The Licensing Machine, a new division of Panini UK, engaged in TV, Home Video, Promotional, Merchandise, Marketing and Licensing Services and Elemental Media & Merchandising, an affiliate of Mangafan Publishing LLC. - communicate their agreement for the Hungarian market on the Japanese film Death Note, the two part live-action movie - based on the popular manga - and released in Japan in 2006 directed by Shūsuke Kaneko.

The first movie will launch in three major theatres with the premiere being on September 25th at the prestigious Cinema Festival (www.moziunnep.hu) that will take place from the 25th to the 28th. Backed by a strong campaign in all forms of media, including TV and magazine ads, reviews in cinema-related press and events, the show is already receiving large attention. After one month in major cinemas in Budapest, the movie will tour large cities in Hungary as well. The DVD will be released in November, together with the launch of the second installment in cinemas.

DEATH NOTE MOVIE.
Weary Shinigami Ryuk, the Death God, dropped a notebook in the human world where a weary genius picked it up. “the human whose name is written in this note shall die” it said... it was the notebook of death that determined people’s death.
Light Yagami, an extremely, bright elite university student was the one to possess this ultimate tool that should remain only in the hands of God. Light decides to create an ideal world and begins to hold the scales to Judge the criminals in his discretion. Meanwhile, ICPO (International Criminal Police Organization) has placed a mysterious detective called “L” in Japanese police force to investigate a series of the criminal cases. “L” in the status of a divinity for his capacity and skill in gathering information and in reasoning had solved unresolved cases in the world, and now tightens the investigative screws over these cases, but Light also cleverly manipulating the notebook of death, tosses and snakes the investigation. The future of mankind is at the mercy of crucial and fierce battles of the two brains.

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