For almost a decade, a Justice League Dark movie has been in and out of development. And now, there’s an interesting new update on this group of DC Comics character.

Courtesy of Deadline, J.J. Abrams and his Bad Robot production company are at work on bringing Justice League Dark to the big and small screen as part of Abrams’ new multi-year deal with Warner Brothers.

At this stage, Bad Robot’s Hannah Minghella and Ben Stephenson are lining up meetings with talent reps and writers to establish which characters will be utilised in their own movies and TV shows.

Featuring some of DC’s most mystical and magical characters, the likes of John Constantine, Swamp Thing, Zatanna, Deadman, and the Spectre are just some of the names to have been a part of the comic book JL Dark team.

In recent years, Matt Ryan’s Constantine had his own one-season TV series before becoming a part of the Arrowverse and now a regular member of DC’s Legends of Tomorrow. Likewise, Derek Mears brought Swamp Thing to life in the character’s own DC Universe show that was similarly cancelled after one season. Then there’s the Spectre, who was played by Emmett J. Scanlan in Constantine and then more recently by Stephen Lobo in Crisis on Infinite Earths.

Previously, Guillermo del Toro had spent years trying to put together a Justice League Dark film, before GDT ultimately had to focus his attention on other projects.

As ever, expect more on all of this as we get it.