At the time of the 2017 Death Note’s release, Wingard told reporters “Hopefully people will watch it and Netflix will order a sequel.
“Among properties it already owns, Netflix is developing a sequel to 2017’s horror-thriller Death Note, which [Netflix Chief Content Officer Ted] Sarandos has called a “sizable” success, with Greg Russo writing the script.”
Since Netflix doesn’t publicly release statistics for its movies and series, there’s no way to numerically gauge what, to Sarandos, qualifies Death Note as a “sizable success,” either in terms of viewership or generated revenue.
Many thought Netflix had closed the book for good on its Americanized adaptation of the anime/manga phenomenon, but it looks like they were wrong.