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Netflix's Live-Action Death Note Film Casts Keith Stanfield

Enterntainment news source Variety reported on Friday that film. His character's name has not yet been revealed.

Netflix acquired the project this spring after rights expired. Production will cost somewhere "in the $40 million-$50 million range," and the project is aiming to start filming this summer.

The project previously Nat Wolff (The Fault in Our Stars, Paper Towns) in the lead role. Wolff's character's name has not yet been revealed, but Variety describes him as "a student who discovers a supernatural notebook that allows him to kill anyone simply by writing the victim's name." Variety also mentions that he will compete with a "reclusive police officer."

play the female lead. Her character's name has not yet been revealed.

Jeremy Slater (Fantastic Four) penned a recent draft of the script.

Nik Mavinkurve had been overseeing the project for Warner.

In Takeshi Obata's original 2003-2006 supernatural suspense manga, teenager Light Yagami finds a notebook with which he can put people to death by writing their names. He begins a self-anointed crusade against the criminals of the world, and a cat-and-mouse game begins with the authorities and one idiosyncratic genius detective.

In addition to the 2006 television anime adaptation and tie-in specials, Death Note also received a Japanese live-action film adaptation in 2006, with a sequel titled streamed the live-action television series.

Thanks to Daniel Zelter for the news tip.