In May, we reported that Dwayne Johnson might be in the running to star in the DC superhero movie, Lobo.  The rumor began when a fan tweeted to Johnson that he'd like to see the star in the role, and Johnson responded, "Funny U say that…"  Today, he has added a bit more fuel to the fire, by tweeting about the rumor he started:

"Rumors of me possibly playing LOBO are true. [Producer] Joel Silver and [director] Brad Peyton working on it now. That could be fun…"

I'm sure if Warner Bros. wanted to go forward on a character like Lobo, who's mostly unknown outside of comic book fans, they would do well to have a star like Johnson on board, especially since he's one of the few major actors who can match Lobo's physique.  Hit the jump for more background on Lobo.

Here's a little background on Lobo:

An alien, Lobo works as an interstellar mercenary and bounty hunter. Introduced as a hardened, rarely used hardboiled villain in the 1980s, the character remained in limbo until his revival as an anti-hero biker in the early 1990s… “I have no idea why Lobo took off,” Giffen once said in an interview, referring to the 1990s incarnation of Lobo he created. “I came up with him as an indictment of the Punisher, Wolverine, hero prototype and somehow he caught on as the high violence poster boy. Go figure.” …

Lobo is a Czarnian with exceptional strength and fortitude. He enjoys nothing better than mindless violence and intoxication. Killing is an end in itself; his name roughly translates as “he who devours your entrails and thoroughly enjoys it.” He is also arrogant and self-centered, focusing almost solely on his own pleasures, although he proudly lives up to the letter of his promises: no more or no less than what he promised. Lobo is the last of his kind, having committed complete genocide by killing all the other Czarnians for fun. [Wikipedia]