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http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/guest-director-adam-wingard-signs-791689

Adam Wingard, the cult director behind indie genre gems The Guest and You’re Next, has signed on to direct Death Note, an adaptation of a horror manga being developed at Warner Bros.

Roy Lee, Dan Lin, Jason Hoffs and Masi Oka are producing the project, which was previously adapted as movie in its home country of Japan, spawning a sequel.

The story centers on a student who discovers a supernatural notebook that allows him to kill anyone by writing the victim's name, who then decides to cleanse the world of whom he deems evil. As the student is tracked by a reclusive police officer, a cat-and-mouse game ensues.

 

[Secret Fawful]

OH. That's.....really intriguing. I'm interested to see how this would work. Hell, a Carpenter-style take on this material could be really good...

 

[Foggy]

Odd match, unless Wingard veers away from the source material style-wise.

 

[benzy]

Zac Efron attached to this?

 

[Sou Da]

The show nosedived into the "I AM A GOD" thing to quickly, the movie probably will too.

 

[BearPawB]

I think he is absolutely the right guy do do this.
I loved You're Next, and The Guest was even better.

You're next is criminally underrated. Yeah it looks generic, but it is anything but.

A movie version of Death Note that trims the fat could be really great

 

[cj_iwakura]

Great choice, could turn out fantastic. This could also work if Americanized, unlike some manga.

 

[BizzyBum]

Man, Death Note was soooo good.

Hope the movie turns out great so we can start seeing more anime adaptations.

 

[Ithil]

The show nosedived into the "I AM A GOD" thing to quickly, the movie probably will too.

He does that at pretty much the end of the first episode, so you're missing pretty much everything good.

 

[Corpekata]

Promising young director linked to a languishing anime adaptation?

More like Adam Wingard announced to be attached to Death Note while he considers what he really wants to do next.

 

[rexor0717]

I thought You're Next was great, and I like Death Note so I'm down for this.

 

[Mushroomer25]

I was just wondering what this guy was planning on doing next. Concept sounds like a good fit for him, hopefully he's got some flexibility with the source material.

 

[cj_iwakura]

I wonder if they'll keep the Shinigami.

 

[IdreamofHIME]

I hope it's straight up horror/thriller without the shinigami crap.

 

[Shai-Tan]

the japanese version of death note in live action was pretty terrible so im ok with this

 

[cj_iwakura]

I hope it's straight up horror/thriller without the shinigami crap.

It's kind of crucial, though. Notebooks don't just magically kill people, but as an instrument of a death god's whims? It's not much of an added stretch.

 

[Ridley327]

Assuming this finally comes to fruition, he's a good choice for the material. I do wonder how far this puts back the I Saw the Devil remake, since he and Simon Barrett have been working on that for a bit.

 

[NotTheGuyYouKill]

What if they make the Shinigami a figment of the protagonist's imagination?

Interesting choice. I dig it.

 

[Femmeworth]

Huh.

 

[Wolf Akela]

I wonder how they'll adapt Misa. Her introduction really turned me off because

Spoiler

moe loli kawaii~ ^___^

, but I kept watching anyway.

 

[sixteen-bit]

i hope they keep the dramatic chip eating

 

[Liquidus Snake]

I wonder if they'll keep the Shinigami.

If they do im sure they will make it more geared for westerners. I imagine an americanized version where the notebook is dropped by a demon of satan or something.

 

[cj_iwakura]

I wonder how they'll adapt Misa. Her introduction really turned me off because

Spoiler

moe loli kawaii~ ^___^

, but I kept watching anyway.

I expect the first film will just be Yagami and L, if that.

 

[Sibersk Esto]

Intriguing

 

[Veritigo_X]

I wonder if they'll keep the Shinigami.

When they were first talking about a Death Note movie, Warner Bros said they didn't want Shinigami and wanted Light's motivations to be about vengeance instead of justice. That was like 2 directors ago so I'm sure things have changed.

 

[mreddie]

I do like the Guest. I'll wait and see.

 

[Firemind]

But there's already a live action death note film.

 

[Karkador]

Death Note would fit perfectly into the YA movie adaptation trend as of late, but they're most likely not producing this as a trilogy. I'm not sure how they could adequately fit the story into one movie.

But there's already a live action death note film.

It's really, really bad

 

[cj_iwakura]

Death Note would fit perfectly into the YA movie adaptation trend as of late, but they're most likely not producing this as a trilogy. I'm not sure how they could adequately fit the story into one movie.

Same way the first Japanese movie did(which I enjoyed).

 

[Bleepey]

I hope they make it more than one movie. Either two or three part like the Japanese live action films.

 

[Trojan X]

Going to need a damn good actor to play KIRA, especially for when it comes to those moments of madness.

 

[Femmeworth]

I wonder how they'll adapt Misa. Her introduction really turned me off because

Spoiler

moe loli kawaii~ ^___^

, but I kept watching anyway.

I think he'll do a much better job incorporating women than the source material.

 

[jond76]

I'm on board with whatever this guy makes. I really enjoyed You're Next and The Guest.

 

[FrsDvl]

I have high hopes now. No way this could turn out bad. Wonder when we'll see this. Since he's working on the woods now, which possibiliy is a new Blair witch movie.

 

[Discotheque]

This dude is quickly becoming one of the genre directors to watch out for. I'll see whatever he makes. Hoping they give him some breathing room to do his own thing rather than a straight up adaptation

 

[bobawesome]

I feel like I've been hearing about a Western adaptation of Death Note for close to 10 years now.

 

[Ridley327]

I feel like I've been hearing about a Western adaptation of Death Note for close to 10 years now.

You have been. Warner Bros. has been trying to get this made even more fiercely than they have been with Akira, and we know how much they've tried with that one.

 

[Sou Da]

He does that at pretty much the end of the first episode, so you're missing pretty much everything good.

I never said I didn't watch it, but in the manga he gained that ego a bit slower.


I know this is stating the obvious but why recreate the original story when you can just take the Death Note and Shinigami concept and do your own thing in America?

 

[21GunShow]

I never expected this choice of director, but I'm hyped. Hopefully it will escape development hell.

 

[Ridley327]

I never expected this choice of director, but I'm hyped. Hopefully it will escape development hell.

I feel like if they fuck it up this time, it's not going to get made at all. Wingard is shaping up to be the hot director right now for low-to-mid-budget genre fare, and I imagine that's exactly the kind of thing WB wants for the project.

 

[21GunShow]

I feel like if they fuck it up this time, it's not going to get made at all. Wingard is shaping up to be the hot director right now for low-to-mid-budget genre fare, and I imagine that's exactly the kind of thing WB wants for the project.

I don't know, I'm just so used to adaptions never coming out. I'll believe it when i see some set photos.

 

[B33]

Jeremy Slater is writing the screenplay.

His works includes THE LAZARUS EFFECT (2015), FANTASTIC FOUR (2015), and FABLES.

 

[Ridley327]

Jeremy Slater is writing the screenplay.

His works includes THE LAZARUS EFFECT (2015), FANTASTIC FOUR (2015), and FABLES.

Sooooooo it's safe to say that Simon Barrett is still plugging away at I Saw the Devil while this is going on.

Of course, that also means he's not working on this with Wingard, which is some cause for concern. Was The Lazarus Effect much of anything in the writing department?

 

[Plywood]

While I wasn't as fond of The Guest, I absolutely adored You're Next. Bring this on, I want it.

 

[Squire]

Great choice, could turn out fantastic. This could also work if Americanized, unlike some manga.

Aren't they even just straight up in LA at one point of the story? Or the LAPD got involved in the second half?

 

[cLOUDo]

should be a Miniseries but i have faith

i hope the change the ending at least

 

[Squire]

Jeremy Slater is writing the screenplay.

His works includes THE LAZARUS EFFECT (2015), FANTASTIC FOUR (2015), and FABLES.

That's not too surprising. Josh Trank (FF director) is in the same wheelhouse as this director in terms of going from a mid-budget darling to a franchise film that the studio won't funnel $200m into.

 

[Roubjon]

Sooooooo it's safe to say that Simon Barrett is still plugging away at I Saw the Devil while this is going on.

Of course, that also means he's not working on this with Wingard, which is some cause for concern. Was The Lazarus Effect much of anything in the writing department?

I thought the writing was pretty bad honestly. Entertaining film, but the last half kinda jumped the shark.

 

[ZoddGutts]

I wonder how they'll adapt Misa. Her introduction really turned me off because

Spoiler

moe loli kawaii~ ^___^

, but I kept watching anyway.

Hope they cut that shitty character out.

 

[Terra Firma]

Can't wait for more serious potato chip eating.