Netflix’s "Death Note" Adaptation Finds Its Writer

Halia Abdel-Meguid is set to write and executive produce Netflix's upcoming live-action "Death Note".  

The live-action series comes from the company’s overall deal with Upside Down Pictures, the production company launched by “Stranger Things” creators Matt and Ross Duffer earlier this year.

The manga of the same name was written by Tsugumi Ohba and illustrated by Takeshi Obata and published in 12 volumes between 2003 and 2006.

"Death Note" follow Light Yagami, a teenage boy who finds the Death Note, a mysterious black notebook that gives him the power to kill anyone whose name and face he knows if he writes their name down. 

He struggles to have such almighty power and becomes the target of law enforcement around the world.

This is Netflix’s second adaptation of “Death Note”. The first was a live-action movie in 2017 that starred Nat Wolff as Light.

Other cast members include Lakeith Stanfield, Margaret Qualley, Shea Whigham, Paul Nakauchi, Jason Liles, and Willem Dafoe.

Abdel-Maguid’s credits include serving as a writing consultant on the Duffer brothers’ television adaptation of Stephen King's “The Talisman”, and Peter Straub’s 1984 novel of the same name.

She is working on another Upside Down Pictures project currently in development at Netflix. 

Abdel-Maguid is also fluent in Japanese and has lived in Tokyo.