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Warner Bros. Writes Your ‘Death Note’
While I’m not a huge fan of the Japanese live-action adaptation, it’s a pretty cool premise that, with some work, could become a really intriguing franchise. It was announced back in June of 2008 that Vertigo Films would be producing the American remake of Death Note, just today it was revealed that Warner Bros. Pictures will release. Read on for the skinny.
Warner Bros. has acquired rights to turn the Japanese manga series “Death Note” into a live-action film.
The studio has hired 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.
Warner Bros. Pictures Japan made three Japanese-language “Death Note” films. The new pic will be drawn from the manga, not the previous movies.
Vertigo’s Roy Lee and Doug Davison will produce with Dan Lin’s Lin Pictures and Brian Witten.
The scribes wrote “War of the Gods” for Relativity Media and “Live Bet” for Universal.
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Duffer Brothers Directing Untitled Event Film for Paramount Theatrical Release in November 2028
We had learned last summer that “Stranger Things” creators Matt and Ross Duffer were setting up shop at Paramount, with the brothers leaving Netflix behind to make theatrical movies for the big screen. The Duffer Brothers had inked an exclusive four-year deal with the studio, and very early news about their first feature film project has dropped this afternoon.
Deadline reports today that an untitled “event film” from writer/directors Matt and Ross Duffer will be released in theaters by Paramount on November 3, 2028.
Literally nothing is known about the project at this time. Stay tuned for more.
We had learned last year that the four-year deal with Paramount would allow the brothers to develop film, TV, and streaming projects, with a particular focus on large theatrical movies.
The projects will be developed under their Upside Down Pictures banner.
“We couldn’t be more thrilled to be joining the Paramount family. David, Josh [Greenstein], and Dana [Goldberg] are passionate about bringing bold, original films to the big screen. To be part of that mission is not just exciting — it’s the fulfillment of a lifelong dream,” Matt and Ross Duffer said in a statement last year. “To do so at a studio with such a storied Hollywood legacy is a privilege we don’t take lightly. We’re also excited to reunite with our friends Cindy and Matt, who were among the very first to believe in us and an unusual little script we wrote that became Stranger Things. They took a chance on us in 2015, and they’re taking a chance again — we can’t wait to create new stories together.”
Their statement continued, “Our time at Netflix has been incredible. Ted [Sarandos], Bela [Bajaria], and Peter [Friedlander] have given us the kind of creative freedom and support that artists dream of but so rarely receive. A decade in, they are family. We’re excited to continue collaborating — not only on Stranger Things 5, but also on shows we’re deeply proud to be producing, including Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen and The Boroughs. And we look forward to building out the future of Stranger Things together — there are many more stories to tell beyond Hawkins, and we can’t wait to share them.”
“Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen” and “The Boroughs” are now streaming on Netflix.