It's all been a bit quiet on the American movie remake of Death Note front, so I thought I thought I'd do some digging and see what I can uncover.
For Death Note fans, it feels like a lifetime has passed since we first heard that Shane Black was set to direct a movie for us. It comes as quite a shock to realize that announcement came only three years ago. Since then, it's all been about waiting for Shane to be free.
If you recall, back in 2011, Shane Black had three projects in the pipeline. He opted to direct Iron Man 3 first. That's long since been in on the silver screen, so the fandom held its breath to see what would come next.
Drat! It was Doc Savage. The movie is currently in production. As of September 2013, Shane was just piecing together his cast and talking to the media about in what direction he plans to take it.
We'd all be forgiven for thinking that the Death Note movie is imminent. If Doc Savage was cast in September, and it's now June 2014, then surely it's close to post-production and out of the way. But no. Since last autumn, Doc Savage seems to have gone off the boil somewhat.
The IMDb entry for Doc Savage appears to be stuck on 'script'. No closing credits, no cast listed, not even a date for release even tentatively on the horizon. So if it's all gone away, does that mean its OUR big moment?
For Death Note fans, it feels like a lifetime has passed since we first heard that Shane Black was set to direct a movie for us. It comes as quite a shock to realize that announcement came only three years ago. Since then, it's all been about waiting for Shane to be free.
If you recall, back in 2011, Shane Black had three projects in the pipeline. He opted to direct Iron Man 3 first. That's long since been in on the silver screen, so the fandom held its breath to see what would come next.
Drat! It was Doc Savage. The movie is currently in production. As of September 2013, Shane was just piecing together his cast and talking to the media about in what direction he plans to take it.
We'd all be forgiven for thinking that the Death Note movie is imminent. If Doc Savage was cast in September, and it's now June 2014, then surely it's close to post-production and out of the way. But no. Since last autumn, Doc Savage seems to have gone off the boil somewhat.
The IMDb entry for Doc Savage appears to be stuck on 'script'. No closing credits, no cast listed, not even a date for release even tentatively on the horizon. So if it's all gone away, does that mean its OUR big moment?
Noooo! It doesn't! Because now Shane Black is apparently all gung-ho about a fourth movie, which just came from left-field! As of four days ago, Shane was sniffing around Ryan Gosling and Russell Crowe, trying to get them to sign up for his film The Nice Guys!
This is a movie so hot off the press, that it hasn't even GOT an IMDb entry yet. *sigh* The one thing that we can be absolutely sure about, it's not Death Note!
However, our movie does still seem to be a Thing That Will One Day Happen. It still has an entry in the IMDb, which was last updated only two months ago on 23rd April 2014. And that was to update the status to 'script', i.e. exactly the same as Doc Savage!
It sounds like Shane Black has finally got one that he likes for the Death Note movie adaptation. This reality has been fraught with problems, since Warner Bros were originally adamant that Kira should be the Good Guy. Fortunately Shane fought our corner, thus proving to the fandom that our story is in safe hands.
Beyond this, all Death Note fans have to go on is what Shane told Bleeding Cool last year:
This is a movie so hot off the press, that it hasn't even GOT an IMDb entry yet. *sigh* The one thing that we can be absolutely sure about, it's not Death Note!
However, our movie does still seem to be a Thing That Will One Day Happen. It still has an entry in the IMDb, which was last updated only two months ago on 23rd April 2014. And that was to update the status to 'script', i.e. exactly the same as Doc Savage!
It sounds like Shane Black has finally got one that he likes for the Death Note movie adaptation. This reality has been fraught with problems, since Warner Bros were originally adamant that Kira should be the Good Guy. Fortunately Shane fought our corner, thus proving to the fandom that our story is in safe hands.
Beyond this, all Death Note fans have to go on is what Shane told Bleeding Cool last year:
Right now I’ve got this thing at Warner
Bros. called Death Note that I like a lot. It’s a
Japanese Manga that’s very tense and really cool.
~ Shane Black, April 24th 2013
Bros. called Death Note that I like a lot. It’s a
Japanese Manga that’s very tense and really cool.
~ Shane Black, April 24th 2013
That, coupled with the IMDb update, leads me to believe that the Death Note film is still very much still on. Though at this rate we'll all be hobbling to see it on our zimmer frames, trying to convince our great-grandchildren that it's a great story that they really should come with us to watch.
If there are still cinemas by that point.
If there are still cinemas by that point.
