James Gunn Reveals First Look at Jason Momoa's Lobo in Supergirl DC Teaser

We yet person our archetypal look astatine Jason Momoa’s Lobo successful a caller teaser for DC Universe movie Supergirl.

DC Studios co-CEO James Gun took to societal media to uncover the clip, below, which sees Momoa acceptable up a glimpse astatine Lobo arsenic helium volition look successful the film.

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Lobo is an alien interstellar mercenary and bounty huntsman with superhuman spot and immortality who hails from the satellite Czarnia. Like Superman, he's the past subsister of that dormant world. Lobo was created by Roger Slifer and Keith Giffen and archetypal appeared successful Omega Men #3 successful 1983.

In the teaser, we spot Lobo marque a melodramatic entranceway connected his interstellar, flying motorcycle, often called the "Spacehog." There’s small to spell connected here, but from what we tin spot from this teaser, Momoa is perfectly formed arsenic Lobo — cigar included.

Momoa, who played Aquaman successful the now-discarded DC Extended Universe (DCEU), has said Lobo is his favourite comic publication quality and has ever wanted to play him, pointing to aesthetic similarities betwixt the two.

Speaking to ScreenRant past year, Momoa suggested we’ll get a bully look astatine the quality successful the movie, but besides a fleeting one.

“Well, this is the relation I've ever wanted to play,” Momoa said. “That’s the comic I loved, truthful I'm truly tense astir it. It’s benignant of a no-brainer to play this character. It's beauteous big. I don't privation to springiness distant excessively much, but I mean, we look beauteous dormant on, precisely similar the character, and he’s beauteous unsmooth and gruff and… I'll accidental the bike’s truly cool.”

Momoa was past asked to springiness an denotation of however overmuch on-screen clip Lobo volition get. He replied to say: “It’s her movie, truthful it's great. I conscionable travel successful for a small bit.”

Supergirl itself is owed retired June 26, 2026. It stars House of the Dragon prima Milly Alcock successful the rubric role, and different quality from Krypto the Superdog — past seen causing havoc successful Superman. Speaking of Superman, Supergirl is simply a precise antithetic movie from the outset, and Supergirl herself is thing similar her cousin.

IGN attended a property league past twelvemonth successful which Gunn, Alcock, and manager Craig Gillespie talked enthusiastically astir Supergirl. During the conference, Gunn insisted Supergirl was a wholly antithetic determination than Superman, earlier Gillespie confirmed it takes spot wholly successful space.

“They are truthful antithetic successful tone,” Gillespie said. “And to beryllium capable to truly thin into it and clasp it… and plus… are we allowed to accidental this? The full movie takes spot successful outer space.”

Gunn added: “The outer abstraction thing's a large portion of it due to the fact that it is simply a abstraction fantasy.”

Supergirl is heavy inspired by Tom King and Bilquis Evely's comic, Woman of Tomorrow, which features a precise antithetic Supergirl than audiences are possibly accustomed to. In July, Gunn said the DC Universe mentation of Supergirl is “a full mess.”

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