A petition to boycott Netflix’s upcoming adaptation of popular Japanese Manga Death Note has gone viral, successfully hitting its goal of 10,000 signatures.
LaKeith Stanfield also stars as the private detective chasing Light, while The Leftovers actor Margaret Qualley plays the film’s female lead.
Death Note will be released globally on Netflix on 25 August.
Other recent projects to have ignited criticism following claims of whitewahsing are Scarlett Johansson film Ghost in the Shell and Netflix’s Marvel series Iron Fist.