During a panel at Long Beach Comic Con, Shane Black confirmed Warner Brothers’ planned live-action adaption of Death Note ‘is still happening.’ 

He revealed that the project was in jeopardy when Warner Bros. wanted to change the plot, eliminating Ryuk, the Shinigami (Death God) from the script. The film would instead focus on the main character. 

“Lose the Demon, we don’t want the kid to be evil…they just kept qualifying it until it ceased to exist.”

Sounds suspiciously like the supposed leaked script from last year, attached to brothers Vlas and Charles Parlapanides.

Black confirmed that Ryuk’s character and Light’s story have now been restored. 

Warner Brothers acquired the rights to the series from Vertigo Entertainment in 2009. 

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Actor Matsuyama Kenichi (L, Death Note) and actress Koyuki registered their marriage on April 1st, and are already living together.

The couple first met each other back in 2008,  when they co-started in movie Kamui Gaiden. 

When asked if they were planning on having kids Kenishi replied: “We are. We are thinking to have kids soon if that’s possible, but we will discuss more about it together.”

It has now been confirmed that Warner Bros have hired writer/director Shane Black (Lethal Weapon) to direct the Death Note Hollywood movie. In addition, Anthony Bagarozzi (Doc Savage) and Charles Mondry are in line to write the film’s script (according to IMDB Pro). Previously screenwriter brothers Vlas and Charles Parlapanides were attached to the project via a convincing leaked script which mysteriously made it’s way onto the internet last year.

Warner Bros acquired the rights to the series from Vertigo Entertainment in 2009. Actor Zac Efron has been rumored to star in the film; in a 2009 interview Efron acknowledged having a meeting but did not confirm whether he had the role or not, saying that the project was not “on the front burner.”

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For legal reasons the link to the full script cannot be posted here.

This script was anonymously leaked onto the internet. Lin Pictures have neither confirmed nor denied the legitimacy of this script.

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