![]() Warner Bros. Studios acquired the film rights in competition with other Hollywood film companies back in 2009. Four years ago, Shane Black took over the production of the film, but last July, Gus Van Sant replaced the director of Iron Man 3. Today it became known that Adam Wingard (“You’re finished!”, “Guest”) has been appointed the new director of “ Death Note ”. Jeremy Slater (Fantastic Four) wrote the most recent version of the script. In the center of the plot -a schoolboy Light Yagami , who found a notebook with which you can kill any person whose name will be written on its pages. The hero decides to use his find to cleanse the world of crime, but soon a famous detective begins to follow his trail ... ![]() Roy Lee, Dan Lin, Jason Hoffs, Masi Oka, Doug Davison and Brian Whitten will be producing production. Reportedly, before the start of work on " Death Note ", Wingard plans to shoot a horror movie The Woods . The Topic of Article: The film adaptation of Death Note has changed director. |