Netflix has released a teaser for Death Note, their original film based on the Japanese manga of the same name. The story follows a high school student who comes into possession of a supernatural notebook. If he inscribes someone’s name in the book, that person will die.
Directed by Adam Wingard (Blair Witch, You’re Next) and starring Nat Wolff, Margaret Qualley, Lakeith Stanfield, Paul Nakauchi, Shea Whigham, and Willem Dafoe, Death Note hits Netflix on August 25th.
What if you had the power to decide who lives and who dies?
We suggest you obey the rules. Based on the famous Japanese manga written by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata, Death Note follows a high school student who comes across a supernatural notebook, realizing it holds within it a great power; if the owner inscribes someone’s name into it while picturing their face, he or she will die. Intoxicated with his new godlike abilities, the young man begins to kill those he deems unworthy of life.
