Drawing from the manga series.
Nearly a year ago, we broke to you the news that Vertigo Films was developing a remake of Death Note. Variety reports Warner Bros. has picked up the rights to turn the Japanese manga series into a live-action film.
Ccreenwriters Charley and Vlas Parlapanides are adapting the property.
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.
Source: Variety
