Okay, let me be frank here: Americans doing adaptations of anime is about the dumbest idea we've had since transporting our nation's president in a hoodless convertible, but doing a live-action adaptation of anime is about the dumbest thing that anybody could do (yes, even the Japanese themselves; LOOKING AT YOU, ATTACK ON TITAN MOVIES). With that said, though, Death Note, speaking as a guy who's so far gotten about halfway through the series about an intelligent high school boy who comes across a book that allows him to kill whoever he writes the name of in it, seems to be one of the easiest to convert. There would have to be some liberties taken in the designs for the demons that accompany said book in order to allow them to appeal to American audiences, but other than that, what I've seen thus far has been a battle of the wits, something that not only can be done with live-action American filmmaking, but has been done several times.
As far as the recent teaser goes.... It looks like it's going for a horror movie vibe, much like Netflix's recent series, Stranger Things, which is an.... interesting angle for the film, to say the least. However, if they are to depart from the battle of the wits aspect of the series, I do have a creeping suspicion that it would make the film feel soulless. Other than that, again, I am waiting to see the design for the demons, which could be so close to the original that most audiences would find it laughable or so far away from the series that previous fans would be outraged. Either way, it's bound to get some bashing in these next couple of months, but call me.... inconclusive.
Willem Dafoe though.... THAT'S some ideal casting. ;)
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