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NEWS: The Guest's Adam Wingard to Helm Warners' Live-Action Death Note


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xchampion



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PostPosted: Mon Apr 27, 2015 6:42 pm Reply with quote
As a huge fan of The Guest and You're Next, I can attest that Adam Wingard is the perfect choice to direct the Death Note movie. Im very excited now.
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Kuroko the Best Stalker



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PostPosted: Mon Apr 27, 2015 6:49 pm Reply with quote
I've been waiting for a Death Note hollywood movie for years. Glad it's FINALLY happening.
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GATSU



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PostPosted: Mon Apr 27, 2015 7:00 pm Reply with quote
Third director, huh? I guess it's going to be like Akira, and not actually happen. Laughing
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Andrew Cunningham



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PostPosted: Mon Apr 27, 2015 7:01 pm Reply with quote
You're Next and The Guest are two of the best movies in recent memory.
As much as I like Shane Black, Winguard is a much better fit for the material.
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Animeking1108



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PostPosted: Mon Apr 27, 2015 7:03 pm Reply with quote
I'm disappointed that Shane Black isn't directing since he convinced WB to nix the planned changes to the source material. Let's hope that these guys continue Shane Black's plan. Thankfully, Adam Wingard at least has a good track record so far. I wonder if Masi Oka is involved, he'd be able to convince the casting director to get Asians.
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GATSU



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PostPosted: Mon Apr 27, 2015 7:12 pm Reply with quote
I haven't seen You're Next, but I do know it's R-rated. And it's always a challenge for a director of those types of movies to transition to something which will inevitably be PG-13.
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Ryusui



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PostPosted: Mon Apr 27, 2015 7:14 pm Reply with quote
This again.

Well, at least it seems the people behind this attempt actually know what they're doing. I'll admit I'm looking forward to it. More than the live-action Ghost in the Shell, anyway. Anime smile;
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unitmikey



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PostPosted: Mon Apr 27, 2015 7:22 pm Reply with quote
Ehhh... based off of the quality of the writing in the Lazarus Effect, I'm still a little worried for this script.
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penguintruth



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PostPosted: Mon Apr 27, 2015 7:23 pm Reply with quote
The musical, the Japanese live-action TV show coming, and this... Death Note's doing pretty well for itself several years after publication.
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Mizerous



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PostPosted: Mon Apr 27, 2015 7:27 pm Reply with quote
In a small city in California a teen is doing high school work when a black book called the Killing Note falls from the sky. A Grim Reaper Rock observes the teen named David Smith or as the world would soon know him Killer...

Okay that's harsh >_>
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oblivious247



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PostPosted: Mon Apr 27, 2015 8:01 pm Reply with quote
Kuroko the Best Stalker wrote:
I've been waiting for a Death Note hollywood movie for years. Glad it's FINALLY happening.


I wouldn't count on it. This project's been in development hell for years. Names being attached to a project mean nothing in hollywood. Morgan Freeman has been attached to an adaptation of the Arthur C Clarke novel, Rendezvous With Rama, for 15 years. It's never even gotten off the ground. Nothing's concrete til filming starts, and even then it's not concrete.
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CallumKeyblade



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PostPosted: Mon Apr 27, 2015 8:15 pm Reply with quote
You're Next was a great horror movie. I think he is a good choice as director.
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SaiyamanMS



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PostPosted: Mon Apr 27, 2015 8:40 pm Reply with quote
Mizerous wrote:
In a small city in California a teen is doing high school work when a black book called the Killing Note falls from the sky. A Grim Reaper Rock observes the teen named David Smith or as the world would soon know him Killer...

Okay that's harsh >_>


Honestly, the Japanese setting isn't exactly the most important part of Death Note, it's the story of an ordinary young man's descent into madness when given powers no man should ever have. You could replace Light Yagami with an American kid named Lucius Godwin and tell almost exactly the same story.
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Jaymie



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PostPosted: Mon Apr 27, 2015 8:52 pm Reply with quote
It's unfortunate that this has been in development hell for so long. A Hollywood Death Note film could be so amazing.
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Lady Multi



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PostPosted: Mon Apr 27, 2015 8:53 pm Reply with quote
I'm holding all reservations until the official plot-summary releases for this adaption.
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