Death Note: Adam Wingard to direct the movie

The long-in-gestation English language take on the anime Death Note has taken a very, very significant step forward at last, with the terrific news that Adam Wingard has signed up to direct the movie. The news comes over five years since Warner Bros nabbed the rights to make a Death Note film.

Wingard, who is currently preparing The Woods, already has You're Next and The Guest under his belt. And according to The Hollywood Reporter, Warner Bros has now hired him to tackle Death Note, once he's done and dusted with The Woods.

Shane Black had previously been linked with Death Note, and Jeremy Slater has penned the screenplay to the film. Whether that's the one Wingard ultimately uses remains to be seen.

The Woods shoots this summer, and so we'd imagine that Death Note will slot into his schedule next year.

THR.