Currently in the midst of filming Justice League, where he’s set to take up arms as Aquaman cohort Vulko, Willem Dafoe has reportedly agreed terms to join Adam Wingard’s Death Note as Ryuk the Shinigami.
Word comes by way of Mashable, confirming that the illustrious Dafoe will star opposite Nat Wolff – reteaming with the up-and-comer following dramatic tearjerker The Fault in Our Stars.
Once in the early stages of development over at Warner Bros., Death Note will now be distributed via Netflix come 2017. It’s based on Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata’s morbid Japanese manga, chronicling the story of a teenage student (Wolff as Yagami) who stumbles upon the titular supernatural notebook that harbors the ability to kill anyone simply by scribbling their name down on its pages. Moral conundrums ensue.
Roy Lee, Dan Lin, Jason Hoffs, and Masi Oka are among the producers on board to oversee Death Note,...
Word comes by way of Mashable, confirming that the illustrious Dafoe will star opposite Nat Wolff – reteaming with the up-and-comer following dramatic tearjerker The Fault in Our Stars.
Once in the early stages of development over at Warner Bros., Death Note will now be distributed via Netflix come 2017. It’s based on Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata’s morbid Japanese manga, chronicling the story of a teenage student (Wolff as Yagami) who stumbles upon the titular supernatural notebook that harbors the ability to kill anyone simply by scribbling their name down on its pages. Moral conundrums ensue.
Roy Lee, Dan Lin, Jason Hoffs, and Masi Oka are among the producers on board to oversee Death Note,...
- 8/2/2016
- by Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
Willem Dafoe has joined the cast of Adam Wingard’s live-action adaptation of the popular manga “Death Note.” According to Mashable, the actor will voice Ryuk the Shinigami in the film that will debut next year on Netflix.
The Japanese comic, written by Tsugumi Ohba and illustrated by Takeshi Obata, follows a student who stumbles across a supernatural notebook that has the power to kill any person whose name he writes in it. He uses this mystical object to destroy those he deems unworthy of life.
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The film stars Nat Wolff, Margaret Qualley, Keith Stanfield, Paul Nakauchi and Shea Whigham. Roy Lee and Dan Lin along with Jason Hoffs and Masi Oka are producing. Executive producers are Jonathan Eirich, John Powers Middleton, Miri Yoon and Brendan Ferguson.
“Death Note” was originally...
The Japanese comic, written by Tsugumi Ohba and illustrated by Takeshi Obata, follows a student who stumbles across a supernatural notebook that has the power to kill any person whose name he writes in it. He uses this mystical object to destroy those he deems unworthy of life.
Read More: Willem Dafoe Cast in Sean Baker’s ‘The Florida Project,’ the Writer/Director’s Follow-Up to ‘Tangerine’
The film stars Nat Wolff, Margaret Qualley, Keith Stanfield, Paul Nakauchi and Shea Whigham. Roy Lee and Dan Lin along with Jason Hoffs and Masi Oka are producing. Executive producers are Jonathan Eirich, John Powers Middleton, Miri Yoon and Brendan Ferguson.
“Death Note” was originally...
- 8/2/2016
- by Liz Calvario
- Indiewire
The cameras, they are a-rolling on the set of Death Note, Adam Wingard’s R-rated adaptation of the Japanese manga series.
Created by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata, Death Note is something of a cult phenomenon in the Land of the Rising Sun, spanning live-action features, TV series and even a musical. It’s now bound for a western release under the watchful eye of Wingard (The Guest), and Netflix confirmed today that principal photography is now underway.
Plans are in place to shoot across the States and Canada, with Nat Wolff (The Fault In Our Stars, Paper Towns) taking point as Light Yagami, an unassuming high school student who stumbles upon the titular, mysterious book. As Yagami-san soon realizes, anyone whose name appears in the Death Note will find that their days are numbered, and it’s up to our hero to track down the true, God-like owner of the cursed notebook.
Created by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata, Death Note is something of a cult phenomenon in the Land of the Rising Sun, spanning live-action features, TV series and even a musical. It’s now bound for a western release under the watchful eye of Wingard (The Guest), and Netflix confirmed today that principal photography is now underway.
Plans are in place to shoot across the States and Canada, with Nat Wolff (The Fault In Our Stars, Paper Towns) taking point as Light Yagami, an unassuming high school student who stumbles upon the titular, mysterious book. As Yagami-san soon realizes, anyone whose name appears in the Death Note will find that their days are numbered, and it’s up to our hero to track down the true, God-like owner of the cursed notebook.
- 6/30/2016
- by Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
Netflix has announced that principal photography has begun on "The Guest" and "You're Next" director Adam Wingard's original feature "Death Note".
Nat Wolff, Margaret Qualley, Keith Stanfield, Paul Nakauchi and Shea Whigham star in the film based on the famous Japanese manga written by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata. The story follows a high school student who comes across a supernatural notebook, one in which if the owner inscribes someone's name into it while picturing their face, that person will die.
Intoxicated with his new abilities, the young man begins to kill those he deems unworthy of life. Filming will take place in Canada and the United States with Roy Lee, Dan Lin, Jason Hoffs and Masi Oka set to produce the film which will premiere globally on the streaming service in 2017.
Source: Netflix...
Nat Wolff, Margaret Qualley, Keith Stanfield, Paul Nakauchi and Shea Whigham star in the film based on the famous Japanese manga written by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata. The story follows a high school student who comes across a supernatural notebook, one in which if the owner inscribes someone's name into it while picturing their face, that person will die.
Intoxicated with his new abilities, the young man begins to kill those he deems unworthy of life. Filming will take place in Canada and the United States with Roy Lee, Dan Lin, Jason Hoffs and Masi Oka set to produce the film which will premiere globally on the streaming service in 2017.
Source: Netflix...
- 6/30/2016
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Keith Stanfield ("Short Term 12," "Snowden") has closed a deal to co-star with Nat Wolff and Margaret Qualley in the live-action film adaptation of the manga "Death Note" for Netflix.
Wolff plays a student who discovers a supernatural notebook that allows him to kill anyone simply by writing the victim's name. A cat-and-mouse game ensues when he's tracked by a reclusive police officer.
Adam Wingard ("The Guest," "You're Next") is penning and directing the project, taking over from the previously attached Shane Black and a recent script draft by Jeremy Slater ("Fantastic Four").
Roy Lee, Dan Lin, Jason Hoffs and Masi Oka are producing the project which plans to start shooting this summer.
Source: Variety...
Wolff plays a student who discovers a supernatural notebook that allows him to kill anyone simply by writing the victim's name. A cat-and-mouse game ensues when he's tracked by a reclusive police officer.
Adam Wingard ("The Guest," "You're Next") is penning and directing the project, taking over from the previously attached Shane Black and a recent script draft by Jeremy Slater ("Fantastic Four").
Roy Lee, Dan Lin, Jason Hoffs and Masi Oka are producing the project which plans to start shooting this summer.
Source: Variety...
- 6/10/2016
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Yesterday heralded a relatively major shakeup over at Warner Bros., after it was revealed that the studio now plans to rein in its slate to focus on tentpole movies, affecting the release dates of several high-profile projects including Jungle Book: Origins – pushed into 2018 – and Patty Jenkins’ standalone Wonder Woman movie.
There were, however, also some casualties to the internal overhaul, one of which being Adam Wingard’s (The Guest) long-gestating adaptation of Death Note, Tsugumi Ohba’s iconic Japanese manga series. Although Warner Bros. initially planned to distribute the live-action feature film, Variety now reports that WB has dropped the movie, only for it to be saved by Netflix.
According to the report, much of that switcheroo came down to the allotted budget for Death Note, which allegedly falls in the $40-$50 million bracket. That’s considered a few pegs below Warner’s new focus on big-budget tentpole releases, though...
There were, however, also some casualties to the internal overhaul, one of which being Adam Wingard’s (The Guest) long-gestating adaptation of Death Note, Tsugumi Ohba’s iconic Japanese manga series. Although Warner Bros. initially planned to distribute the live-action feature film, Variety now reports that WB has dropped the movie, only for it to be saved by Netflix.
According to the report, much of that switcheroo came down to the allotted budget for Death Note, which allegedly falls in the $40-$50 million bracket. That’s considered a few pegs below Warner’s new focus on big-budget tentpole releases, though...
- 4/7/2016
- by Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
Netflix is in final negotiations to produce and finance "The Guest" and "You're Next" director Adam Wingard's new film "Death Note" starring Nat Wolff and Margaret Qualley.
Setup at Warner Bros. before being put into turnaround, several others including Stx and Lionsgate were considering it though ultimately the streaming giant seems to have won out. The film's budget is said to fall in the $40-50 million range.
Based on the Japanese manga series, Wolff plays a student who discovers a supernatural notebook that allows him to kill anyone simply by writing the victim's name. A cat-and-mouse game ensues when he's tracked by a reclusive police officer.
Roy Lee, Dan Lin, Jason Hoffs and Masi Oka are producing and filming aims to kick off in June. Jeremy Slater penned the most recent draft of the script,.
Source: Variety...
Setup at Warner Bros. before being put into turnaround, several others including Stx and Lionsgate were considering it though ultimately the streaming giant seems to have won out. The film's budget is said to fall in the $40-50 million range.
Based on the Japanese manga series, Wolff plays a student who discovers a supernatural notebook that allows him to kill anyone simply by writing the victim's name. A cat-and-mouse game ensues when he's tracked by a reclusive police officer.
Roy Lee, Dan Lin, Jason Hoffs and Masi Oka are producing and filming aims to kick off in June. Jeremy Slater penned the most recent draft of the script,.
Source: Variety...
- 4/7/2016
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Natt Wolff may have lost out on the role of Peter Parker to Tom Holland, but he's being lined up to star as Light Yagami (expect a name change there) in Warner Bros.' live-action take on popular Manga/Anime, Death Note. This adaptation does seem to be sticking fairly close to the source material with its basic premise, however, as Variety report that Wolff will play "a student who discovers a supernatural notebook that allows him to kill anyone simply by writing the victim’s name. A cat-and-mouse game ensues when he’s tracked by a reclusive police officer." Death Note will be directed by Adam Wingard from a script by Jeremy Slater (Fantastic Four), with Roy Lee, Dan Lin, Jason Hoffs and Masi Oka on board as producers. The movie is set to commence production next Spring.
- 9/29/2015
- ComicBookMovie.com
Adam Wingard is remaining firmly in the genre of eerie thrillers now that the You’re Next and The Guest director has signed on to helm the long-gestating live-action Death Note feature, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Based on the eponymous, widely popular Japanese manga, the story follows Light Yagami, a brilliant young mind who stumbles upon the titular notebook before coming to the harrowing realization: any name scrawled on the pages of said book is a dead man walking. What ensues is a cat-and-mouse game between Yagami and the local police department, who quickly catch wind of the spiralling death count. Originally running from 2003 to 2006 in Japan, the manga soon reveals that an ancient group of deities drop the Death Note into Yagami’s path intentionally, and from there the manga flirts between dimensions, raising questions of morality and other existential themes.
Warner Bros. is spearheading this latest development on the popular Japanese project,...
Based on the eponymous, widely popular Japanese manga, the story follows Light Yagami, a brilliant young mind who stumbles upon the titular notebook before coming to the harrowing realization: any name scrawled on the pages of said book is a dead man walking. What ensues is a cat-and-mouse game between Yagami and the local police department, who quickly catch wind of the spiralling death count. Originally running from 2003 to 2006 in Japan, the manga soon reveals that an ancient group of deities drop the Death Note into Yagami’s path intentionally, and from there the manga flirts between dimensions, raising questions of morality and other existential themes.
Warner Bros. is spearheading this latest development on the popular Japanese project,...
- 4/28/2015
- by Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
Warner Bros. has penciled in a new name to direct their Death Note movie, which will be the latest adaptation of the popular horror manga series (originally published from 2003 – 2006) that followed a notebook with a very unusual and deadly ability.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Adam Wingard (The Guest, You're Next) will direct Death Note for Warner Bros, a project that Shane Black was originally set to helm. Roy Lee, Dan Lin, Jason Hoffs, and Masi Oka produce the latest film adaptation of the manga series that was written by Tsugumi Ohba and illustrated by Takeshi Obata.
When Black was lined up for the director's chair, he was going to direct from a screenplay scribed by Anthony Bagarozzi and Charles Mondry, but since that time, Jeremy Slater (2015's Fantastic Four, The Lazarus Effect) has written a new draft that Wingard will work from.
For those unfamiliar with Death Note, it's a very popular manga,...
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Adam Wingard (The Guest, You're Next) will direct Death Note for Warner Bros, a project that Shane Black was originally set to helm. Roy Lee, Dan Lin, Jason Hoffs, and Masi Oka produce the latest film adaptation of the manga series that was written by Tsugumi Ohba and illustrated by Takeshi Obata.
When Black was lined up for the director's chair, he was going to direct from a screenplay scribed by Anthony Bagarozzi and Charles Mondry, but since that time, Jeremy Slater (2015's Fantastic Four, The Lazarus Effect) has written a new draft that Wingard will work from.
For those unfamiliar with Death Note, it's a very popular manga,...
- 4/27/2015
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Adam Wingard ("The Guest," "You're Next") has signed on to direct a film adaptation of the horror manga "Death Note" for Warner Bros. Pictures.
The story follows a student who discovers a supernatural notebook that allows him to kill anyone by writing the victim's name in it.
He decides to cleanse the world of whom he deems evil and is soon being tracked by a reclusive police officer. A cat-and-mouse game soon ensues.
Wingard takes over from Shane Black who was previously attached to direct. Jeremy Slater ("Fantastic Four") wrote the more recent draft of the script.
Roy Lee, Dan Lin, Jason Hoffs and Masi Oka are producing. The manga was previously adapted as a Japanese movie which also spawned a sequel.
Source: Heat Vision...
The story follows a student who discovers a supernatural notebook that allows him to kill anyone by writing the victim's name in it.
He decides to cleanse the world of whom he deems evil and is soon being tracked by a reclusive police officer. A cat-and-mouse game soon ensues.
Wingard takes over from Shane Black who was previously attached to direct. Jeremy Slater ("Fantastic Four") wrote the more recent draft of the script.
Roy Lee, Dan Lin, Jason Hoffs and Masi Oka are producing. The manga was previously adapted as a Japanese movie which also spawned a sequel.
Source: Heat Vision...
- 4/27/2015
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
The popular manga series about a notebook who kills anyone whose name is written in it will get a U.S. adaptation directed by The Guest and You’re Next’s Adam Wingard. THR reports Wingard (pictured above in V/H/S/2) will direct Death Note for Warner Bros. The film will be produced by Roy Lee, Dan Lin, Jason Hoffs…
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- 4/27/2015
- by Samuel Zimmerman
- shocktillyoudrop.com
Actress Emily Blunt is in negotiations to join the cast of sci-fiction film .All You Need is Kill., opposite Tom Cruise.Produced by Erwin Stoff, Tom Lassally and Jason Hoffs, .All You Need is Kill. follows the story of a soldier in a war against aliens. He is is forced to re-live his last day again and again after he is killed.If Blunt joins the cast, she would play another soldier who fights alongside him, reports contactmusic.com.The actress has previously said she was looking for a role in a sci-fiction or superhero film where the female character has substance..Usually the female parts in a superhero film feel thankless. She.s the pill girlfriend while the guys are whizzing around saving the world,. said Blunt..I didn.t do the other ones because the part wasn.t very good or the timing wasn.t right, but I...
- 4/17/2012
- Filmicafe
Akira might be on the backburner for the time being, but that isn.t stopping Warner Bros. Pictures from getting into the anime and manga field. According to a press release, the studio acquired from Viz Media the live-action feature film rights to the globally successful property Bleach, with the screenwriting process to get underway later this year. .Bleach has built a huge international following in its manga and anime formats, and we.re excited that Warner Bros. shares our belief that Bleach can also become a fantastic live-action film,. said Jason Hoffs of Viz Media. Aren.t familiar with Bleach? Created by Tite Kubo, the story follows Ichigo, a teenager who has the strange ability to see ghosts. When his family is attacked by an angry soul, known as a Hollow, Ichigo encounters a Hollow hunter named Rukia. Inadvertently, Ichigo ends up absorbing Rukia.s supernatural powers, turning this...
- 2/24/2012
- cinemablend.com
Warner Bros. Pictures has acquired the live-action rights to develop an adaptation of Tite Kubo's manga series Bleach . Peter Segal, who most recently directed Get Smart , will produce and potentially direct while Dan Mazeau ( Wrath of the Titans ) is attached to write the screenplay. Bleach follows the adventures of Ichigo, a teenager with the ability to see ghosts. When his family is attacked by a Hollow, a malevolent lost soul, Ichigo encounters Rukia, a Soul Reaper tasked to hunting Hollows, and inadvertently absorbs her powers. Now Ichigo dedicates his life to protecting the innocent and helping tortured souls find peace. The film will also be produced by Michael Ewing, Masi Oka, Jason Hoffs and Branon Coluccio. Bleach has previously been adapted in animated form...
- 2/22/2012
- Comingsoon.net
Exclusive: Night At The Museum co-writer Robert Ben Garant has just been set by Disney to write Tux, an adaptation of the Japanese graphic novel Tuxedo Gin. The film will be produced by Principato-Young's Paul Young and Peter Principato, Viz Media's Jason Hoffs, and Shogakukan's Ichiro Takase. The rights to the Tokihiko Matsuura-created Japanese property, which were controlled by Shogakukan in Japan and Viz Media in the Us, took almost two years to close. The talks actually started before Rich Ross and Sean Bailey took over the studio. Ross and Bailey have been veering away from talking animal films, but made an exception here. The graphic novel has that element, but there is also a gritty storyline. The protagonist is a young street fighter who falls into a coma and learns that he has lived his life so selfishly that he only has enough karma points to be reincarnated as an animal 15 pounds or less.
- 8/4/2011
- by MIKE FLEMING
- Deadline
Three Hollywood producers who've made hit films derived from Japanese content shared a roadmap to crossover success in the lucrative U.S. entertainment market at the American Film Market on Wednesday.
Don Murphy, producer of the smash hit Transformers films, Roy Lee, whose Vertigo Entertainment produced the horror remakes The Ring and The Grudge, and Jason Hoffs of Viz Prods., a unit of Japanese animation publisher Viz Media, laid out insights into discovering how Japanese content can serve as inspiration.
Introduced by Tokuyuki Sudo, the executive vp of the Japan External Trade Organization, and grilled by Joyce Jun, an L.A. attorney who brokers deals between Hollywood and Japan, the three panelists spoke about new Japanese creations including those from sources other than movies, television and anime -- such as toys, games and the serial comics known as manga.
"Because of a manga's weekly installments and their episodic form, there's...
Don Murphy, producer of the smash hit Transformers films, Roy Lee, whose Vertigo Entertainment produced the horror remakes The Ring and The Grudge, and Jason Hoffs of Viz Prods., a unit of Japanese animation publisher Viz Media, laid out insights into discovering how Japanese content can serve as inspiration.
Introduced by Tokuyuki Sudo, the executive vp of the Japan External Trade Organization, and grilled by Joyce Jun, an L.A. attorney who brokers deals between Hollywood and Japan, the three panelists spoke about new Japanese creations including those from sources other than movies, television and anime -- such as toys, games and the serial comics known as manga.
"Because of a manga's weekly installments and their episodic form, there's...
- 11/4/2010
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Doug Liman will direct Warner Bros.. time-travel action film "All You Need Is Kill." According to Variety, the film is based on the 2004 Japanese novel by Hiroshi Sakurazaka, with Dante Harper adapting the screenplay. Erwin Stoff, Tom Lassally and Jason Hoffs are producing.The film centers on a new recruit in a war against aliens who finds himself caught in a time loop in which he wakes up in the past after having been killed on the battlefield. As his death and resurrection repeat, he tries to change his fate.Liman had signed in May to direct Warners' adaptation of "The Three Musketeers," but that project's been put on hold as Paul W.S. Anderson.s rival 3D version of the tale...
- 8/25/2010
- by Adnan Tezer
- Monsters and Critics
Dante Harper is one of those screenwriters we don't know much about yet, even though he's selling like hotcakes. Paramount has a flick of his called "The Immoralist" and Plan B has bought his script "Black Hole" for David Fincher to produce. Now he's given hope to many a sturggling screenwriter by selling his "All You Need Is Kill" adaptation to Warner Bros for seven figures. On spec!Some background from Dhd:The book was published originally in Japan by Shueisha and its English language translation was published by Viz Media. Jason Hoffs, the former DreamWorks exec who is head of production at Viz Media, got the project to 3 Arts’ Erwin Stoff and Tom Lassally. They optioned the book last fall and involved the writer. Harper and his reps at CAA and Management 360 decided he should do it on spec, instead of pitching it. Pitching is the most common tactic in this sluggish material market,...
- 4/6/2010
- LRMonline.com
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