Panels to the Screen – Part I: DC Comics

Between DC and Marvel alone, there are supposedly close to twenty comic book movies that are planned out past 2024. Who knows what story lines may either be adapted or just be inspiration for those films, but I wanted to explore some of my favorite story lines that could be adapted for film or TV. This isn’t a ranking by any means or even my favorite story lines of all time, but they are stories I could see being outstanding on a new medium. Note: I did my best to steer clear of any stories that have either been adapted before (such as animated films as applicable to JLA Tower of Babel inspiring JL Doom) or have been noted as large inspirations for screen (such as Nolan crediting The Long Halloween as inspiration for The Dark Knight) whenever possible. Part I of this limited series is just limited to DC properties. Green Lantern: Sinestro Corps Wars

Why it Makes Sense: As I’ve stated before, this may be the great tragedy for the Ryan Reynolds led Green Lantern movie being such a disaster, as we may never see the rise, the fall, and fear induced rise again of Sinestro and his own appointed Corps in what may be the last best DC storyline before the New 52 launch. For all that Geoff Johns has to be proud of regarding his work on GL, Sinestro Corps Wars is his masterpiece. As my boy Omar has said, this could be DC’s Star Wars. Delivery System: Movies. A trilogy actually. There are enough acts and objectives to support three films, from Sinestro’s rise, to dealing with Pa…