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Shane Black to direct Death Note on Thu Jan 13, 2011 9:43 pm
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Warner Bros. has hired Shane Black (Lethal Weapon, Kiss, Kiss, Bang, Bang) to direct the studio's live-action feature film version of the Japanese manga, Death Note.
According to Deadline, Black will also "oversee" the script that's being written by his Doc Savage colleagues Anthony Bagarozzi and Charles Mondry.
"It's my favorite manga, I was just struck by its unique and brilliant sensibility," Black told Deadline. "What we want to do is take it back to that manga, and make it closer to what is so complex and truthful about the spirituality of the story, versus taking the concept and trying to copy it as an American thriller. [Warner Bros. execs] Jeff Robinov and Greg Silverman liked that."
In Japan, Death Note has beget live-action and animated films, as well as an animated series, video games and books.
The U.S. movie will be produced by Dan Lin, Roy Lee, Doug Davison and Brian Witten.
Sounds cool to me (Kiss Kiss Bang Bang is one of my favorite movies), but whether or not I end up seeing this most likely depends on the casting of L. What are your thoughts?
