First teaser for Netflix's 'Death Note' reveals the live-action telling of a classic Anime series

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By Darian Scalamoni

            With Netflix becoming a global phenomenon, it’s not so much a surprise that they’re starting to produce bigger budgeted feature films for their streaming service. One of the most anticipated projects that they’ve been working on is the American live-action movie based on the Japanese manga, Death Note. Netflix has released the first teaser this week and we have it right here for you.

            Death Note follows a high school student who comes across a supernatural notebook that has the power to kill anyone whose name is written within it. Adam Wingard (The Guest, You’re Next) is helming the film and with a solid horror/thriller background, it seems he was the right guy to adapt this lore for American audiences. One who perhaps might not be the right choice to be involved is Nat Wolff who will play the lead. I just can’t take him that seriously in a film this dark but the rest of the casting seems great with Keith Stanfield, whose best known for Atlanta and even more recently, Get Out playing L and the always magnificent Willem Dafoe voicing the “Death God” Ryuk.

            Check out the teaser below for Netflix’s Death Note! The Netflix original film hits the streaming giant on August 25^th.