May 1, 2009 by Courtney O.

Warner Bros. Finds Death Note

Warner Bros. has picked up the Japanese manga series Death Note and plans to develop into a live-action film.

According to Variety, the studio has set screenwriters Charley and Vlas Parlapanides to adapt.

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 13-volume manga is a bestseller in Japan, and the film will be drawn from the first three installments, written by Tsugumi Ohba and illustrated by Takeshi Obata for Shueisha Inc.

No production date has been set.


Sources: Variety

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Comments (24)

  1. Light

    heres another example of hollywood taking another loved concept an disillusioning the true spirit of it , like when they did x-men an killed 3 main characters that had short lived their potenial to still develope . Lets hope that someones designs to obtain power succeeds an they remake the movie in light of its dark concept . The passion an obsession of creating a new world

    2 years agoby @lightFlag

  2. sakai23

    they already did a japanese version. If they go forward with this Misa's hair best be blonde!

    3 years agoby @sakai23Flag

  3. Illuminati

    i don't know anything about the comic, sounds good and adult. at least it ain't freaking remake/sequel/tv-film

    3 years agoby @illuminatiFlag

  4. Xpector

    are they spupid or something? There are already 3 live action movies...

    3 years agoby @xpectorFlag

  5. J.A.Ottley.Writer / Director

    Yeah but majority of time mainly things sometimes dropped and go into production hell.

    Hopefully that happens with both this and Bebop

    3 years agoby @chronicFlag

  6. Lock and Stock

    cowboy bebop has been annouced with Keanu reeves in the lead role!!!!!!!

    3 years agoby @m-man360Flag

  7. J.A.Ottley.Writer / Director

    I agree with showbizbuff

    And plz don\t give Hollywood ideas about a live action cowboy bebop :( unless they already announced it.

    ROTFLMAO @ Live action pokemon

    3 years agoby @chronicFlag

  8. Kranendonk

    Lol Shelly. Actually, they did a live action Dragonball so i dont see whats stopping them doing Pokemon.

    3 years agoby @kranendonkFlag

  9. showbizbuff

    I heard about this some time ago; what a freaking disaster. The manga, animated series, and live-action films that already exist are so good, so well-made ... and damnit, SO Japanese in story and tone, any American remake is just gonig to be awful beyond belief. As Kim Novak said in the film "The Mirror Crack'd": I could eat a can of Kodak and PUKE a better movie!

    DON'T MESS WITH GREATNESS; LEAVE "DEATH NOTE" ALONE!!

    3 years agoby @showbizbuffFlag

  10. spideykea

    This and Cowboy Bebop being turned into live action films? Doesn't sound good.

    3 years agoby @spideykeaFlag

  11. Yahzee

    Every single news story is a reason for people to start posting with anger. I mean, if movie news are so bad, why do you keep watching movies? From what I read everyday, EVERYTHING is bad you people. If you can do it better, why don&#180t you do it?

    3 years agoby @yahzeeFlag

  12. Yahzee

    Stop with the hating people

    3 years agoby @yahzeeFlag

  13. Shelley

    What's next, live action Pokemon?

    3 years agoby @shelleyFlag

  14. RavenX5 God of Light

    DONT F*CK WITH DEATH NOTE!!!if they ruin it im gonna kill them!!

    3 years agoby @hackx9Flag

  15. Lock and Stock

    I hate Americans when they pick up ideas from other countries and adapt them, they did that with the office and i think the american version is the most boring and utterly stupid program on earth and steve carrel is just an overated slapstick piece of sh*t.
    This was created in japan and should stay in japan.

    3 years agoby @m-man360Flag

  16. Lock and Stock

    Why America why?

    3 years agoby @m-man360Flag

  17. LEO: Lord Epsilon Omega

    Great. Another Dragonball fiasco waiting to happen. God damn it.

    3 years agoby @epsalonFlag

  18. Err

    ah.
    yeah everyone in the trailer is japanese, so you're probably right.

    3 years agoby @err2005Flag

  19. J.A.Ottley.Writer / Director

    Oh My GAWDDDDDDDDD...They can't be serious?

    This will be terrible...Do they actually believe they can do better than the Japanese Death Note film adaptation.
    The Japanese version was spectacular and followed the manga perfectly.

    The trailer is probably for the Japanese version, err. i think there are 3 movies.

    Death Note & FMA are my fav anime's/manga's, don't see them doing better.
    I concur with Randle & KaoNoshi

    3 years agoby @chronicFlag

  20. Err

    they have the trailer up at bloody disgusting.
    http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/16066

    3 years agoby @err2005Flag

  21. Randle

    Damn it. America's gonna ruin this. Why can't they just come up with their own ideas instead of taking British T.V shows, and Japanese Horror movies as their own.

    3 years agoby @randleFlag

  22. KaoNoshi

    I hate it when American studios try to do live action anime movies. They never turn out well.

    3 years agoby @kaonoshiFlag

  23. Shelley

    Sounds good to me.

    3 years agoby @shelleyFlag

  24. BODYTEMPLE

    there is already a live action death note, so please don't f*ck this up cause the story of death note has to be the best ever in story telling and cat and mouse.

    3 years agoby @bodytempleFlag

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