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Post by King Silva on Jul 10, 2014 6:51:42 GMT -5
www.ign.com/articles/2014/07/10/gus-van-sant-rumored-to-be-directing-death-note Though not yet publicly confirmed, it appears Gus Van Sant will take over as the director for the American film adaptation of Death Note, a hugely successful Japanese manga series. The news comes from The Tracking Board. The site says Van Sant will take over for Shane Black, who departed to direct the new Predator movie. “The film follows the story of a high school student who finds a mysterious notebook that lets him instantly kill any person by writing their name in the book. As the student’s body count piles up, a nameless FBI agent begins tracking him.” Van Sant is best known for directing Good Will Hunting and 2008’s Milk, both of which nabbed him Best Director Oscar nominations. He’s also had some experience in the thriller genre, directing the panned 1998 remake of Psycho and some modest but better received movies such as To Die For and Paranoid Park. The original Death Note serial ran from 2003 to 2006 and sold more than 25 million copies. It spawned a series of video games, a TV series and several live-action movies in Japan. -----------------------I know there are some fans of this on here so show yourself!  Who else is excited and or intrigued if they have never heard of this before? |
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Post by bad guy™ on Jul 10, 2014 11:16:10 GMT -5
Their description is wrong. L is after Light on his own accord, he is not contracted by anyone. Now I'm mad.
Haha, in seriousness I am geeked. Americans have a tendency to bastardize Japanese stuff (see the DragonBall movies, or One Piece as a whole) but this is the kind of stuff non-Otaku's here could get into because it gets very gritty.
As long as the casting is good, and they find someone incredibly hot and willing to wear the (lack of) amount of clothes Misa Misa wears, we are golden.
Curious how they are going to handle Ryuk, Gelus and Rem though. The Japanese Live Action did an ok job with the CGI, I would imagine we will CGI them too...gonna be interesting.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 10, 2014 11:19:19 GMT -5
I don't think it'll be a success. Even the canon story itself turned down in quality almost half-way through the story. I actually hope they make some differences to the story.
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Post by bad guy™ on Jul 10, 2014 11:24:25 GMT -5
I don't think it'll be a success. Even the canon story itself turned down in quality almost half-way through the story. I actually hope they make some differences to the story. Well unless they plan on making a series of movies out of it, the canon is pretty straightforward. Warning: Not really spoilers but could be below just saying. *** *** Light finds the Death Note. L comes after him. Kira loses his mind. The 12 names. Misa is still one of the hottest characters ever. Second Kira. Which book? *** *** Pretty straightforward stuff. Yeah it limps to the finish, but you gotta admit, if someone watches it and at the end has to wonder which book was real when it comes to Kira and L...that was edge of my seat sh*t when I first saw it. I have always said if ANY anime/manga would pick up here, it would be Death Note. Glad to see it coming to fruition. |
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Post by Calcifer Boheme on Jul 10, 2014 11:36:57 GMT -5
That's pretty crazy news. Van Sant is a weird choice, but I'm sure he can do a good job. It's been some time since he's realy tried to prove he can do something.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 10, 2014 11:39:41 GMT -5
I don't think it'll be a success. Even the canon story itself turned down in quality almost half-way through the story. I actually hope they make some differences to the story. Well unless they plan on making a series of movies out of it, the canon is pretty straightforward. Light finds the Death Note. L comes after him. Kira loses his mind. The 12 names. Misa is still one of the hottest characters ever. Second Kira. Which book? Pretty straightforward stuff. Yeah it limps to the finish, but you gotta admit, if someone watches it and at the end has to wonder which book was real when it comes to Kira and L...that was edge of my seat sh*t when I first saw it. I have always said if ANY anime/manga would pick up here, it would be Death Note. Glad to see it coming to fruition. Yeah I don't know how'd they would turn it into a 2 hour movie. Please have Gary Oldman play Light's dad.  |
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Post by bad guy™ on Jul 10, 2014 12:05:31 GMT -5
Well unless they plan on making a series of movies out of it, the canon is pretty straightforward. Light finds the Death Note. L comes after him. Kira loses his mind. The 12 names. Misa is still one of the hottest characters ever. Second Kira. Which book? Pretty straightforward stuff. Yeah it limps to the finish, but you gotta admit, if someone watches it and at the end has to wonder which book was real when it comes to Kira and L...that was edge of my seat sh*t when I first saw it. I have always said if ANY anime/manga would pick up here, it would be Death Note. Glad to see it coming to fruition. Yeah I don't know how'd they would turn it into a 2 hour movie. Please have Gary Oldman play Light's dad. Pretty sure Gordon was one of the inspirations for Mr. Yagami anyways so yes, yes please. Haha. |
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Post by LtD73 on Jul 10, 2014 12:08:57 GMT -5
The japanese films are fine, no need to remake them
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Post by bad guy™ on Jul 10, 2014 12:35:19 GMT -5
The japanese films are fine, no need to remake them It is not a remake. They are just bringing it to American culture. |
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Post by Ryan81398 on Jul 10, 2014 12:38:28 GMT -5
I've seen the other movies and they weren't THAT bad. But still, I'm looking forward to seeing how this turns out. It could go either way.
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Post by LtD73 on Jul 10, 2014 15:10:07 GMT -5
The japanese films are fine, no need to remake them It is not a remake. They are just bringing it to American culture. So they're remaking it for american audiences..... |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 10, 2014 15:52:50 GMT -5
Well unless they plan on making a series of movies out of it, the canon is pretty straightforward. Light finds the Death Note. L comes after him. Kira loses his mind. The 12 names. Misa is still one of the hottest characters ever. Second Kira. Which book? Pretty straightforward stuff. Yeah it limps to the finish, but you gotta admit, if someone watches it and at the end has to wonder which book was real when it comes to Kira and L...that was edge of my seat sh*t when I first saw it. I have always said if ANY anime/manga would pick up here, it would be Death Note. Glad to see it coming to fruition. Yeah I don't know how'd they would turn it into a 2 hour movie. Please have Gary Oldman play Light's dad. My god yes |
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Post by tehforoh on Jul 10, 2014 16:29:32 GMT -5
It is not a remake. They are just bringing it to American culture. So they're remaking it for american audiences..... Not really. The Coen brothers True Grit isn't a remake of 1969's True Grit, they just used the same source material, this shouldn't be any different. |
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Post by bad guy™ on Jul 10, 2014 19:10:35 GMT -5
So they're remaking it for american audiences..... Not really. The Coen brothers True Grit isn't a remake of 1969's True Grit, they just used the same source material, this shouldn't be any different. Yep. I expect whoever takes this to follow the bare basic outline like I listed above, but go unique from there. From what I read a while ago, the creator of the manga/series is going to have a heavy hand in whatever they do, so that could be cool. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 10, 2014 20:03:18 GMT -5
Don't  this up like Dragonball |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 10, 2014 20:40:50 GMT -5
OMG I DON'T KNOW WHO THIS GUY IS!
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Post by King Silva on Jul 10, 2014 23:43:23 GMT -5
I hope it works out.
I actually would rather have a mini-series or a straight up tv show because there is a LOT of material to squeeze into a 2 hour movie and currently TV shows are just awesome if they are given time to develop characters (Breaking Bad, True Detective, etc).
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Post by Wato Stan Account on Jul 11, 2014 0:00:56 GMT -5
I hope there isn't a weird shower scene.
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Post by Angel Beast on Jul 11, 2014 0:50:50 GMT -5
 God I haven't heard Gus Van Sant's name in a while didn't know he was still making movies. |
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