Dwayne Johnson, who reported he’d been cast to play Lobo last summer (see "
The Rock Is Cooking Up Some 'Lobo'"), is no longer planning to play the role, he told
MTV. "For a minute I was interested in it [Lobo], then it went away."
Brad Peyton, who’d worked with Johnson in
Journey 2: Mysterious Island, was slated to direct the
Lobo feature (see "
New Director for 'Lobo'"); Johnson’s comments make it sound like that version of the
Lobo movie is no longer moving forward. "...[I]t kind of just went away," he said. "As things happen in Hollywood sometimes."
Peyton came on after Guy Ritchie, who’d been hired to direct in 2009, dropped out.