OFFICIAL: Warner brings ' Death Note ' to bigscreen

Warner Bros. has acquired rights to turn the Japanese manga series "Death Note" into a live-action film.Studio has hired screenwriters Charley and Vlas Parlapanides to adapt.
Story centers on a college student who accidentally finds a misplaced "death note," infusing him with the power to kill merely by writing anyone's name on the page while picturing the person in his mind.
The 13-volume manga is a bestseller in Japan, and the film will be drawn from the first three installments, written by Tsugumi Ohba and illustrated by Takeshi Obata for Shueisha Inc.
Warner Bros. Pictures Japan made three Japanese-language "Death Note" films. The new pic will be drawn from the manga, not the previous movies.
Vertigo's Roy Lee and Doug Davison will produce with Dan Lin's Lin Pictures and Brian Witten.

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Source: http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118003063.html?categoryid=13&cs=1


This movie has potential in my eyes. All they have to do is find some great writers because unlike most anime this one has EXCELLENT writing it. If you havn't watched or read this series you need to. This is a anime that has potential to be something brilliant, and I may be the only one on this site who sees this, but I'm pulling for Zac Efron to play Light. The kid CAN act and it'd be stupid not to cast him because he looks exactly like him and this is too good of an opportunity for Zac to show off how good he really is. Overlook the Highschool Musicals for a second this kid has potential!






So what do you guy's think? Will this be epic or an epic fail? and who would you cast in this movie?