Animated Adaptation Of Frank Miller’s THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS Is On Its Way

How many Batman movies do we need? Not enough apparently, as bleedingcool reported today that while Nolan is working on putting every element together for THE DARK KNIGHT RISES, there’s already plans of adapting Frank Miller‘s graphic novel, THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS, animated style, kind of like All Star Superman or Year One
The website said work is underway on the animated adaptation of Frank Miller and Klaus Janson’s classic but everything is still in the early sages of development, no word yet on who will get to write and direct this film but expect several veterans of Batman toons past will be on the crew list.
If you recalled, a couple of years ago, Watchmen director Zack Snyder, who’ll helm SUPERMAN reboot, also dreamt of directing an adaptation of THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS but at the time was uncertain the studio was wiling to take the risk…

Here’s the official synopsis of the graphic novel..
“This masterpiece of modern comics storytelling brings to vivid life a dark world and an even darker man. Together with inker Klaus Janson and colorist Lynn Varley, writer/artist Frank Miller completely reinvents the legend of Batman in his saga of a near-future Gotham City gone to rot, ten years after the Dark Knight’s retirement.
Crime runs rampant in the streets, and the man who was Batman is still tortured by the memories of his parents’ murders. As civil society crumbles around him, Bruce Wayne’s long-suppressed vigilante side finally breaks free of its self-imposed shackles.
The Dark Knight returns in a blaze of fury, taking on a whole new generation of criminals and matching their level of violence. He is soon joined by this generation’s Robin — a girl named Carrie Kelley, who proves to be just as invaluable as her predecessors,
But can Batman and Robin deal with the threat posed by their deadliest enemies, after years of incarceration have made them into perfect psychopaths? And more important, can anyone survive the coming fallout of an undeclared war between the superpowers — or a clash of what were once the world’s greatest superheroes?”