Unlike this year’s Ghost in the Shell – which retained the Japanese setting of its source material, leading to whitewashing criticisms – director Adam Wingard’s has relocated the action of his upcoming manga adaptation Death Note to the United States, and speaking to IGN, the filmmaker has discussed how that forced him to make adjustments to the […]
Jumanji trailer, Death Note trailer, Curse of Chucky trailer and stuff that isn’t trailers – Daily News Roundup
WE’VE GOT FUN AND GAMES It was a big day for trailers yesterday, and it kicked off with our first look at the upcoming reboot/sequel to the 1995 adventure movie, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle. The film stars Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Kevin Hart, Jack Black and Karen Gillan as video game avatars for a […]
Justice League’s “major” reshoots, Death Note criticisms, Spider-Man: Homecoming testing well and more – Daily News Roundup
JUSTICE LEAGUE IN TROUBLE? Uh oh. Coming off the back of all the positivity surrounding Wonder Woman, there’s some possibly troubling news coming out of the DCEU camp. It was announced a few weeks ago that Zack Snyder was stepping down as director of Justice League for very personal issues with Joss Whedon taking over […]
Death Note director Adam Wingard defends his film being set in the U.S.
The director of Death Note has come to his film’s defence for moving the story to America. The classic manga/anime is being adapted as a Netflix film starring Nat Wolff and Willem Dafoe and directed by Adam Wingard. The story is originally set in Japan but for the live action movie version, events have been moved […]
Heroes’ Masi Oka to appear in Adam Wingard’s Death Note
Heroes alum Masi Oka has revealed to Entertainment Weekly that he’s set to appear in Death Note, Netflix and director Adam Wingard’s upcoming live-action adaptation of Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata’s manga series. Oka, who is also a producer on the film, will appear alongside a cast that includes Nat Wolff (Paper Towns), Margaret Qualley […]
Willem Dafoe joins Adam Wingard’s Death Note
According to Mashable, Willem Dafoe has signed on to lend his voice to the character of Ryuk the Shinigami in Adam Wingard’s adaptation of Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata’s manga series Death Note. Dafoe joins a cast that includes Nat Wolff (Paper Towns), Margaret Qualley (The Nice Guys), Keith Stanfield (Straight Outta Compton), Paul Nakauchi […]
Production underway on Adam Wingard’s Death Note
Production has kicked off on Death Note, director Adam Wingard’s (You’re Next, The Guest) adaptation of the acclaimed manga series by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata. “I am honored to be working with this great cast and I look forward to bringing Tsugumi and Takeshi’s unique story to a global audience,” said Wingard in a […]
Keith Stanfield joins Adam Wingard’s Death Note
Back in February it was announced that Netflix has snapped up the rights to Death Note from director Adam Wingard (You’re Next, The Guest), and now Variety is reporting that Keith Stanfield (Short Term 12, Straight Outta Compton) has signed on to appear in an as-yet-unrevealed role. Stanfield will join Nat Wolff (The Fault in […]
Netflix acquires Adam Wingard’s Death Note movie
Variety is reporting that Netflix is looking to add to its feature film slate by picking up the rights to director Adam Wingard’s (You’re Next, The Guest) upcoming manga adaptation Death Note. SEE ALSO: Death Note producer gives an update on the adaptation, confirms R-rating The film, which has been scripted by Jeremy Slater (Fantastic […]
Death Note producer gives an update on the adaptation, confirms R-rating
Director Adam Wingard (You’re Next, The Guest) is currently hard at work developing Warner Bros.’ upcoming anime adaptation Death Note, and producer Roy Lee has given an update on its progress during an interview with Collider, as well as confirming that it will be rated-R. “[Wingard] is currently waiting for us to officially greenlight the movie, […]
