Hot on the heels of Ben Affleck's announcement that he will not be directing Warner Bros. film adaption of the Justice League, now comes word from Movie Hole that an inside source has revealed that the Wachowski brothers may be in contention to take on directing duties. Here's an excerpt:

What I’m told is Warner Bros are apparently jazzed with “Cloud Atlas”, and love that it’s as much a spectacle as it is a showcase for the immense ensemble involved, so it makes sense the W’s are under consideration. “Justice League” needs to be as big on character, as it does bells & whistles, and the Wachowski’s could probably offer that.

The directing duo have also gave the studio one of their most successful film trilogies of all time, “The Matrix” trio (I won’t mention “Speed Racer”).

Quite a few reasons why WB would consider the directing duo a viable option for “Justice League”, but would Lana and Andy even consider it? Hard to say. They definitely like to work at their own speed, and definitely like to do their ‘own’ thing as opposed to being merely one ‘cog’ in a venture, so I can’t see them jumping through hoops to pull the strings on a ‘we want it done now’ large corporate statement like this. Still, exciting possibility nonetheless.

This would not be the Wachowski's first foray into the realm of comic book movies as they have had previous success with their 2005 hit, "V for Vendetta" starring Hugo Weaving and Natalie Portman. The duo also considered doing a film adaption of "Plastic Man" at one time and were rumored to be on the director list for a Superman reboot prior to Zack Snyder taking on the project which eventually became "Man of Steel."

As Warner Bros. has yet to release any further information on their plans for Justice League or a director, take this latest news as strictly rumor for now.

A script for the film is currently being written by "Gangster Squad" scribe, Will Beale with an anticipated release date in 2014 or 2015.