of Thrones, and as Ronon Dex on Stargate: Atlantis. In addition, Momoa also portrayed the lead role of Conan in the 2011 remake of Conan the Barbarian.  

According to the article, Momoa has been linked to the character before James Gunn came in to lead DC alongside Peter Safran. He’s been vocal in the past about his interest in the part and today confirmed his attachment to the role in a post on Instagram, where he included comments from a previous interview.

Created in 1983 by Roger Slifer and Keith Giffen, Lobo first appeared in Omega Men (vol.1) #3 as a Velorpian whose entire race had been exterminated by the Psions.  Lobo played an important role in the Citadel War, in his capacity as a bounty hunter.  He was hired by the Citadel's human agent Harry Hokum to capture the Euphorian known as Kalista in a bid to learn the secret behind her home world's planetary shield.  Along with fellow bounty hunters Bedlam and Berserk, he raided the mothership belonging to the Omega Men, where upon he engaged in combat with Kalista.  Soon after, Harry Hokum hired Lobo once again, this time to assassinate the Omega Men's interim leader Tigorr.  Lobo never had the opportunity to complete the contract however.

In 1988's Justice League International (vol.1) #18, the character was revamped as a Czarnian whose name comes from a Khund dialect that means "one who devours your entrails and thoroughly enjoys it."  He hailed from the planet Czarnia, which was a virtual paradise that knew nothing of war and the Czarnians were almost immortal.  When Lobo was born, his evil was so frighteningly apparent, the nurse who delivered him went insane and became the planet's first mental patient in ten millennia after the infant Lobo chewed off four of her fingers.  Lobo knew he was one of a kind, but he wanted even more.  Inspired by the idea of genocide, Lobo created a swarm of lethal scorpion-like creatures and set them on his people, wiping out his entire species but himself.

After traveling across the galaxies as an intergalactic bounty hunter, Lobo made his first appearance on the planet Earth when he was hired by Manga Khan to take out the newly formed Justice League International.  However, after Big Barda teleported Lobo across the galaxy, Lobo landed on Earth in the Justice League Embassy.  After a brief altercation with Guy Gardner, Lobo hung around, pretending to be a friend, while waiting for the right moment.   Before he could act, however, Manga Khan canceled his contract.  Since then, he encountered various DC Comics superheroes, operating solo or as a member of L.E.G.I.O.N.

In DC Rebirth, Lobo was reintroduced in the limited series Justice League vs. Suicide Squad as one of the villains freed by Maxwell Lord who was a member of Amanda Waller's first Suicide Squad.  Batman eventually implanted a bomb into Lobo's brain and detonated it, blowing up Lobo's head.  After Lobo regenerated it, he discovered Batman did so to free him from Lord's control, and later accepted Batman's offer to join a new incarnation of the Justice League of America to repay the favor.

Momoa will be the second actor to portray Lobo in live action, after Emmett J. Scanlan on the TV series Krypton. The character has appeared in various animated projects, including Superman: The Animated Series and Justice League (voiced by Brad Garrett), Young Justice (voiced by David Sobolov), and Justice League Action (voiced by John DiMaggio).

Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow is currently scheduled to arrive in theaters on June 26, 2026.