Adam Wingard will ‘Death Note’ directing – Total Film

Posted by Rik on 29-04-2015 14:50 – Source: Empire

It was not since the beginning of 2010 along with Warner Bros. The film won the film rights to the manga Death Note , but did not manage to find a suitable director. Shane Black and Gus Van Sant for example, have already abandoned the project. According to Empire can we prepare ourselves again, for Warner Bros. has a new name attached to the project: Adam Wingard

The director has lately made a name in a positive way using You’re Next and The Guest. . Although there are now again some progress on the case, we should not immediately jump into the air with delight. Wingard namely will first deposit on another horror picture: The Woods .

Death Note , which comes from Japan and by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata is scribbled, revolves around the shrewd student Light Yagami who comes into possession of a black notebook. Rules to reveal the inside when he writes a name in the book, and thinking of the desired person, then the target will immediately drop dead. Light decides to use the booklet to fight evil, but the police think otherwise.

The story is a success in Japan. So there was an anime produced and three live-action films. There was also marketed a Nintendo DS video game in 2007.

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