There have been so many good comic book adaptation movie's released in recent years like the Ironman, Spiderman and Batman movies with more recently Green Lantern (yes I liked this film), X-Men: First Class, Captain America not to mention movies coming to our screens very soon that I am excited about like the Batman sequel ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ (2012), Spider-Man reboot ‘The Amazing Spider-Man’ (2012) and the next Superman instalment Man of Steel (2013).

Along with the movies there is has been and still are some great TV shows both Animated and Live action for example Smallville, Avengers: Earths Mightiest Heroes, Batman: Brave and the Bold and not to mention the totally brilliant Walking Dead from Robert Kirkman along with the soon to come Green Lantern Animated series.

This is fantastic for comic book fans like you and I. This got me thinking, what if I could choose which was to be made next what would I pick?

After thinking about this for a while I have chosen four that I would love to see. It would be far to big a column if I chose script writers, directors and the like so all I have done is choose the medium, the comic I would like seen transformed and lastly the main actor/actress role and who I would like to see play them.

If you have any ideas as to what you would like to see please leave a comment telling me or hit me up on twitter and let me know.

Witch Doctor - Dr Vincent Morrow played by Michael Sheen

First up is my beloved Witch Doctor, I would ABSOLUTLY LOVE this comic to be given a TV deal in the same way as Walking Dead has. Brandon Seifert could help with the writing as Kirkman has done with walking dead, it would be amazing. In the lead role of Dr Vincent Morrow I could only see one person and that one person just happens to be my favourite actor in the world Michael Sheen. He not only looks a bit like Dr Morrow but he would bring that depth to the character we see in the comic to screen so well and I think it would be a smash hit.

Aquaman – Arthur Curry played by Daniel Craig

Three films ive chosen now the first of which is Aquaman, this has been the surprise smash hit of the DC new 52 titles,I think with the right direction and making him more gritty and less comedy that the film would be amazing. Ive put Daniel Craig in the role here as I think for a less comedy approach he would be great.

Animal Man – Bernhard "Buddy" Baker played by Ewan McGregor

Another DC new title here and another male, Animal Man has been one of the best received comics of the relaunch and if there was ever a time to capitalise on this with a movie its now. Ive chosen a Welshman for Witchdoctor, an Englishman for Aquaman and now a Scotsman for Animal Man, step forward Ewan McGregor, not only an amazing actor but a Jedi too how could this possibly fail.

Suicide Squad – Harley Quinn played by Zooey Deschanel

Ok lastly is another DC title and to be perfectly honest ive chosen suicide squad with Zooey Deschanel just because I would love to see her in the new Harley Quinn outfit, I am a red blooded straight male what can I say. I do though, firmly believe that she would great in the role, she has a real cheekiness about her and is not a waif like so many actresses that I could totally see her in the sexy uniform swinging a big hammer about.

Link: http://dcu.blog.dccomics.com/2011/06/02/the-new-justice/

We saw the full cover to Geoff Johns and Jim Lee's JUSTICE LEAGUE #1 yesterday but today DC have dropped a whole lot more on us with another look at all the latest relaunch covers and yes it seems this is now being called a relaunch and not a reboot. So far I'd say these are looking very 90's, all extra pipping in the suits, new belts, funky boots, bigger claws and trousers for the ladies. We'll still have to wait and see how they turn out but at the moment I'm looking forward to getting me some Savage Hawkman action, hell yeah!

WONDER WOMAN #1 - Brian Azzarello, Cliff Chiang.

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As I gave my opinion on the DC reboot and day and date digital debate yesterday, and we also heard from some of the industries biggest names via Twitter I thought it'd be a good idea to try to capture the mood of the rest of the comic book community. What we have here is a megablog post collating as many opinions of comic book fans, writers, artists and of course Sidekicks as I could muster up:

Mike Harding AKA @mikeybumchin, Sidekickcast guest-host and contributor to the Sidekick Blog.

Well following a read of the initial article i think that as Rob Williams said, not bothered too much, as long as the stories are good. If they decided to reboot the characters then that would be a different thing entirely. I just hope that they aren't doing an "ulitmate" version which brings all the heroes origins into the now as that would ruin certain titles like Batman, Superman and Justice Society as these are legacy characters that have influenced other heroes. If they do erase all that has gone before then I think they may run the risk of losing a lot of readers, who, have heavily invested both time, and money in some of their larger projects (52, the numerous company wide crossovers). I have always been critical for the excessive amount of continuity driven stories (not just in DC but also in Marvel) and DC's lack of referencing to the past; but this is not the way to deal with that.

The initial title launch of Justice League by Johns and lee should be good as both writer and artist are among some of my favorite individuals in the comic industry.

Regarding the idea of cutting down piracy, I don't think this will be the case as people will still illegally download stuff, due to various factors.

Will be interesting to see how this develops, and I'm not surprised that they are doing this again, as it seems to be something they feel that they can do every so often.

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Michael Legge AKA Lil Fat Mikey, Comic Book fan and sometimes Sidekickcast guest-host

As someone who now only buys trades and when he does it isn't either of the two big boys, I couldn't give a shit ...

Only joking, now for the serious bit - I think it's great for the industry, if it gets people buying comics it can only be good particularly if this $2.99 for a year rumour is true. It won't be a complete reboot either i.e. not right, right back to origins but go back to the characters younger days with different customers to take them in a different direction - I for one will watch with intrigue and hope the writing grabs you by the b***s

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