Parallax appears in the Green Lantern (2011) live-action film.
Parallax was created as a result of the Guardian of the Universe Krona becoming possessed and corrupted by the yellow fear energy. He caused great destruction until he was imprisoned on the planet Ryut by the Green Lantern Abin Sur. He is accidentally freed by alien astronauts that came upon his prison. Parallax attacked Abin Sur's ship and mortally wounded him, but not before he could eject himself from his ship to Earth, where Abin Sur gave his power ring to Hal Jordan. Parallax began killing other Green Lanterns and destroying civilizations until it reached Earth. Meanwhile, Hector Hammond obtained psionic power after coming in contact with a portion of Parallax on Abin Sur's body as he was performing an autopsy. As Parallax arrived on Earth, interrupting Hector and Hal's battle. Parallax kills Hector for failing to destroy Hal and attempts to kill him, but Carol Ferris helped him escape. Hal then tricks Parallax into following him out into space and get Parallax trapped in the sun's gravitational pull. Parallax was burned up by the sun.
