Guy Ritchie is keeping himself busy, as the "Sherlock Holmes" helmer has already set his next directing gig: the big-screen adaptation of DC Comics' character "Lobo" for Warner Bros. Production is set to kick off early next year already.

Don Payne ("4: Rise of the Silver Surfer") wrote the script, and Joel Silver is on board as one of the project's producers. Don't expect the usual Ritchie violence though, because Warner is aiming for a PG-13 rating on this one.

Variety has more details about the film's central storyline, which follows the adventures of an alien bounty hunter. Here's what they've got:

In the film, he is a seven-foot tall, blue-skinned, indestructible and heavily muscled anti-hero who drives a pimped out motorcycle, and lands on Earth in search of four fugitives who are bent on wreaking havoc. Lobo teams with a small town teenaged girl to stop the creatures.

Ritchie's "Holmes" with Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law opens Dec. 25, 2009. The director also recently helmed "RocknRolla," which I really enjoyed. His previous effort "Revolver" didn't live up to my expectations.