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Video Highlights From Netflix’s ‘Death Note’ Panel at the #SDCC
One of the big winners of the San Diego Comic’s opening night was Netflix’s Hall H panel that highlighted two of their monster-budgeted original productions: Bright and Death Note, the latter being directed by genre maven Adam Wingard. Just yesterday we shared the panel’s creepy new clip, which shows that Willem Dafoe was perfectly cast in the role of Ryu. Now, we have video and image highlights from the panel to go along with some shots of the decorations, including the famous notebook.
Death Note stars Nat Wolff (Paper Towns, The Fault in Our Stars) as Light Turner; Margaret Qualley (The Nice Guys, The Leftovers) as Mia Sutton; Lakeith Stanfield (Straight Outta Compton, Dope) as “L”; Paul Nakauchi (Alpha and Omega) as Watari; and Shea Whigham (“Agent Carter”, “Boardwalk Empire”) as James Turner.
Death Note follows a high school student who comes across a supernatural notebook, realizing it holds within it a great power; if the owner inscribes someone’s name into it while picturing their face, he or she will die. Intoxicated with his new godlike abilities, the young man begins to kill those he deems unworthy of life.
Death Note is produced by Roy Lee (The Ring, The Grudge, Blair Witch, The Departed), Dan Lin (The Lego Movie, Sherlock Holmes), Jason Hoffs (Edge of Tomorrow), and Masi Oka (“Heroes Reborn”, “Hawaii-Five-0”).
Open the notebook on August 25.
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Grae Drake, Adam Wingard, Director, Masi Oka, Roy Lee, Producer, Margaret Qualley, Lakeith Stanfield and Nat Wolff
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Terry Crews and Adam Wingard, Director
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Grae Drake, Adam Wingard, Director, Masi Oka, Roy Lee, Producer, Margaret Qualley, Lakeith Stanfield and Nat Wolff
Grae Drake, Adam Wingard, Director, Masi Oka, Roy Lee, Producer, and Margaret Qualley
Grae Drake, Adam Wingard, Director, Masi Oka, Roy Lee, Producer, Margaret Qualley, Lakeith Stanfield and Nat Wolff
Nat Wolff, Margaret Qualley, Lakeith Stanfield and Terry Crews
In the wake of Backrooms and Obsession, everyone is prowling YouTube for horror shorts to adapt and horror filmmakers to scoop up, so don’t be surprised to see a whole bunch of upcoming articles about YouTube success stories crossing over into theaters. One horror short that’s already been picked up for expansion is Dolly director Rod Blackhurst’s Alone Time.
The 12-minute short was uploaded in 2014 and has amassed nearly 2 million views at the time of this article being written, and Deadline reports that it’s getting a feature adaptation.
Witchcraft Motion Picture Company & Fever Dream will turn the viral short into a feature film.
Alone Time follows Ann Saunders, a young NY professional whose carefully constructed life begins to unravel following a devastating personal loss. “Seeking refuge from a collapsing relationship, a deteriorating family situation, and mounting emotional trauma, Ann reluctantly joins her closest friend on a remote camping trip deep in the Adirondack wilderness.”
The synopsis continues, “When her friend mysteriously disappears, Ann becomes convinced that an unseen figure is stalking her through the forest. What begins as a survival nightmare slowly transforms into something far more disturbing as fractured memories, conflicting realities, and hidden truths force Ann to confront the possibility that the greatest threat may not be lurking in the woods at all, but buried deep within her own psych.”
“Alone Time has quietly followed me for over a decade,” director Rod Blackhurst said in a statement. “What began as a short film about isolation and the weight of life now feels more relevant than ever. The original short found its audience organically online long before that was considered a legitimate path for filmmakers. Bringing it to life as a feature allows us to explore those themes on a much larger and more psychologically unsettling canvas.”
Blackhurst is directing the feature length expansion.
You can watch the original Alone Time short film below.
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