Jason Momoa is bringing the DC Comics character Lobo to life in Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow, and DC Studios' co-head James Gunn is teasing his performance.

James Gunn took to social media to praise Jason Momoa for his portrayal of Lobo, a DC Studios character appearing in Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow.The Latest Tech News, Delivered to Your Inbox

On Monday, Gunn took to X (formerly Twitter) to pay tribute to Lobo, a villainous, extraterrestrial bounty hunter who made his DC Comics debut in Omega Men Issue #3 and who will make his DCU debut next year in Craig Gillespie’s Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow. Momoa, of course, will be playing the role—which now seems somehow predestined.

Momoa texting Gunn as soon as possible to pitch himself as Lobo shouldn’t come as a surprise to fans of the actor, who has spoken publicly in the past about his desire to play the alien bounty hunter in a live-action DC project.

James Gunn has revealed the text Jason Momoa sent him about Lobo the day it was announced Gunn and Peter Safran would be taking over as co-CEOs of DC Studios. Momoa has been cast as Lobo in the DCU and will appear in the upcoming Supergirl movie, but rumors had long swirled about the actor taking on the anti-hero role.

To mark the anniversary of Lobo's comic book debut, James Gunn has shared the text he received from Jason Momoa on the morning it was announced that he'd be running DC Studios with Peter

Jason Momoa is officially stepping into the role of DC’s intergalactic bastich, Lobo, in Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow , and DC Studios co-chief James Gunn is already hyping up his performance. Gunn recently took to X to share a personal exchange he had with Momoa,

With the character set to make his cinematic debut in the upcoming film 'Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow', it has emerged Jason Momoa unashamedly chased the job of playing anti-hero Lobo for DC with a foul-mouthed text message.