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  1. Aug 25, 2017 · Death Note: Directed by Adam Wingard. With Nat Wolff, LaKeith Stanfield, Margaret Qualley, Shea Whigham. A high school student named Light Turner discovers a mysterious notebook that has the power to kill anyone whose name is written within its pages, and launches a secret crusade to rid the world of criminals.

    • (91K)
    • Crime, Drama, Fantasy
    • Adam Wingard
    • 2017-08-25
  2. Death Note: L Change the World: Directed by Hideo Nakata. With Ken'ichi Matsuyama, Sota Aoyama, Shunji Fujimura, Tatsuya Fujiwara. A spin-out sequel to the popular Japanese thriller.

    • (8.8K)
    • Crime, Drama, Mystery
    • Hideo Nakata
    • 2009
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    L is a man in his mid-twenties, with large, bagged eyes and brown skin. Though above average in height, his hunched posture makes him appear shorter. He is usually seen in a black hoodie.

    L initially appears calculating and composed, coordinating cases around the world. He is shown to be profoundly intelligent and driven, but also reliant on Watari for many of his basic needs - even his sleep schedule. For all his intellect, L is immature and prone to rage when separated from Watari or otherwise feels he has lost. This rage leads hi...

    L was raised in the St. Martin's orphanage in Montauk, New York, part of a group trained to become the world's greatest detectives. To join the program, he was confined in a mind-warping room for seven months, with no way out. It is unknown how precisely this confinement affected him. The school was abandoned soon after L joined, however, and he ha...

    L starts the movie at the top of his game, having seeded various major databases with the names and faces of obscure criminals. When the Japanese gang rivals assigned to Seattle die in a nightclub massacre, L and Watari travel to the United States. There, they meet up with the FBI and local police and take inventory of all their information on Kira...

    Compared to most adaptations, L's character and background have significant changes. Prior to the events of the film, L was raised in an orphanage in New York state, where he and several other children were trained by Watari to become the greatest detectives in the world. The orphanage was eventually abandoned soon after L's departure. L also rarel...

    LaKeith Stanfield, the actor portraying L, watched the Death Note Anime and read the Mangato find inspiration for his character. He initially envisioned the story as closer to older versions, and adapted his portrayal to work with changes as they came up, especially L covering his face. Regarding his character's race and online controversy, he foun...

    Some changes to L's characterization in this adaptation parallel Mello's character arc in the manga.
    L's name, Lebensborn, originated from a eugenics program in Nazi Germany; see Lebensbornon Wikipedia.
    Stanfield's interview as L took the character's eccentricities to comical new heights, rubbing his knees at the mention of the Death Note and sniffing his interviewer to get to know him.
  3. L: Change the World (stylized as L: change the WorLd) is a 2008 Japanese thriller film and a spin-off to the Death Note film series. [1] Although the film is inspired by the manga Death Note that was written by Tsugumi Ohba and illustrated by Takeshi Obata, it follows an original storyline. It is set during the events of Death Note 2: The Last ...

  4. Death Note is a 2017 American supernatural crime thriller film directed by Adam Wingard from a screenplay by Charles Parlapanides, Vlas Parlapanides, and Jeremy Slater, loosely based on the manga of the same name by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata. The film stars Nat Wolff, LaKeith Stanfield, Margaret Qualley, Shea Whigham, Paul Nakauchi, Jason ...

  5. L: Change the WorLd (also known as Death Note: L, Change the WorLd and Death Note III) is the third film in the Death Note live-action film series. It is an original spin-off story focusing on L after the events of the previous film, Death Note: The Last Name. Director Hideo Nakata told The Daily Yomiuri that he wanted to exhibit the "human side" of L that was not exhibited in the Death Note ...

  6. Synopsis. Light Yagami finds the "Death Note," a notebook with the power to kill, and decides to create a Utopia by killing the world's criminals, and soon the world's greatest detective, "L," is hired to find the mysterious murderer. An all out battle between the two greatest minds on earth begins and the winner will control the world.

    • 126 min
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