captainsolo said:

DKR did indeed change everything, and is without a doubt one of the best pieces of literature I have ever read. Take all of the hype you've heard about Watchmen and go read this instead. It is still an unbelievable read canonical or not. A film version with Kevin Conroy has long been a dream. (Though the new DCAU movie version-gulp-cast someone else)

Have you heard about the animated film? They are making a two-part adapatation of it, slightly reminiscent of the style of the 1990s animated series. Looks pretty good. The trailer tries to play on the Dark Knight Rises similarities, for better or worse:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdtQVzJ3MEI

I'll definitely be seeing it though.