Though not yet publicly confirmed, it appears Gus Van Sant will take over as the director for the American film adaptation of Death Note, a hugely successful Japanese manga series.

The news comes from The Tracking Board. The site says Van Sant will take over for Shane Black, who departed to direct the new Predator movie. “The film follows the story of a high school student who finds a mysterious notebook that lets him instantly kill any person by writing their name in the book. As the student’s body count piles up, a nameless FBI agent begins tracking him.”

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