

"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 director Adam Wingard. Intoxicated with his new godlike abilities, the young man begins to kill those he deems unworthy of life. The film will be produced by Roy Lee (The Ring, The Departed), Dan Lin (The Lego Movie, Sherlock Holmes), Jason Hoffs (Edge of Tomorrow), and Masi Oka (Heroes Reborn, Hawaii-Five-0).īased on the famous Japanese manga written by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata, Death Note follows a high school student who comes across a supernatural notebook, realizing it holds within it a great power if the owner inscribes someone's name into it while picturing their face, he or she will die. and stars Nat Wolff (Paper Towns, The Fault in Our Stars) as Light Turner Margaret Qualley (The Nice Guys, The Leftovers) as Mia Sutton Keith Stanfield (Straight Outta Compton, Dope, Short Term 12) as "L" Paul Nakauchi (Alpha and Omega) as Watari and Shea Whigham (Agent Carter, Boardwalk Empire) as James Turner. Death Note will shoot in Canada and the U.S.

Press Release ( ): Beverly Hills, CA (June 30, 2016) - Netflix announced that principal photography begins Thursday on the original feature film Death Note from director Adam Wingard (The Guest, You're Next). Below, we have the official press release with full details, including Wingard's ( The Woods, You're Next) thoughts on the project: This otherworldly power allows Wolff's character to play God, and it's up to the mysterious "L" (Keith Stanfield) to put a stop to the bodies hitting the floor.ĭeath Note is scheduled to premiere on Netflix in 2017.
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The notebook with grave consequences is back, as filming is officially underway on Adam Wingard's Death Note movie.īased on Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata's popular manga (which was previously adapted as an anime series and several live-action movies), the new Death Note film stars Nat Wolff as the main character who discovers that if he writes someone's name in his newfound notebook while imagining what they look like, they will die.
