The upcoming live action adaptation of the Japanese supernatural horror manga Death Note may have landed Nat Wolff (Paper Towns) to play the lead role, which in the manga was a young man named Light Yagami. According to Variety, Wolff is currently in final negotiations, so it looks like this is pretty serious!
They synopsis for Death note reads:
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.
Produced by Roy Lee, Dan Lin, Jason Hoffs and Masi Oka and directed by Adam Wingard, Death Note will begin production in Spring 2016.
