Director Doug Liman talks WB’s Dark Universe movie The long-dormant Dark Universe, aka Justice League Dark, took a big step forward back in August when WB hired director Doug Liman to helm the feature film. Since then, there’s been little word on how the film continues to develop, but Liman offered an update to IGN, saying: “I love those characters, and I love Warner Bros., and I love [producer] Scott Rudin, and it’s — and you know, I get asked to come in and do things that are “unconventional.” If people want conventional, they don’t come to me.