Death Note Update; Shooting for an R Rating
It’s been awhile since last we spoke about the upcoming U.S. remake/reimagining/rewhateveritis of the Japanese sensation that is Death Note. Our friends over at Collider caught up with producer Roy Lee, who had the following update on the project.
According to Lee, director Adam Wingard “is currently waiting for us to officially greenlight the movie, but we have a cast in place. I think it’s been reported, but I don’t remember… I’d have to check the site, so I don’t want to say anything yet. But it’s a movie we’re planning on making this year.”
As for the film’s tone and rating…
“It’s definitely for adults. It is zero chance it will be below an R rating. [It] will be one of the first manga adaptations that feels very grounded but still has fantastical elements.”
Written by Tsugumi Ohba and illustrated by Takeshi Obata, Death Note was originally published in Japan and later collected in 12 trade paperbacks that have sold more than 38 million copies worldwide. The protagonist, Light, is a bright student who stumbles across a mystical notebook that has the power to kill any person whose name he writes in it. Light decides to launch a secret crusade to rid the streets of criminals. Soon, the student-turned-vigilante finds himself pursued by a famous FBI criminal profiler known only by the alias L.
Death Note is wildly popular in Japan and has been turned into live action and animated films, an animated TV series, novels, and video games. The trio of live action films were distributed by Warner Bros. Japan. Warner Bros. acquired the manga rights from Shueisha and previously got a script draft from Charley and Vlas Parlapanides.
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