Death Note US Remake being written

Like what, exactly?

Besides Light's motivation and the lack of Ryuk (*though there is a Shinigami reference) you still have the cat-and-mouse rivalry between Luke and L, the Death Note still has the same wacky rules, mass murder is committed by the hanRAB of a bright lovable college student, Luke is still the son of the local police authority, Luke considers himself a godlike entity on killing criminals, L is considered dangerous with his brand of justice, Lind L. Tailor is still there, Wateri is still the middle-man between L and the police, relinquishing the Death Note erases memories, hilarious potato chips still factor into play... Etc.


It's a first draft. First drafts get extensive restructuring all the time. They could change the good stuff. They could change the bad stuff. Who knows! It's impossible to judge at this stage.

However, I do hope they keep Luke saving that one person's life. It's a Crime and Punishment reference (the director of the Japanese films cited C&P as an inspiration for his version too).
 
I will admit there's a possibility that this film might not be all that bad. I'm just....not one for seeing manga/anime redone as Western takes, that's all.

And yes, they SHOULD, if this HAS to be done, get a good actor, with the "least suspect" angle. But if they want a good Light, they should probably look for a relatively unknown.
 
How much you wanna bet Light gets turned into some angst teen loser who uses the Death Note to get revenge on his Highschool tormentors, and that Ryuk is changed into the Devil.

that was a joke

actualy i have high hopes for this movie.
 
Speaking of which, I dunno bout y'all, but I think James Franco would be pretty good as Raye Penber.

Anyone got ideas for:

Soichiro
Sachiko
Misa?

I think Michael Caine would be a good Watari.
 
There's no reason to think this won't work. Death Note is one of the few manga properties out there that is REALLY difficult to screw up. It is basically a supernatural crime drama. Something that is very Western. It is also a suspenseful and twist-filled piece of work, which is something Americans also love. Not many changes would need to happen in order for this story to work.

They might move the story to America and make name changes but other than that I don't think there could or should be any other significant changes to the plotline.

Who wants to bet that Mark Mancina will be commissioned for the score?
 
Simply from what I've read, I wouldn't mind that. Luke is a good change - while "Light" is perfectly fine, well, most people don't name their children Light, so...

...and while the dead mother thing isn't QUITE good, as long as the main theme of Light on a misguided crusade for justice is kept, that's fine. At its core, Death Note is about a kid who thinks he's much smarter than he really is. If Luke is trying to make the world better because his mother was killed and he thinks the wicked need to be punished, that's not too far removed from simply wanting to "fix" the world. Just gives him a motivation.

Misa is entirely unneeded. Ryuk is a pretty interest aspect of the Death Note mythos, but... you don't really NEED him. He's there for Light to bounce ideas off of, really, and for comic relief. I wouldn't mind it if they dropped him, honestly, because it would be REALLY easy to mess him up.

Overall it sounRAB like it could work. Luke tries to take justice into his own hanRAB, L comes onto the scene and tries to stop him, they play mind games for a while, and Luke realizes that absolute power corrupts absolutely. Would it be as good as the show, on basic plot? I don't think so. But hey, I'd watch it.

...now get Efron on call ya suits. >.>
 
Ugh....Still say I won't work...Wait, is WB making this film?...Ok then, there's a decent chance it might work. But the setting must be in Japan, the characters, theme, and cuture are very Japanese. I just can't see it happening. (Ha! Look at me. I'm kind of acting like a "True Fan" boy. . Man, I need some help.)
 
Efron isn't a bad actor by any means. I would like to see him try the calm and diabolical Light Yagami. I mean Jesus people he's only been acting in movies for a few years, it's not like we've really seen enough of him to establish whether he can play the serious roles good or not.

Besides, if Death Note is a good movie, do we really want the rep from the Dragonball movie to screw it over and it not to make up it's budget? Having an actor like Efron in it would probably do more good than bad if you ask me.
 
Agreed. Zac Efron wants to break away from his stereotype and typecast in musical/dance movies. Hence why he turned down a role in the movie adaptation of Footloose. He's actually pretty decent actor from what I've seen. Sure I don't like HSM, but at least I can see that Efron is a good actor and can work as Light Yagami. After all, I'm sort of against typecasting myself.



The original live action Death Note movies are pretty good. I myself prefer them because it has L coming up as the hero in it, rather than Near and Mello. Beside as other said, DN is one of the few movies that could work since it is also bound by our reality, set in our world rather than a made up Earth like Dragon Ball was. Beside I can see people getting into Death Note because of Zac Efron being Light.
 
While I want the names to be the same, I don't care if the city is somewhere in Japan or not. The story can pretty much be adapted seamlessly into any culture.
 
Back
Top