Warner Bros. reportedly hired a director and a screenwriter for Death Note movie

NO WAY!!!!!!

And it seems Zac Efron could be up for the role of Light again!

Deadline reports that Warner Brothers studio has reportedly hired writer/director Shane Black (Kiss Kiss Bang Bang; writer, Lethal Weapon film series) to direct a live-action Hollywood film based on the classic manga by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata.

The report also states that Anthony Bagarozzi (of Black's upcoming film Doc Savage) and Charles Mondry will write the film's script.

Warner Bros. acquired the rights to the series from previous rights-owner Vertigo Entertainment in 2009, at which time screenwriter brothers Vlas and Charles Parlapanides were attached to the project.

(source: ANN, Deadline)