Vertigo to remake "Death Note" for U.S

[gensan]

American movie studio Vertigo Entertainment is apparently working on a remake of the popular franchise "Death Note," which has been turned into three live-action films in Japan. The news was quietly revealed in production notes for the horror films "Shutter" and "The Strangers."

According to the notes, Vlas and Charles Parlapanides have been tapped to pen the screenplay. They are currently writing for the upcoming TV series "Undercover" on The CW.

No other details have been revealed at this point.

- Tokyograph

[G-OS]

no thanks. Kenichii Matsuyama is the only person that i can see playing L. They're gonna screw it up most likely :\ i'm not looking forward to this at all...

[collegeboy]

nice,i hope they make a good one....at least better than the crapanese version
i had hoped the koreans will take care of it,but tha americans can also pull it off

[Otaku515 Dj-san]

I hope they make a better movie (or movies ) then the japanese ones those where really bad

[lieke]

I'm really curious about who they'll cast.. doubt it'll work out well though. I bet they'll do something really stupid, like turn Misa into a cheerleader, or make L a computer-nerd.

[bloodchains]

I don't mind if they recreate this to be more American-like, as long as it doesn't destroy the main theme.

[raszcagal_jk]

I'm really curious about who they'll cast.. doubt it'll work out well though. I bet they'll do something really stupid, like turn Misa into a cheerleader, or make L a computer-nerd.

LOL!
sounds like a revelation to me...
well, just don't westernized the movie too much. i guess it will be all fine...

[DEPTHSING]

beating a dead horse, beating a dead horse. >_<

well this goes to show asian films are realli improving. In the past, it's always the east copies the west, now it's the west making imitations of the east. veeeeeeeeery good.

[0V3CHKiN]

I don't think they can pull it off.

[nurul_hussin]

who will be the L????I wonder if they can make it better than the japanese version. Just wait and see....

[fatedlife]

I wonder if they'll change the Japanese names or something? Haha, I think it'll be weird to hear American actors saying like, "Ryuk".

No one can replace Kenichi as L, so I'm definitely giving this a miss..

[Userdie]

The Japanese version was ok. But it wasn't that great. And if they do make an American version of the film it's either going to be horrible or way awesome.

[0V3CHKiN]

who will be the L????I wonder if they can make it better than the japanese version. Just wait and see....

Matt Damon.

[soflying]

I don't think we really need a American version.
Not every good movie must have a American version.
Sometimes we can a remake one, but most time we need creation.

[Jaseybase]

Though it'll probably be bad, I think it will be very interesting to see how this turns out! I can't wait, personally.