Going out on a limb
I think we should campaign for All-Star Batman & Robin, the Boy Wonder to be adapted into a movie.
Why?
Well Frank Miller is going to direct and adapt "The Spirit", based on comic legend Will Eisner's classic strip.
So, the way I see it, is that Frank Miller has a chance to demonstrate his adaptation and direction skills here. In fact, I think a little public calling out of Frank Miller to challenge him to be able to produce something other than WHORES WHORES MOMS WHORE WHORE WHORE female characters. A bit of taunting on the ol' Aintitcoolnews sites, and a little bit of "So, Frank, got talent to tell a story or are you just a template driven old hack?"
If the material turns into the holy trinity, Hookers, Whores and Hookers Who Are Whore With Hearts of Gold, then we campaign for someone we trust pick up the rights to ASBRtBW. Like Disney. or Pixar. A Bugs Life version of ASBRtW. John Goodman can voice Batman.
Remember, "I intend to be extremely faithful to the heart and soul of the material, but it won't be nostalgic."
So, if I was asked to adapt the story of ASBRtBW, first, I'd have to say, the heart and soul of the story is the courage of the young Dick Grayson to overcome his loss.
So…definitely Disney Films. It's not going to be nostalgic people, it's got to be contemporay. With the times. A remake for the now, now for the then. You can't just rest on the laurels of the creator, you have to push the intent of the spirit of the work.
Frank and Jim wrote this for young men, it should be a film for young men. Empowering, uplifting and G-Rated so young men can get in there without fake id. Vicki Vale will have a wardrobe budget means she can afford sweatpants and t-shirt for hanging around her apartment. Black Canary's role will be a teacher at an after school care centre, and a costumed crime fighter of justice for small children. We'll establish that Dick Grayson's been in her care a few times, so when Batman offers the sidekick role, Grayson can say "Cool! I can be just like Black Canary!"
It'll explain the whole bird theme.
Oh, and in my film? The Batmobile can make the journey from the circus to the batcave in five minutes.
Remember people, it's not going to be nostalgic. It's going to more scary.