Poll: Zac Efron as Light in 2011 Death Note Film!?

[jad4400]

Look, I know Zac Effron is the High School Musical guy, but considering he hasen't been in a lot of movies, I'm willing to give it a shot, you never know.

After all, If you told people back twenty years ago that Tom Hanks (who had been in the Money Pit) would go on to play is such roles as Andrew Bekett in Philadelphia and Captain John Miller in Saving Private Ryan, they would have probably thought you were nuts.

Don't judge a book by its cover.

 

[Mr.logic]

I made a thread about this about a month ago. I had a quick synopsis of the confirmed script. It was absolute shit. They change Light's name to Luke and L never suspects Light (or Luke, sorry) of every being Kira.

What the hell? L suspecting Light is Kira is part of what makes their duel of wits so compelling. Has the scriptwriter even read the manga or was he just going off a synopsis he found on t'internet?

Apparently, he didn't because if he did, he wouldn't have changed the names of the main characters. There's a significant meaning to why Light is named Light.

The entire story is completely different. No Misa, no second or third Kiras, none of the parts with the company with a Death Note, no memory loss, no Mello, no Near, and you wanna know the worst part?

[b/]THEY TOOK OUT RYUK!!!![/b]

actually there is memory loss but everything else..............

 

[[Gavo]]

They have similar hair? That's it.

 

[Mr.logic]

Don't know who I'd get to play L though, my brain keeps landing on Tom Felton (Draco Malfoy), he's probably got the ability to make someone who's completely freakish and charming at the same time, but he's very strongly assoicated with Harry Potter, which could make it difficult.

For some reason, the first person I thought of when I was thinking who would be good as L was Rupert Grint from the Harry Potter series. I don't know why, but he's got the same bags under his eyes and he's English (isn't L supposed to be English?)

If not him, then me, of course.

you only wish you were L but you are near.

 

[Mr.logic]

great, first Akira, now this...

Live action Akira?

IMDB link or it didn't happen!
Please be joking Please be joking Please be joking Please be joking Please be joking Please be joking

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1134795/

http://uk.movies.ign.com/articles/102/1021972p1.html

have faith it has childer of men and iron mans director(s)behind it.

 

[Scikosomatic]

NO RYUK?!?! NO F*ING WAY!!!!

 

[Canid117]

Can someone just please hit him in the face with a baseball bat? I would but I live kinda far away and it would be hard to explain to a travel agent that I am going to LA to commit assault...

 

[Brad Shepard]

hey, as long as he dies and they get a good L and or Near, im ok with it.

 

[Srkkl]

Thats fucking stupid, not only did the Japanese movies of the show suck but Zac Efron in an extreme battle of wits against the most intelligent criminal detectives? I think NO. And to those 24 who picked yes, kill yourself.

EDIT: No Ryuk? NO RYUK? Whats the fucking point!

 

[Mr.logic]

sigh so we have Akira live action, cowboy bebop keanu reeves live action, death note directed by micheal bay,(just kidding) shortend movie, names changed, actor zac effron,plot different, made by hollywood, shudders...,

well there is some justice in the world no live action adapation of Code Geass hahaha.

 

[Julianking93]

Don't know who I'd get to play L though, my brain keeps landing on Tom Felton (Draco Malfoy), he's probably got the ability to make someone who's completely freakish and charming at the same time, but he's very strongly assoicated with Harry Potter, which could make it difficult.

For some reason, the first person I thought of when I was thinking who would be good as L was Rupert Grint from the Harry Potter series. I don't know why, but he's got the same bags under his eyes and he's English (isn't L supposed to be English?)

If not him, then me, of course.

you only wish you were L but you are near.

And I'm happy with that. I personally like Near better.

Oh. I went there.

 

[Deadpewl]

Why the hell are they even doing another Death Note movie!? They already did the story once in the anime, again in the manga, again in the Japanese movie, do we REALLY need to tell that story AGAIN!? Cant they at least wait a few years?
OT: Zach fucking Efron? What? This aint a no gay musical (hopefully). Why the hell would he even... fuck it. How about I just forget I ever saw this thread?

 

[molester jester]

Two live action death note films have already been made

Edit - Ok i just read through all of the thread and this already been said many times. so this would be me pointing out the obvious

 

[Dark Knifer]

I just had a terrible though that someone like him in this movie could very well make this the next twilight... Oh death note... why? WHY!

 

[skullpile]

i can see that the poll didn't really give a middle ground he looks ok for it but i can't imagine him having the brains or malice of light

 

[Bebosis]

....I feel like hanging myself. Thank you hollywood for ruining a perfectly good anime for me.