After the blockbuster success of the Death Note film franchise in Asia, it was just a matter of time before Hollywood would get their grabby hands on a remake. According to Variety, Warner Bros. has acquired the rights to turn the manga into a live-action film and the studio has already hired screenwriters Charley and Vlas Parlapanides to adapt. For those not familiar with the property, "the story centers on a 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." Its expected the film will employ mainly on the best-selling 13 volume manga series, written by Tsugumi Ohba and illustrated by Takeshi Obata, rather than the two-part Japanese live action films.