New DEATH NOTE Poster Provides Our First Proper Glimpse Of Willem Dafoe As Ryuk The Shinigami

New DEATH NOTE Poster Provides Our First Proper Glimpse Of Willem Dafoe As Ryuk The Shinigami

Death Note director Adam Wingard has shared a new poster for his upcoming live-action adaptation of Tsugumi Ohba & Takeshi Obata's classic manga, and it gives us a much better look at Ryuk...

By MarkCassidy - Jun 27, 2017 05:06 PM EST
Filed Under: Anime & Manga
Though we did get a shadowy first look at Ryuk in the trailer for Adam Wingard's Death Note back in March, the director has now shared a new poster for the upcoming Netflix adaptation, which gives fans a much better idea of what to expect from Willem Dafoe's take on the shinigami.

For those unfamiliar with the story, Death Note follows a student named Light Turner (Nat Wolff) who uncovers a mysterious notebook that kills people if their name is written in it.

Also starring Margaret Qualley as Mia Sutton, Keith Stanfield as “L,” Paul Nakauchi as Watari and Shea Whigham as James Turner, Death Note hits Netflix on August 25.


Death Note Poster Ryuk
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JonAwesome
JonAwesome - 6/27/2017, 5:51 PM
Can't wait to see how this turns out!
THEDARKKNIGHT1939
THEDARKKNIGHT1939 - 6/27/2017, 5:51 PM
Well then.
AsgardianHobo
AsgardianHobo - 6/27/2017, 5:53 PM
I like it, Dafoe is perfect for this
connorblaze
connorblaze - 6/27/2017, 5:58 PM
I know nothing about the comic, I hate manga, but I really love The Guest, and the idea behind this appeals to me. Sounds very interesting. As does Dafoe as the villain. Can anyone tell me if it has a philosophical bent? Beyond just 'should I kill people with this or not'? Sounds like a bit of a Faustian tale, which has me intruiged. Is the original work smart?
connorblaze
connorblaze - 6/27/2017, 5:59 PM
Oh side note, I wish he'd put Dan Stevens in this. Between the Guest and Legion he's one of my new favourites.
MUTO123
MUTO123 - 6/27/2017, 6:00 PM
@connorblaze - Maybe when Godzilla vs. Kong rolls around.
NinnesMBC
NinnesMBC - 6/27/2017, 5:59 PM
I had forgotten he was playing this creature, Ryuk. The poster is pretty good and I can see some semblance of him in the character.

I'll try to remember to see this in a few months.
EZBeast
EZBeast - 6/27/2017, 6:00 PM
That looks legitimately terrifying
MUTO123
MUTO123 - 6/27/2017, 6:01 PM
I'm interested in this because it's got some actors I like and I dig the director (it is a tad worrying that it's from the same writer as The Lazarus Effect and Fant4stic), but I haven't read the manga. Should I read it before this? How does this look compared to the manga?
MUTO123
MUTO123 - 6/27/2017, 6:02 PM
And that poster looks really cool.
Parker00
Parker00 - 6/27/2017, 6:05 PM
How is this interesting to anybody?
BloodyBed
BloodyBed - 6/27/2017, 6:08 PM
@Parker00 - because the work it's based on is [frick]ing phenomenal.
MarkCassidy
MarkCassidy - 6/27/2017, 6:09 PM
@Parker00 - Cos... people.. like...lots of different kinds of stuff?
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