The director of Death Note has come to his film’s defence for moving the story to America. The classic manga/anime is being adapted as a Netflix film starring Nat Wolff and Willem Dafoe and directed by Adam Wingard. The story is originally set in Japan but for the live action movie version, events have been moved […]
Heroes’ Masi Oka to appear in Adam Wingard’s Death Note
Heroes alum Masi Oka has revealed to Entertainment Weekly that he’s set to appear in Death Note, Netflix and director Adam Wingard’s upcoming live-action adaptation of Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata’s manga series. Oka, who is also a producer on the film, will appear alongside a cast that includes Nat Wolff (Paper Towns), Margaret Qualley […]
Willem Dafoe joins Adam Wingard’s Death Note
According to Mashable, Willem Dafoe has signed on to lend his voice to the character of Ryuk the Shinigami in Adam Wingard’s adaptation of Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata’s manga series Death Note. Dafoe joins a cast that includes Nat Wolff (Paper Towns), Margaret Qualley (The Nice Guys), Keith Stanfield (Straight Outta Compton), Paul Nakauchi […]
Production underway on Adam Wingard’s Death Note
Production has kicked off on Death Note, director Adam Wingard’s (You’re Next, The Guest) adaptation of the acclaimed manga series by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata. “I am honored to be working with this great cast and I look forward to bringing Tsugumi and Takeshi’s unique story to a global audience,” said Wingard in a […]
Keith Stanfield joins Adam Wingard’s Death Note
Back in February it was announced that Netflix has snapped up the rights to Death Note from director Adam Wingard (You’re Next, The Guest), and now Variety is reporting that Keith Stanfield (Short Term 12, Straight Outta Compton) has signed on to appear in an as-yet-unrevealed role. Stanfield will join Nat Wolff (The Fault in […]
Netflix acquires Adam Wingard’s Death Note movie
Variety is reporting that Netflix is looking to add to its feature film slate by picking up the rights to director Adam Wingard’s (You’re Next, The Guest) upcoming manga adaptation Death Note. SEE ALSO: Death Note producer gives an update on the adaptation, confirms R-rating The film, which has been scripted by Jeremy Slater (Fantastic […]
Death Note producer gives an update on the adaptation, confirms R-rating
Director Adam Wingard (You’re Next, The Guest) is currently hard at work developing Warner Bros.’ upcoming anime adaptation Death Note, and producer Roy Lee has given an update on its progress during an interview with Collider, as well as confirming that it will be rated-R. “[Wingard] is currently waiting for us to officially greenlight the movie, […]
Margaret Qualley in talks to play female lead in Adam Wingard’s Death Note
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Margaret Qualley, who is best known for her work on HBO’s The Leftovers, is in negotiations to star as the female lead alongside Nat Wolff (The Fault in Our Stars) in Warner Bros.’s Death Note. Death Note is a live-action horror film based on the popular 2003 Japanese manga series of the same […]
Nat Wolff joins anime adaptation Death Note
Variety is reporting that Nat Wolff (The Fault in Our Stars, Paper Towns) is in final talks to join Warner Bros.’ upcoming anime adaptation Death Note, which is being directed by Adam Wingard (You’re Next, The Guest) from a script by Jeremy Slater (Fantastic Four). Wolff will star as “a student who discovers a supernatural […]
Adam Wingard replaces Shane Black as director of Death Note
The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that Adam Wingard (You’re Next, The Guest) has signed on to replace Shane Black (Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Iron Man 3) as director on Warner Bros.’ upcoming adaptation of the manga series Death Note. The script for Death Note has been written by Jeremy Slater (Fantastic Four) and tells the […]
