ok, ok, ok. i know it’s “old news” or … been talked about a million times, but this time it’s for real! apparently a hollywood produced death note live action has been thumbs-upped. it’s not going to be released even remotely in the near-future, but there’s two scriptwriters, and three producers already assigned to the movie. nothing really further. the movie was supposedly green-lighted around May of this year, and the interview below was from the past few weeks.
   but relating to this, is our dear old boy zac efron. he was asked in a recent interview if he was going to be involved in the movie, cast as light yagami, of course. his response?

“I love Death Note, and we were, kind of, working on it right now. You know, it’s not…it’s definitely not something that would be coming up soon. [Turns to Me and Orson Welles director Richard Linklater] What’s the classic answer, Rick? ‘It’s not on the front burner.’ No, no, it’s something that was … I feel like, regardless of whatever I say, it’s going to be [interpreted by the media to be] my next movie. No, it’s not. It was an idea. Who knows? I had a meeting on it.”

you may hear this for yourself by watching the video below – it begins at about 3:35.

zac efron quote from anime news network