Guess Efron as Light is better than Bieber as Light.

Heck, anyone, even Efron would be better than Bieber. = _ =

Personally I dislike Death Note so I don't care but I love to hear the righteous indignation of anime fans.

Deadline Hollywood reported on Thursday that actress and singer Rainey Qualley will play the female lead in Warner Brother's planned Death Note film. Her character's name has not yet been revealed.
Qualley joins Nat Wolff, who plays the lead male character. Wolff's character's name has also not yet been revealed, but Variety describes him as "a student who discovers a supernatural notebook that allows him to kill anyone simply by writing the victim's name." Variety also mentions that he will compete with a "reclusive police officer."
Production is slated to begin spring 2016.
Adam Wingard (The Guest, You're Next) has signed on to direct the film and Jeremy Slater (Fantastic Four) penned the most recent draft of the script.

Update: Deadline updated its article to report that Margaret Qualley, not her sister Rainey, is in negotiations to star in the film.

Enterntainment news source Variety reported on Friday that Keith Stanfield (Short Term 12, Straight Outta Compton) will co-star in Netflix's live-action Death Note film. His character's name has not yet been revealed.
Netflix acquired the project this spring after Warner Bros.' rights expired. Production will cost somewhere "in the $40 million-$50 million range," and the project is aiming to start filming this summer.
The project previously cast Nat Wolff (The Fault in Our Stars, Paper Towns) in the lead role. Wolff's character's name has not yet been revealed, but Variety describes him as "a student who discovers a supernatural notebook that allows him to kill anyone simply by writing the victim's name." Variety also mentions that he will compete with a "reclusive police officer."
Margaret Qualley, an actress (The Leftovers) and daughter of actress Andie MacDowell, will play the female lead. Her character's name has not yet been revealed.
Adam Wingard (The Guest, You're Next) has signed on to direct the film, and Jeremy Slater (Fantastic Four) penned a recent draft of the script.
Vertigo Entertainment's Roy Lee (Dark Water, The Lake House, Shutter), Lin Pictures' Dan Lin (This Side of the Truth, Sherlock Holmes, The Lego Movie), Viz Productions' Jason Hoffs (Edge of Tomorrow), and actor Masi Oka (Heroes, Hawaii Five-0) are producers. Doug Davison (Dark Water, The Grudge, The Lake House) and Brian Witten (Dark City, American History X, Final Destination) are executive producers, and Niija Kuykendall and Nik Mavinkurve had been overseeing the project for Warner.

Adam Wingard's upcoming live-action Death Note film has found its Ryuk in Willem Dafoe.
According to Mashable, the Oscar-nomiated actor, who starred as the Green Goblin in Sam Raimi's Spider-Man film trilogy, has closed a deal to voice the apple-loving Shinigami.