'Death Note' Live-Action Movie Release Date, Spoilers, Updates: Teaser for 'Hyper-Violent' Adaptation to be Released Soon

By Emmanuelle Espiritu, Christian Post Contributor Wednesday, February 22, 2017

Not much is known about the upcoming live-action adaptation of the Japanese manga series "Death Note." So an announcement by the director himself that a teaser is coming soon is guaranteed to rile fans up into fits of excitement.

Director Adam Wingard recently took to Twitter to give fans an update on what to expect in the coming days. Scribbled on a pink sheet of paper, and looking like a senseless jumble of letters, was a message that read: ""Death Note teaser coming soon stop asking."

Aside from the casting news that came in the past months, there's still very little information regarding the upcoming movie. For this reason, fans are starting to think it might not come at all this year. But thanks to Wingard's announcement, a lot of hearts have been put at ease.

But not all fans of the original manga series are excited about the upcoming movie. Citing previous American adaptations of Japanese originals, some people have expressed concern about the outcome of this particular version of a classic manga series created by Tsugum Ohba and Takeshi Obata.

In a statement released together with the announcement of the movie going into production, producers Roy Lee and Dan Lin said that their vision for "Death Note" was primarily to bring its "captivating story" to the small screen for long-time fans of the manga series, while also making "this dark and mysterious masterpiece" accessible to a wider audience.

Except for some character name changes, Wingard's version of "Death Note" will not stray too far from the source material. It will still be about a guy named Light (Nat Wolff), who one day finds a Death Note belonging to the god of death, Ryuk (Willem Dafoe). Gods of death use this book to claim human lives by writing their names on its pages. Light will then on be using this as he partakes in a vigilante mission to clear the world of criminals, which would later escalate to killing a few innocent people he deems as hindrances to his goal.

Reclusive master detective, L (Keith Stanfield), will then be called on for help in tracking down the elusive Light, and thus begins their rivalry.

While the Japanese manga series and its succeeding adaptations focused more on the horror and psychological drama, Wingard teased that his version will be more of the hyper-violent kind.

"Death Note" is expected to hit Netflix sometime this year.