DEATH NOTE: US VERSION

Anime Fans will you rejoice or frown ?

Warner Bros. has picked up the Japanese manga series Death Note and plans to develop into a live-action film.

According to Variety, the studio has set screenwriters Charley and Vlas Parlapanides to adapt.

The story centers on a college student who accidentally finds a misplaced "death note," infusing him with the power to kill merely by writing anyone's name on the page while picturing the person in his mind.

The 13-volume manga is a bestseller in Japan, and the film will be drawn from the first three installments, written by Tsugumi Ohba and illustrated by Takeshi Obata for Shueisha Inc.

No production date has been set.

Will it be great or a bomb just like DRAGONBALL?

The Japanese Live Action is OK, Let's wait if the US version will be better.

ROBOTECH as a LIVE ACTION MOVIE

Due to the box office success of TRANSFORMERS, producers are now turning to Anime' to make a new movie. This time it will be ROBOTECH.

Lawrence Kasdan, the noted screenwriter behind Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back and Raiders Of The Lost Ark, has just had his name attached to Robotech. According to reports, Kasdan will be the new writer for the adaptation of the American cartoon based on three Japanese anime series.

The original cartoon of Robotech tells the story of a future Earth which comes under a series of alien invasions, and uses that alien technology to create transforming vehicles to fight back. The American series drew from three unconnected Japanese series, but somehow managed to make them into a coherent storyline.

Robotech is set to be developed by Tobey Maguire's Maguire Entertainment for Warner Brothers.

It's pretty obvious that Tobey Maguire will play the lead role, but were not sure yet, so will have to wait.