Never seen Death Note but Dafoe is awesome.
During the 20th anniversary event for One Piece, the editor-in-chief of Shonen Jump announced that a live-action US TV series adaptation by Tomorrow Studio is underway.
『ONEPIECE』ハリウッド版実写ドラマ化発表【尾田栄一郎氏コメント全文】
He does seem to have Ryuk down and will probably be the best thing about the film.
In the scene he seems to be pushing Light to do his first kill, this changes from the manga and anime (which are virtually the same) where Light has already used the note book before Ryuk shows himself.
Not directly related to the manga or ln side of things, but
Yen Press to Launch JY, a Kids’ Graphic Novel Imprint in Fall 2017