Dwayne Johnson As Lobo?

The Rock has confirmed via his Twitter account that he is indeed in official negotiations to play DC Comics' Czarnian bounty hunter Lobo.

"Rumours of me possibly playing Lobo are true," tweeted Dwayne. "[producer] Joel Silver and [Director] Brad Peyton are working on it now. That could be fun..."

A sociopathic, chalk-skinned, mascara'd, chain-wielding Rock, with dreadlocks, a cigar and a space-bike? That's a bring it...

Last month Empire reported that, flush from his success with Journey 2: The Mysterious Island, director Brad Peyton had leapt on an offer from Warner Bros. to make DC Comics' psycho alien bounty hunter Lobo his next project. A tip of the hat to Empire forumite Partybee then, who suggested that Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson was the obvious choice to play the cigar-chomping bastich. There may just be something in that.

This is strictly, strictly rumour at the moment, stemming from Bleeding Cool, who heard it at a party that The Rock's second-cousin didn't show up at (or something). But given that his Rockness was the star ofJourney 2 and therefore has previous with Peyton, it does actually sound reasonable.

And then there's this tweet from Dwayne, in response to a fan saying she'd love to see him in a DC property. "Funny you should say that..." The Rock is cooking something. Can you smell it?