This is ironic as the Authority became renowned as the comic to herald in the cinematic panel layout. The idea that the comic could be treated like a large scale movie. Prior to this, with the possible exception of Morrison's run on JLA, this hadn't really been done. Millar continued this trend with his run on the title and perfected it on his run of the Ultimates, which in turn is rumoured to be the foundation for the Avengers movie.
It's odd how these things sometimes come full circle- movie inspired comics, inspiring movies.