Death Note US Remake being written

[nemo09]

To save myself another 'Speedy' incident (I'm always thinkin' of you, man!!), I'll be as safe as possible.

[spoiler]I'll be crucified for this, but I've gotta point out, that if dubs are created to give the series 'mainstream exposure', why should the live action--in this case with it's handful of changes--deviate from the material that it takes it's name from? Surely it is for simple hunger of money, rather than defeating the purpose of giving a series mainstream exposure only for this act of exposure to remove elements that made the original the money-maker it was prior to the changes.


Flashy elements aside, is the story really as exciting or fresh when the Death Note user really is a 'nice guy at heart', rather than a big monster?

(For the record, I had similar issue with Anime's handling of the ending of the series).
Now sure, there's the argument that why would an adaptation be so like the original making it is 'pointless' (trust me, I use this all the time myself), but one has to wonder if--assuming with all the hope the film doesn't turn out this way--the creative team can't work within the series' established traits and character to still create something new.[/spoiler]

*Frolicks in the meadow*

[manguy]

I'm with all of the people who see Zac Effron as Kira/Light Yagami. He looks the part and can act really well. For those of you who are a tad bit overreacting for casting a famous person who can actually recoup a movie's budget, to quote the great William Shatner, "Get a life!"

The only way I can see Effron not playing as Kira is if he chose not to play it. He is smart and wants to get away from the High School Musical past that made him big to begin with. That is why he dropped out of the Footloose remake and why he may longer be associated with the Full Metal Panic adaptation, where he would play the lead soldier who masquerades as a high school student to protect someone. He wants to do his best to stay away from both high schoolers and musicals. Granted, the writers of US Death Note can make Light a college student at the start (like what was done in the Japanese LA movies). But, it could be too late and he still could reject the role because, despite it being a dark role that can show off his acting chops, it's still a student.

[Soccer star]

Well, I'm obviously talking about Moron's porno-talk.

[glespaul12]

This is so Daniel Radcliffe's role. It would be the complete opposite of the Harry Potter francise. Could be interesting...

[Rubluffin]

Light or L? He's not hot enough for either, to be honest.

Either way, the Japanese movies were terrible, so I say let Americans have a shot at it. I hope they're using the manga and/or anime as the source material, but from the sound of this article, it seems that they're using the Japanese movies.

[uhhhhhhIDK]

True...Though...I just want see. Well, if WB going to work on it there's a decent level of hope I'm having. They did a great job at speed Racer (HEY IT'S THE CLOSEST LAM THAT THE U.S EVER MADE). So, yeah.

[lj_hound]

I really don't need a live action film. The comic and Anime are enough for me.

But alas...

[Regna Storma]

Once again...

[Mrfrancissco]

Now wikipedia tried saying that Zac Efron has "shown interest in the role" along with being a manga fan.
Luckily there was a link to a interview, and he did say he was a fan of manga.

HOPEFULLY
He'll stay away from it...

[Timberton4]

I didn't like it. It wasn't bad, but it didn't have the same charm that the original had. I'd rather they stick much closer to the source material than that.

At least keep Light's name the same.