VIZ Pictures has announced that it will team with NCM FATHOM to present a special two-night multi-city debut at over 300 theaters across the United States for the live-action special event Death Note on May 20 and 21, at 7:30 pm. local time. This special two-night event includes a specially produced 20-minute feature on how the manga translates to live action as well as the first-ever interview with Director Shusuke Kaneko. Unfortunately, the movie is dubbed in English. Here’s a list of theaters showing Death Note.

Death Note is based on the hit supernatural action mystery manga series written by Tsugumi Ohba and illustrated by Takeshi Obata. The live-action film, directed by Shusuke Kaneko, mirrors the manga’s story of Light Yagami, an ace student with great prospects who is bored out of his mind. All of that changes when he finds the Death Note, a notebook dropped by a rogue Shinigami death god named Ryuk. Any human whose name is written in the notebook dies, and now Light has vowed to use the power of the Death Note to rid the world of evil. But when criminals mysteriously begin dropping dead, the authorities send the legendary detective L to investigate, and he is soon hot on the trail of Light, who must now reevaluate his one noble goal. Both Light and L believe themselves to be on the side of justice, and the two match wits trying to show exactly which of them is “good” and which of them is “evil.”

For those following the Edison Chen scandal in early 2008, the racy photos posted online were released by the mysterious “Kira.” The nickname “Kira” originates from the Japanese manja Death Note.

The English dubbed trailer just doesn’t feel right. Compare the trailer for Death Note in English and Japanese:

Japanese Death Note Trailer: