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Jason Momoa he was cast in the lead role Milly Alcock in the upcoming superhero movie Supergirl: The Woman of Tomorrow.
Alcock, 24, who landed the title role of Superman’s cousin Kara Zor-El/Supergirl after a long search, he will lead the 2026 adaptation of Tom King’s 2022 comic book series.
Matthias Schoenaerts has been cast as the villain Cream of Yellow Hill, while Eve Ridley was recently announced as Ruthye Marye Knoll.
Craig Gillespie is attached to direct the pic, which will be produced by DC Studios.
In an exciting new update for the film, Momoa, 45, has officially been cast as interstellar mercenary and bounty hunter Lobo.
This is the Hawaiian star’s first DC role since his Aquaman series finale in 2023. Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom. Momoa, who has previously spoken about his interest in playing Lobo, shared the news on Instagram on December 30.
Alongside a screenshot of his quotes from an old interview, which read: “So Lobo was… I collect comics and don’t do that much anymore, but he was always my favorite, and I’ve always wanted to play Lobo, because I I’m like, ‘Hello? It’s the perfect role. If they call me and ask me to play it, that’s f***, yeah.”
Momoa now confirms, “They called.”
Created by Roger Slifer and Keith Giffen, Lobo first appeared in the February 1983 comic. Omega Men #3.
Hailing from Czarnia, Lobo is known as an anti-hero with a violent personality and superhero powers. He is often characterized as a ruthless bounty hunter bent on chaos and destruction.
When the film was first introduced as part of CEO James Gunn’s vision for a new, “unified” DC Universe, he revealed that the film would feature a “very different type of Supergirl.”
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“In our series, we see the difference between Superman being sent to Earth and raised by loving parents from the time he was a baby, versus Supergirl being raised on a rock, a piece of Krypton, and watching everyone around her die and be killed in horrific ways. ways for the first 14 years of her life, and then she came to Earth when she was a young girl,” he teased.
“She’s much more hardcore; she’s not quite the Supergirl we’re used to seeing.”
Additional plot details Supergirl: The Woman of Tomorrow remain under wraps, though production is reportedly slated to begin on January 13.