Hollywood's Live-Action DEATH NOTE Film Revived With Adam Wingard

Hollywood's Live-Action DEATH NOTE Film Revived With Adam Wingard

Adam Wingard, director of the critically acclaimed Dan Stevens led "The Guest" has signed on to replace Iron Man 3 director Shane Black as helmer of the live-action Death Note film in development at Warner Bros.

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By MarkJulian - Apr 27, 2015 03:04 PM EST
Filed Under: Anime & Manga
Source: THR
Following Iron Man 3, director Shane Black seemed keen on making a live-action Death Note film for the West.  However, it appears that will not come to pass as Warner Bros. has replaced Black with Adam Wingard. 

Created as a manga, writer  Tsugumi Ohba and illustraor by Takeshi Obata have witnessed their 2003 creation spawn a spinoff manga, anime, anime film and Japanese live-action film.  The story centers around a bright Japanese high school student who randomly discovers a notebook that lets him kill anyone just by writing their name in it. 

Wingard is expected to shoot a horror movie for Lionsgate this Summer before tackling Death Note.

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Lampost
Lampost - 4/27/2015, 3:09 PM
Anime was amazing and everything I've seen from this director has been good so fingers crossed for something great!
MFLuder
MFLuder - 4/27/2015, 3:11 PM
Why waste time and money? The anime was stupid to me...sorry, not sorry
SuperCat
SuperCat - 4/27/2015, 3:11 PM
Never heard of "Death Note." Looks like something I might like.
CombatWombat
CombatWombat - 4/27/2015, 3:13 PM
First it has Shane Black attached to it. Then Gus Van Sant. Now this dude. And they still have nothing to show for it.
Maybe it's just as well. I always felt this series would work better as an HBO or BBC tv series.

@SuperCat
Season one is probably the most intelligently made anime series I've ever seen. Season two not so much, but on the whole the series is a classic.
SuperCat
SuperCat - 4/27/2015, 3:16 PM
Thanks, @ CombatWombat! Plan to check it out this weekend!
CherryBomb
CherryBomb - 4/27/2015, 3:16 PM
Amazing director, makes me so excited for this now!
You're Next is hands down one of the best horror films I have ever seen and The Guest was surprisingly awesome.

Bring it on.
DeusExSponge
DeusExSponge - 4/27/2015, 3:17 PM
How about a Berserk live action adaptation with Guillermo Del Toro as the director?
SuperCat
SuperCat - 4/27/2015, 3:18 PM
Thanks, @ DruZod! If you guys both say it's good then it must be worth checking out.
huckfinnisher
huckfinnisher - 4/27/2015, 3:21 PM
So over rated, i like the show but so many other anime are so much better and deserve a movie so much more.@DeusExSponge, Berserk with del toro makes my pants tight in the front, just one of many anime that deserve more attention than death note. I hate pseudo intellectualism, the show still manages to be good, but it gets so convoluted.
SuperCat
SuperCat - 4/27/2015, 3:21 PM
@ DeusExSponge

"Berserk" was insane! Haven't seen that one in years.
pickleweasel2
pickleweasel2 - 4/27/2015, 3:23 PM
Iron man 3 had a director?
huckfinnisher
huckfinnisher - 4/27/2015, 3:25 PM
@Chloefornication, netflox would be a fat better home, wonder when they will start love action adapting anime. Could be a huge market if done right, one of my only problems with live action anime adaptations are race issues, they draw their characters with huge eyes then expect us to cast Asians that have no physical charactetistics the character has except sometimes dark hair. Vash the stampede is white, period, but if they did an anime he would be an Asian dude with died hair and contacts, or the Asian community would complain about the white washing of hollywood
CherryBomb
CherryBomb - 4/27/2015, 3:26 PM
I can see him being a pretty great director for Justice League Dark
If del Toro really can't do it.
Scarilian
Scarilian - 4/27/2015, 3:29 PM
A 'Death Parade' style TV series would be something interesting to put a twist on things. The first episode establishes the basics with him finding the Death Note and meeting Ryuk, then we switch perspective every episode after between Light and the cops as they try to track him.

We see the people and how they are beforehand and then we see Light kill them, each time giving slightly more evidence so the police can get closer. As it develops it can establish that the criminals being killed are not always as evil as Light is informed about on the news and sometimes have families or are a victim of circumstance or otherwise making the line between whether Light is good or evil blurred.
Tempo
Tempo - 4/27/2015, 3:29 PM
Oh poor Shame Black,they didn't get you the job,I'm so sorry...dick
SpiderFraud
SpiderFraud - 4/27/2015, 3:41 PM
Death Note could be a sweet television show if they don't make it some dumb procedural show.

I rather see a Fullmetal Alchemist movie done in the U.S first before Deathnote though
Reasonnnn
Reasonnnn - 4/27/2015, 3:43 PM
@Tempo He's already attached to a lot of other projects as is. Gus Van Sant was attached before Shane Black.
krylonshadow
krylonshadow - 4/27/2015, 3:54 PM
Iron Man 3 was garbage so I'm happy about this. Death Note is, in my opinion, the most accessible manga/anime ever created. It is a series that literally anyone could enjoy. It's so incredibly gripping and suspenseful. Can't wait for this.
GhostDog
GhostDog - 4/27/2015, 4:02 PM
He's the perfect guy to do it You're Next was so underrated. Great horror film. Shari Vinson is a badass broad. She should play Cap Marvel
Emblemmaniac
Emblemmaniac - 4/27/2015, 4:21 PM
Would honestly have prefered Gus Van Sant as the director but Adam Wingard is not a bad choice either..

With them doing a great job with their all you need is kill adaption (Edge of Tomorrow) i am looking forward to this movie.

I hope that someone could get the rights to do a Full Metal Alchemeist or Bleach live action more or show soon. That could be pretty epic
Pathogen
Pathogen - 4/27/2015, 4:54 PM
Does Beserk have a bunch of silly anime tropes like high pitched annoying characters with big eyes, oversized swords, etc etc? If not, I'll give it a shot
CombatWombat
CombatWombat - 4/27/2015, 5:14 PM
@Chloefornication
"In gaming news Silent Hills by Guillermo Del Toro and Hideo Kojima got cancelled by Konami."

NOOOOOOOO!!!
MovieMonster
MovieMonster - 4/27/2015, 5:26 PM
Death Note can lend itself to a Western adaptation so I'm looking forward to this. Ezra Miller would be a perfect L! Can we get Hollywood to do Attack on Titan next?
MFLuder
MFLuder - 4/27/2015, 7:10 PM
@DruZod -I watched it with a friend because he wanted to. It sucked. I don't recall ever saying I hated anime...do I watch it regularly? No. Do I care for it? Not really my cup of tea
Demongod20
Demongod20 - 4/27/2015, 8:55 PM
@ WilsonWhisk

That was the most dramatic and epic bit of potato chip consumption to ever be put on Television.
ThedamnBatman
ThedamnBatman - 4/28/2015, 1:20 AM
Scrap the movie, this needs to be a Netflix series, there s just too much giing on in the anime. Would love this!
MrHighway
MrHighway - 4/28/2015, 3:54 AM
How about a proper live action Hollywood DBZ movie?
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