A first look at Netflix's manga adaptation.
Based on a cult Japanese manga, director Adam Wingard's Death Note premieres on Netflix August 25th. The streaming giants have just released a first trailer and a behind the scenes featurette.
The official synopsis reads:
Based on the famous Japanese manga written by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata, Death Note follows a high school student who comes across a supernatural notebook, realizing it holds within it a great power; if the owner inscribes someone's name into it while picturing their face, he or she will die. Intoxicated with his new godlike abilities, the young man begins to kill those he deems unworthy of life.