L: change the WorLd, directed by Hideo Nakata, is a spin-off film of the Death Note movie series. The series is based on the manga Death Note by Tsugumi Ohba and illustrated by Takeshi Obata, but follows an original storyline. L decides to take on one last case before his self-arranged death, and sets out to find a cure to a deadly virus that is threatening to spread throughout the world. The film was released in Japan on February 9, 2008, Hong Kong on February 7, 2008 and Singapore on February 21, 2008.