Link: http://www.heatvisionblog.com/2009/11/sgt-rock-francis-lawrence-akiva-goldsman-joel-silver.html

Looks like another potential Sgt Rock feature is in the offing. According to the Hollywood Reporter it'll be directed by Francis Lawrence of Constantine and I Am Legend (neither of which I was a big fan of) fame. My exposure to the DC character has been extremely limited, I knew the name but it wasn't until his recent appearance in Wednesday's Comics, where he had his own one page feature each week that I got to know the Sarge. The new film proposes to take Rock from his usual period World War II setting and instead move the story to the distant future. Bad idea. From what I can tell part of the charm of Sgt Rock, created by Robert Kanigher and Joe Kubert in 1958, is that he's a no nonsense hardcore military man of his time, a sort of pulp hero in the same vein as Indiana Jones; if he ain't fighting Nazis then what's the point?

Follow up:

I really enjoyed the Sgt Rock story in Wednesday's Comics, it gave me the feeling of reading an old schoool comic book like Boy's Own or Commando and has fuelled my recent desire for war comics. What we need right now is a pulp inspired war movie if not only to wash away the taste of Tarrantino's Inglorious Basterds; a mixed bag to say the least. If like me, you want to learn more about Sgt Rock then wiki has as always got your back, if not then go screw yourself ya bunch of ignorant primates. Just joshing, I love you all really.

War Comics that I have been reading of late and have absolutely bugger all to do with Sgt Rock but I'd still heartily recommend:

War Is Hell: The First Flight of Phantom Eagle

Battlefields

War Heroes