[themovieinsider]

The Hollywood Reporter reports that Warner Bros. has hired Alex Tse to pen the film adaptation of "Ninja Scroll." The film is based on the Japanese anime feature and will be produced by Leonardo DiCaprio's Appian Way company along with Madhouse Pictures and Jungo Maruta. Tse also co-wrote "Watchmen," due out in theaters next year.

The original anime picture is "set in feudal Japan and follows a ninja who must fight eight demonic warriors in order to save Japan. The hard-R movie, released in 1993 in Japan, featured a villain with stone skin, a hunchback with a wasp nest as his hump and a woman whose snake tattoos come to life."