The Time is Upon Us ... Netflix's Live-Action of Death Note Adaptation Premieres This Friday

Most of you know the stories, but for those you new to manga and/or anime, here is Netflix brief history on the film origins, alone with some production stills, courtesy of Netflix Media.
"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."
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Nat Wolff
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Keith Stanfield |
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Lakeith Stanfield, Nat Wolff |
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Nat Wolff, Margaret Qualley |
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Paul Nakauchi |
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Director Adam Wingard |
Produced by
- Masi Oka
- Roy Lee
- Dan Lin
- Jason Hoffs
Screenplay by:
- Charles Parlapanides
- Vlas Parlapanides
- Jeremy Slater
Starring:
- Nat Wolff
- Margaret Qualley
- Keith Stanfield
- Paul Nakauchi
- Shea Whigham
- Willem Dafoe
Visit Death Note on Netflix.