Gus Van Sant To Helm Death Note Live Action Movie?

Warner Bros. has been sitting on the Death Note adaptation since 2009, with little to no movement, until now!

According to The Tracking Board, director Gus Van Sant has jumped in to helm the adaptation after Shane Black cited creative differences over the adaptation, particularly Light's mission and the use of shinigami, and abandoned the project.

The latest draft of the script was written by Black, Anthony Bagarozzi, and Charles Mondry.

There are currently three Death Note live-action adaptations, but they were all made in Japan - Death Note (June 2006), Death Note: The Last Name (November 2006) and the spinoff film, L: Change the World (February 2008).

The series Death Note centers around a high school student named Light Yagami who discovers a supernatural notebook that allows him to kill anyone by writing the victim's name while picturing his or her face. The plot follows his attempts to become God by creating a New World cleansed of evil, using the book.

Source - The Tracking Board

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