The comparison between the two could mean the new adaptation of Death Note will be just as gritty, thrilling, and dark as it is meant to be.
Hopefully, 2017’s Death Note will give viewers some breathing room and not be an overwhelmingly serious feature.
Just like many other works to come from Japan, Death Note will be seeing a somewhat controversial live-action adaptation for Western audiences at some point in 2017 on Netflix.
In a recent interview with Collider, Slater discusses his admiration for Wingard as a director and also makes an unlikely comparison between Death Note and the 1995 Michael Mann classic, Heat.