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Adam Wingard’s ‘Death Note’ Jumps From Warner Bros. to Netflix (Exclusive)

Keith Stanfield may join Nat Wolff and Margaret Qualley in the Japanese manga adaptation
In the wake of a report that Warner Bros. is considering making fewer films, Adam Wingard‘s adaptation of the Japanese manga series “Death Note” is moving from Warners to Netflix, which is in negotiations to pick up the project, TheWrap has learned.

Nat Wolff (“Paper Towns&#8221 and Margaret Qualley (“The Leftovers&#8221 are set to star, and Netflix also intends to cast its “War Machine” star Keith Stanfield, though he does not have an official offer, as the streaming service hasn’t closed its deal to acquire the project yet.

Roy Lee, Dan Lin, Jason Hoffs and Masi Oka will produce “Death Note” and Jeremy Slater (“Fantastic Four&#8221 wrote the most recent draft of the script. The manga series was previously adapted as a live-action movie in Japan.

Source: http://www.thewrap.com/adam-wingards-death-note-moving-from-warner-bros-to-netflix-exclusive/

Light

Misa

Raye Penber...?

Welp. This should be an interesting mess.

Edit: Apparently the writer for F4ntastic isn't the one to blame for that movie's floppage. Regardless, he was one of the writers on it.

 

[Deft Beck]

Fantastic fail.

 

[Primethius]

Why

 

[TheSeks]

Fantastic fail.

This. Also no Zack Effron = double fail.

 

[Vampirolol]

What's the point. The Death Note craze has gone years ago, now you only have a movie about a series that had an universally hated ending. You could make a tv series I guess, but again, what's the point? We already have Death Note. The only way would be to actually improve the story, but I doubt they will.

 

[Cardon]

Hiro Nakamura from Heroes is helping to produce this? Wow, that's good for him I guess since he's expanding things beyond acting.

 

[-Plasma Reus-]

RIP In peace.

 

[Mushroomer25]

Meh. I never judge a film based on a writer's past credits. Decisions made by the director, actors, editor, producers, and about a dozen other people can totally warp a script.

Some great writers have ended up with their name attached to some shit movies through no fault of their own.

 

[mdubs]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=200356334

 

[sappyday]

I don't usually like to complain about casting, but Natt Wolf as Light? Really?

 

[Plywood]

It already sounds so bad I feel compelled to watch it.

 

[Modest Mauser]

What's the point. The Death Note craze has gone years ago, now you only have a movie about a series that had an universally hated ending. You could make a tv series I guess, but again, what's the point? We already have Death Note. The only way would be to actually improve the story, but I doubt they will.

I wouldn't go so far as to say "universally." I liked the ultimate conclusion even if the stretch before it with Near and Mello wasn't the show's strongest arc.

Anyway, there's no way this won't be a disaster. It doesn't have to be, but it will be.

 

[Rockk]

Considering Fatastic 4 failed because of massive reshoots because they didn't like the darker, more horror-esque type of ideas they were going with. The writer being who he is doesn't mean anything.

 

[ZeroTheShadow]

What's the point. The Death Note craze has gone years ago, now you only have a movie about a series that had an universally hated ending. You could make a tv series I guess, but again, what's the point? We already have Death Note. The only way would be to actually improve the story, but I doubt they will.

Universally hated ending? Speak for yourself. The ending is the best part of the whole series.

 

[Sweeney Tom]

Yep. RIP

Had hope for years that maybe a decent adaptation would ever happen in America, but this is the end of that

 

[Nickle]

The writers actually fought Warner Bros to keep Light as a villain, so they have to somewhat care about the script.

 

[Korigama]

Ahahahaha...this should be fun.

 

[Forearm Star]

Why you gotta ruin everything?

 

[Soul Beat]

Oh Netflix.

 

[red731]

dafuck

Don't.

 

[JimJamJones]

 

[Servbot24]

Ugh... I really feel like this story has a lot of potential too. Such a shame.

 

[BronsonLee]

That's a real fucked up thread title. The Fantastic Four script looks nothing like the Fantastic Four that we got. Slater's had scripts on the Black List too, he's got chops.

 

[Imm0rt4l]

Meh...I'd be more interested if it was a series. Fantastic four director doesn't really mean shit tbh.

 

[Miracle]

Netflix, I love you for trying, and this is coming from a guy that loves the Death Note anime...

NO! BAD NETFLIX BAD!

If we are get a live action Death Note USA version, we should get a series, not a movie.

 

[super-famicom]

Netflix must have a working Death Note and wrote "Death Note" in it.

 

[Chariot]

Stop ruining Anime, America!

 

[HabeeNo]

Watching for the same reason I watched DBZ Evolution

Spoiler

Torture

 

[Gentle Rodriguez]

The Fanfourstic script was the last thing that ruined that movie, that's no reason to be down on this.

 

[Arnie7]

Guys it Adam Wingard. He's a top director.

The Guest and You're Next we're fine genre films.

 

[stump sock]

man I like Adam Wingard but jesus this sounds just awful

 

[Lucky Seven]

Wait, can't this be good? I dont like actors... but maybe?

 

[Jo-El]

I've enjoyed Adam Wingard's work so far. Hopefully he gets to do what he wants with it.

 

[Madao]

so this is how much America hates Anime.

they have to physically destroy all shows.

 

[Kenzodielocke]

I loved her in The Leftovers.

But meh, the world doesn't need more Death Note imo.

 

[AuthenticM]

I wish Simon Barrett had written it.

Here's hoping Adam Wingward can save the movie.

 

[appletoasty]

eeeehhhhh

 

[Drencrom]

Why.... just why.....

 

[stump sock]

so this is how much America hates Anime.

they have to physically destroy all shows.

actually I take it back, I now fully support this project

 

[B33]

Don't be hard on Jeremy Slater.

His draft of Fantastic 4 was apparently good before it was rewritten and put through a hellish production.

 

[Mushroomer25]

Stop ruining Anime, America!

Man, if this and the GiTS movie are big hits - watch the fuck out. Studios will start pumping cash into anime movies with reckless abandon. Like, Zach Snyder doing Akira reckless.

 

[Discotheque]

interested in this for the director. he's done good work with the horror genre so far.

really curious how Ryuk looks in this.

 

[SalvaPot]

Netflix means, bad or good, I'll watch it.

 

[What did he mean by this?]

Fant4stic had like 15 drafts and writers
This sounds fun. I doubt there will be any reference to "Based off the hit Japanese animation". Death Note is a fairly universal concept that'll translate well

Just let them do their own thing mang

 

[Riptwo]

Adam Wingard is awesome, so I'm in day one if this actually comes out.

 

[AuthenticM]

Here's an article discussing the original script for Fantastic Four that Slater wrote. Apparently, most of what he wrote was not in the movie.

 

[diamond_is_not_crash]

That's a real fucked up thread title. The Fantastic Four script looks nothing like the Fantastic Four that we got. Slater's had scripts on the Black List too, he's got chops.

I thought I heard that somewhere as well. I thought he wanted to go for a hard horror theme but the studio made him reshoot a bunch if stuff or something. This choice doesn't make me any less excited.

 

[kewlmyc]

What a weir roller-coaster this film as been through. I'll watch the final product, but I'm in no way excited for it anymore.

 

[Hero Prinny]

you know i was willing to go in it with an open mind even tho i was expecting nothing but the worse but you've completely lost me with that writer.

 

[Acorn]

"From your cv we see you wrote the biggest bomb of last year. You're hired! "