Every so often, a Hollywood “what could’ve been” resurfaces and makes you wish the multiverse were real. This is one of those cases. A long-scrapped Lobo movie, centered on DC’s cigar-chomping, ultra-violent intergalactic bounty hunter, is back in the conversation thanks to its writer. The IT: Welcome to Derry co-creator and co-showrunner Jason Fuchs detailed precisely the kind of unhinged comic-book chaos we almost had, and it has me reeling with FOMO.
If you’ve ever wondered why Lobo, a character who feels tailor-made for the post-Deadpool era, still hasn’t gotten his own film, Fuchs’ recent comments might explain it. Speaking on the Happy, Sad, Confused podcast, the writer looked back on the abandoned project and described a pitch that instantly makes you mourn a movie that doesn’t exist. He shared:
