This "question" must have been made around October of 2010.
How about wewe update the news! Last big piece of news was in January of this year, 2011, when they announced Shane Black would be the director.
But he's also gonna be busy with Iron Man 3.
The whole Zac Efron thing gorws zaidi unlikely as time passes.
I think the actor Aaron Yoo could make for an interesting interpretation of L.
link That's what Freddie Highmore looked like in 2009, and he can still look basically the same now. Based on the sound of his voice, I think he could play Light, as long as they give him that Japanese-Koreany "Male Host" kind of look that Light has.