Steven Spielberg has ended his long flirtation with directing Gods And Kings, the epic-sized Warner Bros film about life of Moses based on the script by Michael Green and Stuart Hazeldine, Deadline said.

That puts Warner Bros in a bind because of the rival Moses project, the Adam Cooper/Bill Collage-scripted Exodus, which is gathering steam at Fox, with Ridley Scott looking to mobilize that as soon as he completes The Counselor.

But Warner Bros is now out to Ang Lee, who just won the Best Director Oscar for Life Of Pi.

Ang Lee is reportedly intrigued with the project but hasn’t had a formal meeting on the script.

Spielberg also recently told French TV he’s developing a Napoleon miniseries for TV based on Stanley Kubrick’s screenplay and research.