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Netflix has released a teaser trailer for its live action film based on the acclaimed Death Note anime and manga franchise.
“What if you had the power to decide who lives and who dies?” reads the trailer’s blurb.
“We suggest you obey the rules. Based on the famous Japanese manga written by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata, 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.”
The film is directed by Adam Wingard (Blair Witch, You’re Next) and stars Nat Wolff (Paper Towns), Margaret Qualley (The Leftovers), Lakeith Stanfield (Get Out), Paul Nakauchi (Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End), Shea Whigham (American Hustle) and Willem Dafoe as Ryuk the Shinigami.
Death Note will premiere August 25 exclusively on Netflix.
Source: Netflix