Guy Ritchie leaves gangland for Lobo

Mockney marvel Guy Ritchie is leaving the loveable lunks of London's criminal world behind for the wilder pastures of DC comics superheroes. The Joel Silver-produced Lobo will be Ritchie's debut in fantasy-land.

It's predictable really, as the director's first child woth Madonna is now about nine and dad is no doubt wondering when he's going to make anything that the kids will dig. Hey, if it's a good enough reason for John Carpenter, it'll do for GR too.

The dark DC strip features an interstellar bounty hunter and mercenary. The character, Roger Slifer and Keith Giffen, had a slow-burning start guesting in Omega Men #3 in 1983, really taking off 7-8 years later in a new and more leathery incarnation, and is widely seen as DC comics having a bit of fun with the very intense Wolverine character from rivals Marvel.

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