The Hollywood Reporter has learned that director Adam Wingard (You’re Next, The Guest) has signed on to direct the US feature length adaptation of Death Note, the wildly popular anime/manga written by Tsugumi Ohba and illustrated by Takeshi Obata.
The site describes the story:
The story centers on a student who discovers a supernatural notebook that allows him to kill anyone by writing the victim’s name, who then decides to cleanse the world of whom he deems evil. As the student is tracked by a reclusive police officer, a cat-and-mouse game ensues.
The film will be produced by Roy Lee, Dan Lin, Jason Hoffs and Masi Oka, while the script was written by Jeremy Slater (Fantastic Four). So far there have been no announcements in terms of cast or release date.