‘Snatch’ Director Guy Ritchie Set to Direct DC Comics’ ‘Lobo’

BrianTT — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 12:43:17 -0600

CHICAGO – Film Journal has announced that Guy Ritchie will be directing his first superhero film “Lobo.” The movie, based off the DC Comics anti-hero, is about a blue-skinned cigar-chomping alien named Lobo who’s an interstellar mercenary and bounty hunter.

Guy Ritchie, Robert Downey Jr., and Jude Law.
Photo credit: People Magazine

Created by Roger Slifter and Keith Giffen in the 1980s and a brief run in the 1990s, Lobo was one of comicdom’s more popular characters, according to Film Journal.

Lobo was originally created as a parody of Wolverine and the Punisher with stories that featured a “nihilistic streak tinged with dark comedy and excessive violence.”

Silver Pictures is co-producing the Warners production along with Weed Road. The movie is hoping to start production early next year.

Ritchie is also set to direct “The Gamekeeper,” which is based off the Virgin Comics title. His “Sherlock Holmes” with Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law opens this December.

By ANGIE RENTMEESTER
Staff Writer
HollywoodChicago.com

Slideshow: 18-Image Gallery For ‘Punisher: War Zone’ With Ray Stevenson

BrianTT — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:21:43 -0700

CHICAGO – This 18-image slideshow contains official press images for “Punisher: War Zone,” which stars Ray Stevenson, Dominic West, Doug Hutchinson, and Julie Benz from director Lexi Alexander. The film opens on Dec. 5, 2008.

“Punisher: War Zone” features the return of vigilante-hero Frank Castle, who aims his vengeance on mob moss Billy Russoti. The mobster is left horribly disfigured by Castle and turns into a deadly nemesis named ‘Jigsaw’. The Punisher’s enemy recruits an army to take down the hero and only one man can win the war. The film opens on Friday, December 5th, 2008.

You can click “Next” and “Previous” to scan through this slideshow or jump directly to individual photos with the captioned links below.

punisher2_1: Frank Castle (Ray Stevenson) in Punisher: War Zone. Photo credit: Lionsgate
punisher2_2: Ray Stevenson stars as Frank Castle — a/k/a The Punisher — in Punisher: War Zone, directed by Lexi Alexander. Photo credit: Lionsgate
punisher2_3: Billy “The Beaut” Russoti (Dominic West, second from right) and his crew in Punisher: War Zone. Photo credit: Jonathan Wenk
punisher2_4: Det. Martin Soap (Dash Mihok), Paul Budiansky (Colin Salmon) and The Punisher Frank Castle (Ray Stevenson) in Punisher: War Zone. Photo credit: Jonathan Wenk
punisher2_5: Angela (Julie Benz) and Grace (Stephanie Janusauskas) in Punisher: War Zone. Photo credit: Takashi Seida
punisher2_6: Wayne Knight as Micro in Punisher: War Zone. Photo credit: Jonathan Wenk
punisher2_7: The Punisher Frank Castle (Ray Stevenson) in Punisher: War Zone. Photo credit: Takashi Seida
punisher2_8: Jigsaw (Dominic West, right) outside the Bradstreet Hotel in Punisher: War Zone. Photo credit: Jonathan Wenk
punisher2_9: Loony Bin Jim (Doug Hutchison) in Punisher: War Zone. Photo credit: Takashi Seida
punisher2_10: Frank Castle (Ray Stevenson) in Punisher: War Zone. Photo credit: Takashi Seida
punisher2_11: Jigsaw (Dominic West) and his brother Loony Bin Jim (Doug Hutchison) in Punisher: War Zone. Photo credit: Jonathan Wenk
punisher2_12: Frank Castle (Ray Stevenson) is The Punisher in Punisher: War Zone, directed by Lexi Alexander. Photo credit: Takashi Seida
punisher2_13: Billy Russoti/Jigsaw (Dominic West, seated, left) in a scene from Punisher: War Zone. Photo credit: Jonathan Wenk
punisher2_14: The Punisher Frank Castle (Ray Stevenson, standing, right) and Paul Budiansky (Colin Salmon, left) in Punisher: War Zone. Photo credit: Jonathan Wenk
punisher2_15: Loony Bin Jim (Doug Hutchison) and Frank Castle (Ray Stevenson) in Punisher: War Zone. Photo credit: Jonathan Wenk
punisher2_16: Dominic West as Jigsaw in Punisher: War Zone. Photo credit: Jonathan Wenk
punisher2_17: Director Lexi Alexander and star Ray Stevenson on set during production of Punisher: War Zone. Photo credit: Jonathan Wenk
punisher2_poster: Theatrical Key Art.

By BRIAN TALLERICO
Staff Writer
HollywoodChicago.com
brian@hollywoodchicago.com