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Death Note (2017) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
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Premise
From Netflix: 1. "Intoxicated by the power of a supernatural notebook, a young man begins killing those he deems unworthy of life. Based on the famous Japanese manga." 1. "Light Turner finds a supernatural notebook and uses it to mete out death, attracting the attention of a detective, a demon and a girl in his class." The genres are listed as: Horror Movies, Supernatural Horror Movies, Teen Screams.
Synopsis
In Seattle, high school student Light Turner encounters a notebook marked "Death Note". He is visited by the death god Ryuk, who tells him that he can cause the death of anyone he wishes by writing their name in the book, as long as he knows their real name and face. Ryuk coaxes Light into testing it out on the bully Kenny Doyle, leading to his decapitation in a freak accident. That evening, Light is compelled to write down the name of Antony Skomal, the man who killed his mother in a hit and...
Early development
On January 14, 2007, the Malaysian paper The Star stated that more than ten film companies in the United States had expressed interest in the rights for a Death Note remake. On June 2, 2008, Shock Till You Drop reported that the American production company Vertigo Entertainment was developing the remake with Vlas and Charles Parlapanides as screenwriters. On April 30, 2009, Variety reported that Warner Bros., the distributors for the original Japanese live-action films, had acquired the Ameri...
Principal photography
Filming was first spotted in Vancouver on June 28. On June 30, Netflix confirmed that principal photography had begun and made several announcements. Wolff will be playing Light Turner (based on Light Yagami), Qualley will be Mia Sutton (Misa Amane), and Stanfield will be L. Paul Nakauchi was added to the cast as Watari, and Shea Whigham as James Turner (Soichiro Yagami). The film will be available streaming on Netflix in 2017. On July 6, filming was spotted in downtown Vancouver for what app...
Post-production
On November 10, 2016, director Wingard tweeted the "first official image from Death Note" of a film clapperboard, and this was later followed by Wolff and Qualley posting images to their instagrams of Light and Mia apparently having a picnic in a graveyard. On November 17, producer Masi Oka confirmed in an interview that he had a part in the film. On January 31, 2017, the film had its first private screening with a test audience.In mid-March, the film was spotted having reshoots in Vancouver....
On August 17, 2017, a New York premiere was held at AMC Loews Lincoln Square in New York City, featuring the cast and crew for a red carpet event. On August 24, 2017, the cast and crew held a red carpet premiere event in Tokyo, Japan. The event also featured an idol group. On August 25, 2017, the film was released on Netflix streaming worldwide.
Whitewashing
Following the announcements in 2015 revealing the lead actors, the project saw criticism from professionals and fans alike for whitewashing Japanese characters. Asian-American actor Edward Zo posted a video about his personal attempts to audition for the lead role of Light, which he was unable to do because the role was limited to only white actors. Asian-American actress Arden Cho also criticized the whitewashing on Twitter, quoting actress Viola Davis saying, "you cannot win an Emmy for rol...
Train crash footage
On January 3, 2019, the film came under criticism when it was discovered that it had used real footage from a Brussels train crash that happened in February 2010 in which 19 people were killed and over 160 people were injured. The footage is used about 29 minutes into the film as a news reporter states, "Five members of the cartel apparently threw themselves in front of an oncoming train. Kira is responsible for all of these acts that are happening right now." Quote from one of the train cras...
Death Note received generally negative reviews. Rotten Tomatoes has a "rotten" score of 37% from critics and 23% from viewers, Metacritic has a score of 43/100 from critics and 3.2/10 from viewers, and IMDB has a score of 4.5/10.The film was released when Netflix still allowed viewers to rate media directly on the platform, and the Netflix reviews ...
The film was scored by Atticus Ross and Leopold Ross. A film soundtrack was not released, and instead an official playlist was released on Spotify.
The events in the film takes place over exactly six months, from April 14, 2017 to October 14, 2017.The announcement that the film would be rated R came out just eight days after Deadpool's record-breaking release. Deadpool was the first major comic book film adaptation to be rated R, while simil...Netflix released Death Note: The VR Experience, an interactive video, as part of the promotion of the film.The deaths are much more graphic than in the original manga and anime.IMDB: Death NoteRotten Tomatoes: Death NoteMetacritic: Death NoteWikipedia: Death NoteDeath Note is a 2017 American Live-Action Adaptation of the manga of the same name (albeit loosely). Directed by Adam Wingard, the film was released exclusively on Netflix on August 25, 2017. The cast includes: Nat Wolff as Light Turner. Margaret Qualley as Mia Sutton. Lakeith Stanfield as L. Paul Nakauchi as Watari.
A high school student discovers a supernatural notebook that has deadly powers. He can kill anyone he wishes simply by inscribing their name within its pages. Intoxicated with his new power, he...
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Death Note is a 2017 American supernatural crime thriller film directed by Adam Wingard from a screenplay by Charles Parlapanides, Vlas Parlapanides, and Jeremy Slater, loosely based on the manga of the same name by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata.
