Guy Ritchie: 'Lobo' Adaptation Not a Done Deal

So what will Guy Ritchie do now? His Sherlock Holmes will easily be the biggest movie he's ever made, breaking him out of his trademark British gangster pictures, and he's no longer married to Madonna, so it's like a house full of doors have been opened up to him moving forward. We knew his vision of Sgt. Rock wasn't to the liking of Warner Bros. executives. Of course, since they've been trying and failing to get that movie made for over a decade, maybe it's not Ritchie's fault. And then there was another comic book property, also for Warner Bros - DC's Lobo - and Ritchie couldn't wait to not talk about it. "Isn't there a fifth amendment or something," joked the filmmaker during a sit-down with MTV. "Is it a matter of fact that I'm doing it? I don't think it's a matter of fact. In fact, I can tell you it's not a matter of fact." Back in September we had heard Richie would take the original comic text and infuse it with "the irreverent, gruff tone of past films like Snatch and Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels," and why that has apparently not materialized I can only attribute to money. Ritchie wants to get paid, but it's doubtful producer Joel Silver (also shepherding the ill-fated Sgt. Rock, it bears pointing out) will pony up the dough until we see what Sherlock Holmes does over the next couple of weeks. In sports parlance, Sherlock is his contract year. And frankly, I don't know why Warners or Ritchie would want to jump the gun on it. If the director believes he's made a great film, sign for what you're worth afterward, not before. Who knows, he might get a fantastic offer to do something else instead as a result of Holmes. If the studio is smart, it would never pay a guy who hasn't produced much success in the US prior to this dream gig returning a handsome profit. Ritchie could be sending a smoke screen here, though, because he's apparently already coming back for the next Sherlock Holmes movie(s). But unless he's only saying he hasn't agreed to Lobo because it's too early to provide any news or something, then a smoke screen doesn't make any sense, anyway. Never thought he'd make much of a comic book director, but who knows? He certainly can frame a movie with cool visuals and great editing, and that's a fair part of the battle with these things.

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