Adam Wingard Promises Plenty of Violence with Netflix's 'Death Note'
With Adam Wingard's Blair Witch out this weekend, the popular director is also working on an adaptation for Netflix of the popular anime and manga series Death Note, which he promises will be as violent as it needs to be.
While promoting Blair Witch, he compared the two by noting that Death Note takes things back into the realm of the strange, suggesting it tonally similar to The Guest.
“We can do whatever we want. That was the cool thing about it, because it’s an anime film. So, technically, it’s a cartoon that you’re bring to life. To me, the thing about anime is that it’s so adult-oriented.
"I remember going to Suncoast growing up and you see Akira there with the little “Not for Kids” sticker on it. That always made an impact on me. So, doing my first live-action anime thing, to me it was important that you have those adult themes. So, it’s got nudity, it’s got swearing, it’s got a ton of violence.
"Jason Eisener, who did Hobo with a Shotgun. I brought him on – I’m good friends with him – as second-unit director. There’s basically like three good Jason Eisner short films in there and they’re all very gory. I was able to just turn him loose sometime, and just do some crazy stuff.”
It sounds like he'll be going all out for this one, and fans will love him for it.
Source: Collider
