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Warner Bros. reportedly approaches Phillip A. Lord and Christopher Miller to helm "The Flash" movie, but WB is not the only studio pursuing the "22 Jump Street" director duo for their tentpole project. Rumor has it, Sony still hopes to sign Lord and Miller for one of their new "Ghostbusters" movies.

"We've heard a bit of a tug of war going on between Warner Bros. and Sony, which would like the same two directors for one of its big franchise movies," TheWrap's Jeff Sneider said on the latest episode of Meet the Movie Press. "If Warner Bros. wanted them for The Flash, and Sony wanted them for a Ghostbusters movie, which would Lord and Miller do?"

"The Flash" movie has Ezra Miller attached on the lead role. It's currently set for March 23, 2018 release. No other details are available, but the flick will be preceded by DC Comics adaptations like "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" & "Suicide Squad" in 2016 and "Wonder Woman" & "Justice League Part One" in 2017.

News first broke out in 2014 that Phil Lord and Chris Miller were offered to do a new "Ghostbusters" movie, but they turned it down. Anthony and Joe Russo ("Captain America: The Winter Soldier") were later linked to the project, but the duo has since signed on for the next two "Avengers: Infinity Wars" movies.

Lord and Miller are fresh off "The Lego Movie" at WB. They are expected to return to "The Lego Movie Sequel" which won't arrive until 2018. They are also on board as producers for the spin-offs like "Ninjago" and "The Lego Batman Movie". On the small screen, the duo is known for directing "Brooklyn Nine-Nine".