Willem Dafoe Will Voice Ryuk the Shinigami in Netflix’s Death Note

Death Note is produced by Roy Lee (The Ring, The Departed), Dan Lin (The Lego Movie, Sherlock Holmes), Jason Hoffs (Edge of Tomorrow), and Masi Oka (Heroes Reborn, Hawaii-Five-0).

Mashable reports that Willem Dafoe (The Boondock Saints, Spider-Man) has signed on to provide the voice of Ryuk the Shinigami in Adam Wingard’s upcoming Death Note film.

Ryuk is the creature in the series that created the titular book and follows Light Turner around while observing how he uses its power.