Death Note Goes American

Skeithex · Post by **Skeithex** » Mon May 04, 2009 12:31 am

Warner Bros. has acquired the live-action rights to the popular manga series Death Note, with screenwriters Charley and Vlas Parlapanides (War of the Gods) hired to adapt the tale for the big screen.

Variety reports that the story "centers on a college student who accidentally finds a misplaced 'death note,' infusing him with the power to kill merely by writing anyone's name on the page while picturing the person in his mind." The film will be based on the first three volumes of the 13-part manga, which was written by Tsugumi Ohba and illustrated by Takeshi Obata.

Warner Bros. Pictures Japan previously made three Japanese-language Death Note films, directed by Shusuke Kaneko. Those films will not tie in to the new movie, beyond their shared source material.

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America, killing our manga/anime one series at a time.

Post by **froggyboy604** » Mon May 04, 2009 2:25 am

America should stick to ruining their own entertainment industry instead of ruining other countries' entertainment industry.

Skeithex · Post by **Skeithex** » Tue May 05, 2009 12:38 am

froggyboy604 wrote:America should stick to ruining their own entertainment industry instead of ruining other countries' entertainment industry.

couldn't have said it better then myself, you have earned a QFT! but I herd that the USA movie industry is taking a interest in anime.

Post by **froggyboy604** » Tue May 05, 2009 2:40 am

I'm guesing because the US are tired of stealing generic plots from Shakesphere, the bible, and other famous western books.

Dragon Master · Post by **Dragon Master** » Tue Jun 30, 2009 4:36 am

I hope they make a better Death Note Movie. To be honest the Death Note Movies suck. The only person who like a character from the Anime was the person playing L. The main reason for that is all the characters from Anime look like Americans. Also building and places didn't look like anything from the Anime.