So far movie adaptations featuring huge ensembles have focused on the heroes, but Warner Bros. might be the first one out of the gate to feature a team of anti-heroes. The studio is currently eyeing David Ayer to direct an adaptation of Suicide Squad, a team of incarcerated DC villains who are given a chance at redeeming themselves or for shorter sentences in exchange for suicidal missions, hence the name.

According to Variety, Ayer is WB’s top choice to direct the film, and the filmmaker has also expressed interest in helming the adaptation. According to the trade, “the studio feels Ayer is a good fit for the dark and edgy film.” Hit the jump for more.

The LEGO Movie was a smash success, scoring $460.7 million worldwide on a $60 million budget, so it should come as no great shock that Warner Brothers wants to turn it into the next huge franchise. A direct sequel to the movie is already in the works for a planned 2017 release, and now comes word of a September 23, 2016 release date for a spinoff titled Ninjago.

The movie will be based on the Ninjago line of ninja-inspired LEGOs, and will be directed by Charlie Bean, who previously directed Tron: Uprising for Disney XD and will be making his feature debut here. Bryan Shukoff and Kevin Chesley wrote the screenplay.

The Godzilla reboot is progressively coming along. The film, which is directed by Gareth Edwards, is due to hit theaters on May 16, 2014. But like most films in very early development, there are bound to be a few shakeups within the creative team.

First, Deadline reports that former Walking Dead writer Frank Darabont has been brought in to polish the draft penned by Max Borenstein (Seventh Son) and Drew Pearce (Iron Man 3).

Even though Darabont has been hired to polish the script, a feud between two departing producers and Legendary Pictures could possibly delay the film’s release.

We all know the story: Godzilla is one of the icons of monster movie history, and his many Japanese films are still popular to this very day. Our own silly Hollywood attempted to make a new re-imagined version of the giant lizard-beast back in 1998, and as you might be aware, it is still to this day the victim of many, many jokes.

To wash the slate clean and try and prove it can be done, Legendary Pictures has announced that they have partnered up with Japan’s Toho Company to produce another American Godzilla film. This comes as no major shock; back in August, Bloody-Disgusting had heard whispers of this very news being in the beginning stages of becoming a reality. Now we have confirmation, and Legendary hopes to find a director and get moving on the project relatively soon with plans for a release in 2012 currently set.

Rampage your way on over to the other side to read the press release from Legendary Pictures.

Warner Brothers has set up the DC Comics property Suicide Squad for a feature length movie treatment with Dan Lin set to produce. Lin has been a producer on such films as The Departed, Terminator Salvation, and Sherlock Holmes.

Suicide Squad flips the typical comic book/super hero format inside out, using a group of super villains as the core of the story. Basically, it follows this team of prisoner super villains, who are sent out on only the most dangerous of missions. They’re contained by bracelets that are rigged to detonate and destroy whomever decides to get too far away from the designated leader of the pack.

The hopes are that using this mixture of known and unknown super villains to lead the movie, instead of just support it, will be successful. If so, Suicide Squad will look to build a franchise from the property.