Warner Bros Taps Doug Liman To Helm DC Title 'Justice League Dark'

Deadline via Variety is reporting that Warner Bros. has hired director Doug Liman to helm the DC title Justice League Dark. Producer Scott Rudin was also hired after Guillermo del Toro dropped off to pursue his many other projects.

Warner Bros. had been developing the project for del Toro with Michael Gilio penning the script now.

The Justice League Dark, or JLD, is a fictional superhero team that appears in comic books published by DC Comics. First appearing in Justice League Dark #1 (November 2011), the Justice League Dark originally featured John Constantine, Madame Xanadu, Deadman, Shade, the Changing Man and Zatanna. The team consists of the more supernatural members of the DC Universe, handling situations deemed unfit for the traditional Justice League.