I'm Convinced Sinners' Sequel Will Drop Way Sooner Than We All Expect

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Sinners' main cast of characters dance in Blu-Ray poster art

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One of the biggest cinematic surprises of 2025 was Ryan Coogler's Sinners becoming a runaway success. Of course, anyone who was paying attention to Coogler's career knew that Sinners would be amazing, but the movie's box office take quickly surpassed everyone's wildest imaginations, bringing in $368 million worldwide.

Sadly for anyone who loved the world Coogler built in Sinners, the director has no plans to revisit the universe anytime soon. Coogler saw Sinners as a break from franchise movies like Creed and Black Panther, and feels that the movie is a complete story on its own. But with a world so full of ideas, it's hard to believe there won't be a sequel in some form. And a comic could be the best path forward.

A Sinners Vertigo Comic Can Keep The Universe Alive

Ryan Coogler has his hands full with a third Black Panther movie and an X-Files reboot, so there's no way he can slip in a sequel to Sinners. But the filmmaker surely has ideas about the world he created — the movie itself hints at a number of stories — that he could hand off to other creators.

And while making a second movie with someone else at the helm would be risky, a Sinners comic could help expand the universe Coogler built. And with DC Comics bringing back Vertigo, Warner Brothers, who hold the rights to Sinners for the next 25 years, could work with the filmmaker to give the revived adult-oriented comic label a hit.

But Ryan Coogler Must Have Full Control

What made Sinners a critical success and box office darling is Ryan Coogler. The movie is his from start to finish. He came up with the story, he wrote it, and he directed it. It is his vision that led to an amazing movie that is sure to become a classic. And that is why whatever happens with Sinners in the future, he must have total control.

For a comic to work, Coogler must be the one to choose the creative team behind it. Who the writer and artists are, even who the editor is, should be his decision alone. The stories should be based on Coogler's ideas of how that world works, and whether it is a mini or an ongoing series should be up to him. Anything else would risk tarnishing the legacy of the movie.