Adam Wingard Directing Death Note
You’re Next Director Adam Wingard will helm the Death Note remake – a good six years since Warner Bros. attained the rights to Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata’s long running horror manga series.
Wingard takes over the project from Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang helmer Shane Black who was attached to direct in 2011 and is now putting his energy into other things.
Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata’s opus focuses on Japanese high school student Light Yagami, who comes across a notebook penned by the death god Ryuk, which allows its owner to kill anyone he pleases by writing their name in the book and picturing their face.
Light decides to use his newfound power for good, and the series follows his progress as he deals with the fallout from his altruistic killing spree and the pursuing police.
There have already been live-action and anime adaptations but, conversely for an American adaptation, Warner Bros want to distance themselves from those by being more faithful to the source material.
The project is still way off, with Wingard and regular collaborator Simon Barrett preparing to shoot their next film, The Woods, this summer.