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Iron Man 3's Shane Black Still Involved in Live-Action Death Note Plans

Iron Man 3 director Shane Black confirmed in an interview with Bleeding Cool that he is still involved in Warner Brothers' planned live-action film adaptation of Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata's manga Death Note.

Black (Kiss Kiss Bang Bang; writer of the Lethal Weapon film series) did not provide progress details on the project, instead stating that the next three months will be dedicated to writing the live-action Doc Savage comic book adaptation with Chuck Mondry and Anthony Baggarozzi (both are also attached to Death Note.) Black's last update was at his Long Beach Comic-Con panel in 2011. At the time, he stated Ryuk was added back into the script and "the creation of a villain, the downward spiral" of the main character Light was the film's focus.

Warner Bros. had acquired the rights to the series from previous rights-owner Vertigo Entertainment in 2009. At the time, screenwriter brothers Vlas and Charles Parlapanides were attached to the project.

Thanks to Xenos for the news tip.

Source: Bleeding Cool