In 2015 there were talks of another live-action Death Note film – this time from the West. Last year Netflix confirmed they had grabbed the live-action adaptation of the popular anime/manga. Now we have a trailer and a release date (and no, it's not releasing next year).
The Netflix adaptation of Death Note will release on Netflix on August 25th, you can see the trailer above.
‘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. Intoxicated with his new godlike abilities, the young man begins to kill those he deems unworthy of life.
As for who is in the Netflix adaptation, it stars Nat Wolff (Paper Towns) as Light Turner, Margaret Qualley (The Nice Guys) as Mia Sutton, Keith Stanfield (Straight Outta Compton) as “L,” Paul Nakauchi (Alpha and Omega) as Watari, and Shea Whigham (Agent Carte) as James Turner.
Oh, and Willem Dafoe is the voice of Ryuk.
Netflix's Death Note is produced by Roy Lee (The Ring, The Grudge, Blair Witch, The Departed), Dan Lin (The Lego Movie, Sherlock Holmes), Jason Hoffs (Edge of Tomorrow), and Masi Oka (Heroes, Heroes Reborn).
