I’m not a person that watches a lot of anime, but one of the (very few) series that has really stuck with me is Death Note, the story of a young man who finds a supernatural notebook that gives him the power to kill anyone by simply writing their name inside. The series (aside from a short slump in the middle) absolutely gripped me from beginning to end, and I couldn’t wait to see how the story of Light (the “protagonist”) played out.
One of my favorite directors, Adam Wingard (You’re Next, The Guest, Blair Witch), was tapped to direct Netflix‘s film adaptation of the anime, so I’ve been looking forward to it ever since it was announced. We’ve gotten casting news for a while (the film will star Paper Towns‘s Nat Wolff as the lead), but we haven’t yet known who would be portraying the character of Ryuk, the Shinigami whose Death Note Light comes into possession of.
That is, we haven’t known until today. Even though he’s still working on DC’s upcoming Justice League, it was revealed today that Willem Dafoe will be joining the cast of Death Note as Ryuk. The actor brings along an extremely impressive resume (superhero fans probably know him best from his role as Norman Osborn in Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man trilogy), and his casting in Death Note is sure to bring the film up to a whole new level. I know that I can’t wait to see how it turns out.
Death Note is scheduled to debut on Netflix in 2017.
Are you looking forward to Death Note? What do you think about Willem Dafoe’s casting? Let us know your thoughts in the comments down below!
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