VIZ Pictures is teaming with NCM FATHOM to present DEATH NOTE: L, CHANGE THE WORLD, a live-action two-night, multi-city event on April 29 and 30 at 7:30 p.m. local time. By popular demand, a subtitled version will be presented on April 29 and an English-dubbed version on April 30 with L's voice played by Alessandro Juliani from the anime series.
Tickets for this event are available at presenting theatre box offices and online. For a complete list of theatre locations and prices, visit www.FathomEvents.com (theaters are subject to change). Advance tickets will be available to SHONEN JUMP e-subscribers beginning March 20 (sign-up is available at www.shonenjump.com) and tickets to the general public go on sale on March 23.
DEATH NOTE: L, CHANGE THE WORLD is inspired by the immensely popular DEATH NOTE features, which are based on the best-selling supernatural action manga series written by Tsugumi Ohba and illustrated by Takeshi Obata, but this spin-off follows a new original storyline. DEATH NOTE: L, CHANGE THE WORLD was directed by Hideo Nakata, who also directed the U.S. #1 hit horror movie THE RING 2, which was remade from his own smash hit Japanese horror trilogy, RINGU.
DEATH NOTE: L, CHANGE THE WORLD introduces the unwritten chapter of DEATH NOTE and reveals how the legendary detective "L" (Kenichi Matsuyama) spends the final 23 days of his life. The story begins as L takes on the "Kira" case, in which countless criminals are dying under mysterious circumstances. L successfully solves the case and stops Kira, but only after sacrificing his life, leaving himself with only 23 days left to live. For his final case L faces down a bio-terrorist group trying to wipe out humanity with a deadly virus ten times more potent than Ebola. As L tries to formulate an antidote with a scientist, he must also save the lives of two children who have no one else to turn to. DEATH NOTE: L, CHANGE THE WORLD features what happened before and after the two earlier DEATH NOTE events and shows DEATH NOTE fans the more human side of L that could not be seen previously.
