Many DC fans will be disappointed with the recent news of director Guillermo Del Toro dropping out of the 'Justice League Dark' project.

The titular director's take on the superhero movie was something a lot of people were looking forward to after it was announced a number of months ago. It has recently been suggested that Del Toro's previous obligations will prevent him from participating in the project.

"Dark, the adaptation, was to have been directed by Guillermo del Toro, but insiders say the filmmaker, who is working on a sequel to Pacific Rim even as he preps his gothic horror movie Crimson Peak, is no longer attached to the project," writes THR.

Despite this the movie is still set to happen in the later years, and will also stay under Warner Bros. unlike a lot of other properties that came out under Vertigo Comics. Most projects under the comic title have recently downshifted to New Line Cinema, as Warner Bros. prefers to focus more on the more established DC Comic characters.

'Justice League Dark,' while not contrived of very popular characters, still proposes to have a lot of marketability thanks to its affiliation with the more notable superhero group.

"'Justice League Dark', which is also known as Dark Universe, will remain under the Warners banner. Dark consists of DC's supernatural heroes such as Constantine, Swamp Thing, Zatanna, and Deadman among others. In the past, Constantine and Swamp Thing and some of those ilk had their own titles published under the Vertigo imprint but have since been integrated into the DC Universe. The movie version will attempt the same," writes THR.