Netflix's Death Note Live-Action Film Was Burglarized

It looks like crime has come to visit Netflix’s Death Note adaptation for real. This year, the [...]

By Megan Peters

It looks like crime has come to visit Netflix's Death Note adaptation for real. This year, the streaming site is set to debut a live-action imagining of Death Note under the guidance of Adam Wingard, but not even Netflix could keep the set safe from Kira fanatics. According to the director, the set for Death Note was broken into this weekend, and the perpetrators left a rather chilling note.

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Let's all just cross our fingers that no one got a hold of Ryuk's Death Note, yeah?

Over on Twitter, Wingard shared a slew of posts that detailed the unexpected break-in. "Death Note office got robbed last night. Left me a note saying I Was Here," the director wrote.

"Missing a drive with vfx shots and he stole a binder with bank info stuff. When cops let us back in I'll see if he wrote in the Desth Note."

Later, Wingard even posted a pictured from the Death Note set that showed cops on the scene. A handful of officers were seen patrolling the area while one held an impressive gun, but not even that kind of ammunition could stop Kira if he was around to see it.

If you are not familiar with Death Note, then you should know the popular series is no shy about its dark, violent overtones. Originally published as a manga, Death Note tells the story of Light Yagami after the high school student comes across a strange notebook with deadly powers. Should the journal's owner inscribe someone's name in its pages, the intended victim will die. Intoxicated by his godlike power, Light begins to kill those he deems unworthy while local police frantically try to discover the culprit behind these mysterious deaths.

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There have been several live-action adaptations of Death Note in Japan already, but Wingard's will be the first for America. The film was shopped around at several studios before Netflix acquired the project, and Wingard has said the site has given them free reign for Death Note. Speaking to Collider last year, the director said his team could do "whatever want want."

"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," he continued.

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