Los Angeles, Mar 16 (IANS): Filmmaker Ava DuVernay has been roped in to helm the screen adaptation of "The New Gods", the creation of revered comic book impresario Jack Kirby.

She closed the deal with Warner Bros and DC with Kario Salem as the writer, reports deadline.com.

There is no connection to the other DC worlds being exploited for films right now by Warner Bros, where studio boss Toby Emmerich and the new DC production president Walter Hamada are moving forward with a new approach to filmmakers.

"The New Gods" was the Genesis of the uber-villain Darkseid.

Also called "Fourth World", the Kirby creation debuted in a trilogy of related comics written and drawn by Kirby that were published in the very early 1970s: "New Gods", "Forever People" and "Mister Miracle".

"The New Gods" came into existence after the world of the gods of classic mythology were destroyed during Ragnarok. The deities inhabit two planets: one is New Genesis, a lush paradise, and the other Apokolips, which sounds like Dante's version of hell. War ensues.