What makes Death Note so interesting is that Netflix decided to bring on a director who has a lot of successful experience within the horror genre. Intoxicated by the power of a supernatural notebook, a young man begins killing those he deems unworthy of life. Probably the only character that comes off as the same way as he does in the anime is Ryuk.”ĭeath Note | Filmmaker Featurette | Netflix What do you know about Death Note? Check out the inspiration behind Director Adam Wingard's twisted adaptation. It’s the same for almost all the characters across the board. Those kinds of things, but at the end of the day the take on L and the escalation of his character is very different. There are a lot of similarities – he likes candy, sometimes he romps around with his shoes off. Ultimately the personalities of the characters a quite a bit different… L isn’t the same. “At its core, it’s taking the themes of who the characters are but it’s exploring them in a new context. Light and Misa were the most obviously as the latter was not the preppy, popular honor student and the latter not being a famous model.ĭirector Adam Wingard actually acknowledged and explained this changes in an interview with IGN stating: With the exception of the demon Ryuk, most of the principle cast have either had their race, look, or general design change in someway. One of the most obvious changes that fans noticed is that almost all of the characters have been altered in someway. There has also been a Death Note musical (Yes, really) which was performed in both Japan and South Korea in 2015. In 2008 a spin off film called L: Change the World was released, and a mini-series followed after in 2016.
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The first, simply titled Death Note, released in 2006 and was part one of a two part film series by director Shusuke Kaneko. Excluding Netflix’s version, there have been a total of five other adaptations of Death Note all of which were made in Japan.
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Interestingly enough, this is not the first live-action Death Note movie to release around the world. The first trailer for Death Note released on Maand it showed off quite a different take on the source material. While the movie had been stuck in pre-production for years, it wasn’t until the streaming service Netflix and director Adam Wingard joined forces that the movie really started to come together. Based on the famous Japanese manga written by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata, Death Note follows a high school student who comes across a supernatural notebook, realizing it holds within it a great power if the… T15:09:50.000Zĭespite being wildly popular, Netflix’s Death Note will be the first western live-action adaptation of the source material. Death Note | Teaser | Netflix What if you had the power to decide who lives and who dies? We suggest you obey the rules.