Director Adam McKay (The Other Guys) is reportedly in talks to direct the big-screen adaption of Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson‘s 2008 Eisner Award winning comic book series, The Boys for Sony Pictures. The series was originally published by Wildstorm Productions before moving to Dynamite Entertainment and follows a superpowered CIA squad, known informally as The Boys, whose job it is to keep watch on superheroes and, if necessary, intimidate or kill them.

Although EW says The Boys would be a departure for McKay, Collider has been told that McKay is a die-hard comic book fan that has been looking to tackle a movie in the genre.