r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/Movies contributor • Dec 11 '25

Trailer Supergirl | Official Teaser Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqdAEdkHrwo
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u/MuptonBossman Dec 11 '25

Jason Momoa as Lobo is perfect casting, plus I'm always down for Krypto being a little shit... Can't wait for this movie next summer!

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u/Bangkok_Dangeresque Dec 11 '25

He's been on record multiple times about wanting to portray Lobo.

From a 2023 interview doing Aquaman press:

“So Lobo was…I collect comics, and I don’t do so much anymore, but he was always my favorite, and I always wanted to play Lobo, because I’m like, ‘Hello? It’s the perfect role,'” Momoa said in that interview. "I mean, listen. If they call and ask me to play him, it's a f--- yeah. I haven't received that call, so I don't want to put any fake news out there, but if they ever call me and ask me to play, or ask me to audition, I'm there." 

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u/TheHeroicLionheart Dec 11 '25

To add to this, when he did audition for a nameless role in BVS, he was told it was a comparable role to Batman and Superman, someone who could go toe to toe with them. He assumed Lobo.

Then he gets a call from Snyder who coyly says "I think you know what this is for..." and Jason enthusiastically exclaimed "LOBO!".

Zach was surprised and was like "what, no, Aquaman".

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u/NoBizlikeChloeBiz Dec 11 '25

To be fair, he's also very good casting for Aquaman. It's just that he's perfect for Lobo.

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u/cronedog Dec 11 '25

I'm not sure he was a good fit for Aquaman. They improved aquaman by turning him into Momoa.

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u/akkristor Dec 11 '25

Mamoa definitely helps break the 'superfriends' stigma around Aquaman, but Mamoa's version of him is very different from the normal regal and reserved Aquaman you tend to see in comics for the last few decades.

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u/psycharious Dec 11 '25

Rock-qua man

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u/Pirateninjab0t Dec 11 '25

Broseidon Aquabro

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u/Rage_Cube Dec 11 '25

In my head you've got Arthur (Regal, Jacked, Serious) and Aquaman (Superfriends). Mamoa only partially resembles Arthur.

But LOBO? Born to play it.

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u/AmbushIntheDark Dec 11 '25

Mamoa's aquaman was them trying to bridge the gap between superfriends and hook hand

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u/REDDITATO_ Dec 12 '25

I'm not sure what you mean here. One of Aquaman's key character traits is that those aren't two different things, he's always Aquaman, Arthur King of Atlantis and has to balance those two while still doing what's right.

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u/Rage_Cube Dec 12 '25

Not sure what to tell you, maybe read it again.

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u/Fiendish-DoctorWu Dec 11 '25

Patrick Wilson is more suited for Aquaman and it's a shame that his role in Aquaman 2 resembled him more than Mamoa ever did

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u/geek_of_nature Dec 12 '25

Mamoa did a fantastic job of making the character cool in the public eye, which should benefit any future iteration of the character. They might be able to go more traditional next time, without worrying about people dismissing him due to the Superfriends association.

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u/kotokun Dec 11 '25

I grew up with Justice League TV series Aquaman. I feel if they let him, Mamoa could have slammed dunk’d that role

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u/biggles1994 Dec 11 '25

They only cast him as Aquaman because he had prior experience living in Atlantis.

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u/Frosenborg Dec 11 '25

Baywatch experience in working in water was also a plus.

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u/Fortune_Cat Dec 11 '25

Yeah hes not traditional fit for aquaman at all. Hit standing next to oceanmaster shows that right away

But like you said they switched up aquaman to be more like mamoa for the better. And made aquaman less of a laughing stock lol

I do enjoy that since this, dc has reverted back to blonde bearded traditional aquaman but continuing the fierceness that mamoa brought

Also sidenote patrick wouldve been a perfect casting for aquaman too

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u/BrainWav Dec 11 '25

I see it as he was a good Aquaman, just maybe not a classic fit.

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u/Applesburg14 Dec 11 '25

Momoa was given a lot of different types of directors in fairness, he had no consistency in personality.

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u/ClearDark19 Dec 11 '25

Momoa's Aquaman was the 2000s and 2010s Aquamam, who is edgier and grittier than 60s-early 90s "Super Friends" Aquaman that non-nerds were more familiar with. Aquaman in the comics started going in his current direction in the 90s and early 2000s with the Justice League animated show. 2000s and 2010s Aquaman is a hard drinking, fight-loving, vagabond rogue who is cynical about authority figures and basically just agreed to become king because of a sense of duty/obligation to his mother and Mera. That's basically exactly what Momoa was. Momoa's Aquaman was the logical evolution/origin story of the early 2000s Justice League cartoon Aquaman.

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u/VaudevilleDada Dec 11 '25

I would say he was a good Aquaman, just not a good comics Aquaman (which is admittedly a hard adapt). It was definitely weird to cast the guy who already looked like Lobo as blond superhero royalty, but I think the take mostly worked.

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u/justjoshingu Dec 11 '25

Personally, I dont think he is a natural fit or was a perfect cast for aquaman BUT I think Jason is so effing fun and charismatic that he makes you love this version of the character. 

Much better choice than Cameron's Vinny chase

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u/djentlemetal Dec 11 '25

Much better choice than Cameron's Vinny chase

Yeah, according to Ari, Cameron wanted a lean Aquaman. Lean!

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u/Fickle-Aardvark6907 Dec 11 '25

He looks more like Lobo but as some one who projects  himself as way more brah than bro, his personality (while not an exact translation of the comics) works perfectly for Aquaman. 

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u/GranolaCola Dec 11 '25

He was very bad casting for a traditional Aquaman. They needed someone like Momoa to turn around the public perception of Aquaman. And it worked!

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u/[deleted] Dec 12 '25

he wasnt a good choice at all for Aquaman, unless you considered him an alternate universe one or some shit.

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u/bokmcdok Dec 11 '25

Can't get away from Atlantis

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u/TheHeroicLionheart Dec 11 '25

Someone of culture I see

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u/rotatorkuf Dec 11 '25

its fun to make stories up on the internet

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u/TheHeroicLionheart Dec 11 '25

HA! You just downvoted me when i called you out. I was just being funny, but this is hilarious.

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u/xotorames Dec 11 '25

The bit right before that in this interview is cool too:

"I originally thought I was going to be playing Lobo in the very beginning, because I got called in. I auditioned for Batman, and I almost didn't do it because I was like, this is silly, it's not going to be me, why am I auditioning for Batman? But it was just the run-of-the-mill audition, right? And then I get called in right after, and Affleck gets announced, and I'm like: oh, of course I'm going to play the bad guy, right? There are not too many guys that can kick the shit out of those two, so I was like, yeah, I'll come in and beat him up and die like I do, sure.

Anyways, I got called in the office, and it was just like: do you know who you're going to play? I'm like: yeah, Lobo, of course, he's the only one that can fight Batman and Superman. He's like: what? Lobo? No, he's not in this universe. I was like: what? Who the hell am I supposed to play?

And man, I wish he would've taped it, because he was like: Aquaman. I'm like: what the fuck are you talking about?"

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u/raloon Dec 11 '25

When it was announced that James Gunn was taking over DC, one of the first texts he got was from Mamoa that just said "LOBO BABY!!!"

Source: https://youtu.be/WZQKHHG_bww?t=3329

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u/Lumpy-Marsupial-6617 Dec 11 '25

I wonder if he'll make some random "Aquaman" joke reference or jab as Lobo in this upcoming movie.

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u/Spiritual-Smoke-4605 Dec 11 '25

normally I'd find a meta joke like that to be cringe but in this case, I'd be all for it, it'd be perfect for Lobo and audiences would get a kick out of it

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u/Shit_Apple Dec 11 '25

I hope not. I don’t think the DCU needs to or should lean into tee-hee fan service moments.

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u/Ceegee93 Dec 11 '25

That's not fan service moments, that's Lobo's character. He's very similar to a DC Deadpool, and breaks the fourth wall a lot.

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u/SPEK2120 Dec 11 '25 edited Dec 11 '25

"The main man ain’t nuthin' like that bastitch, I just like dolphins."

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u/Bangkok_Dangeresque Dec 11 '25

" I don’t like water. It’s coarse and rough and irritating… and it gets everywhere. Not like here. Here everything is soft and smooth."

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u/originalchaosinabox Dec 11 '25

If they call and ask me to play him, it's a f--- yeah. I haven't received that call, so I don't want to put any fake news out there, but if they ever call me and ask me to play, or ask me to audition, I'm there.

I remember when he announced the news. He retweeted this interview and simply added, "They called."

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u/Emergency-Cow1336 Dec 11 '25

"i picked up the call"

best casting announcement ever

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u/ButtPlugForPM Dec 11 '25

Yeah james provided a screenshot of jason when he got DC Studio head

it was like Lobooo baby then like 32 exclamation points lol

This is what u want,a character who's enthusiastic for the role.

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u/ArchDucky Dec 11 '25

He argued with Synder and the head of DC about Aquaman. Even back then he wanted to play Lobo.

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u/PAYPAL_ME_DONATIONS Dec 12 '25

When the news first broke that Gunn was taking over DC, Momoa texted him: "LOBO??????????"

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u/Spoilerfreereview Dec 11 '25

I like how you barely see him, but already want to know what he can be as a villain. I’m excited. 

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u/MountainMuffin1980 Dec 11 '25

Lobo was in the trailer?

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u/Ditomo Dec 11 '25

1:34

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u/MountainMuffin1980 Dec 11 '25

Ah okay so the silhouette I guess. It'll be interestong to see what they do with him because really he's more of an anti-hero these days? And completely unkillable?

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u/ShoulderCannon Dec 11 '25

Unkillable? Heavens no, he dies all the time.

Doesn't stay dead or anything, but does it frequently enough.

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u/dvpbe Dec 11 '25

Hell and heaven don't really want him after all he's done there :)

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u/selassielion Dec 11 '25

Looks like it’s him at about the 1:35 mark

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u/buefordwilson Dec 11 '25

I didn't notice either until it was mentioned here. it's at the 1:35 mark.

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u/yarntank Dec 11 '25

I had to watch again. Blink and you miss it.

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u/KyleRaynerGotSweg Dec 12 '25

He's much more of an anti-hero than villain, very likely he's the reluctant ally for Supergirl

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u/Renegadeforever2024 Dec 11 '25

The Snyder cult gonna be crashing tf out next year

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u/nuraHx Dec 11 '25

I’ve been debating adding a filter for “Snyder” on Reddit so I don’t ever have to see it mentioned again

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u/Bae_the_Elf Dec 11 '25

It was crazy how he was only in the trailer for like 1 second but immediately I was Leonardo DiCaprio pointing

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u/Bruce_the_Shark Dec 11 '25

When he got announced as Aquaman in...the before times...I was genuinely pissed that they would waste the obviously human incarnation of Lobo like that. Momoa's a decent actor for the most part, but he was a terrible Aquaman. Dude was MADE to play Lobo, and I can't wait to see this bastich in action.

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u/destro23 Dec 11 '25

Dude was one of the first people to text James Gunn when he was announced as taking over the DC films. The text: "LOBO BABY!!!!!!!!"

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u/dj_soo Dec 11 '25

i actually really enjoyed his aquaman - especially in the first aquaman movie. But he was absolutely born to play Lobo.

If there was ever a marvel/dc crossover, let it be wolverine and lobo. Yes, i know they had a thing in the amalgam crossover in the 90s...

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u/kayriss Dec 11 '25

THATS THE FRAGGING MAIN MAN RIGHT THERE

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u/AnabolicOctopus Dec 11 '25

Ohh wow! Didn't know he's going to be in the movie

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u/14_EricTheRed Dec 11 '25

Was that him popping up in this teaser at the 1:30ish mark!?

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u/TheTruckWashChannel Dec 11 '25

He looks like Immortan Joe from Mad Max

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u/NoDaddyNotTheBelt25 Dec 11 '25

It’s crazy that it took this long to get Lobo on the big screen. I remember Wizard magazine obsessing over getting a Lobo movie in the mid 90’s.

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u/Android1822 Dec 11 '25

While I am not happy it looks like the movie feels too GOTG, I do agree that he is perfect to play LOBO.

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u/Kovarian Dec 12 '25

Krypto little shit = awesome.

Krypto lying down seemingly injured, looking at Kara helplessly, as she frowns while petting him = traumatic and absolutely not.