The director of the highly despised Netflix Death Note movie has stated that he would like to take part in directing any future sequels to the film, risking his reputation and the sanity of Death Note fans as a result – if the low performing film’s sequel ever even gets green-lit.
The director’s statement on the matter when interviewed:
“I pitched it as at least a two-film series, maybe three, knowing this was the origin story. We definitely designed the film so it plays a closed loop. Sequels are never guaranteed.”
One of the common complaints many had about the film was that Light acts nothing like his original Japanese counterpart; the director had this to say in his defense:
“Ultimately, what we did was, the original Light character from the source material is in this film. What happened is it’s kind of been split into the two characters. Light and Mia, in this case, make up the whole character.”
The movie has been bearing the brunt of the hatred from hardcore fans:
The director has noted that a sequel for the film is apparently still a possibility if enough people watch it – but considering how much attention the controversy has brought it hordes of fans will likely go see the film just to confirm its badness for themselves, which means a sequel may very well be on its way.
Ridiculous moments from the Netflix movie that will not only further fuel hatred for it but possibly serve as the reaction many may have to this news:
Why do I bother reading the comments in here? The s♥♥t people say is insane.
I watched it and for me it was more entertaining than anime.
now more people can relate to why i dislike the new superhero movies for not sticking to the source material.
knowing little to nothing about death note going into watching the movie, i thought it was descent at face value.
I’ll be honest: I had fun with this movie. It was bad, but it was an entertaining kind of bad. Willem Dafoe as Ryuk was great, and the guy who played L really went all out with the stupid s♥♥t L does in the anime and manga until the second or third half of the film where he goes crazy. That being said, the movie would’ve been a passable b movie if it wasn’t for the fact that it’s called Death Note.
Honestly if they just borrowed the name and came up with their own scenarios, not just about L and.. ugh.. Light, they could pull it off.
A new deathnote drops down to a local highschool in the US, reference the occurances in Japan for detectives, bring in the bloke who’ll solve the case and voila! Problem solved.
Misioisin did an “American” Death Note. And he did it right.