Adam Wingard, director of the Death Note remake, reveals why so much of the context of the source material changed in his adaptation.
This could result in a new Death Note that is very different from the original, but not necessarily in a bad way.
Instead of attempting to keep the film as close to the source material as possible, Wingard explained that he focused on what he felt were the core elements of Death Note.
After Netflix released the first trailer for Death Note, reactions were mixed.