It hasn’t finally entered production or anything yet, but if this press release is to be believed, a Vincenzo Natali-directed “Neuromancer”, based on the William Gibson novel of the same name, is (possibly) on its way to hacking into your local mall cineplexes.
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Vincenzo Natali’s Neuromancer is a Go. Or, Go-ish.
It’s Official, Vincenzo Natali Hired To Direct William Gibson’s Neuromancer
Vincenzo Natali, director of the overhyped “Splice” and “Cube” has been officially hired to direct one of the greatest and potentially most visual Science Fiction novels in our beloved genre, “Neuromancer”.
Splice’s Vincenzo Natali to Adapt William Gibson’s Neuromancer
Vincenzo Natali (below) and slick sci-fi go together like peanut butter and jelly. Check out his “Cube” or “Cypher” if you haven’t. With his “Splice” in the can and awaiting a June debut from Warner Bros., Natali has found his next sci-fi project, and it might just be his biggest yet: a live-action adaptation of William Gibson’s seminal cyberpunk work “Neuromancer”.
William Gibson’s Neuromancer Cast News
William Gibson is a Sci-Fi stud. He’s great. There, I got that off my chest. He has had some terrible luck with movie adaptations of his work. Johnny Mnemonic was troublesome to say the least. He has had his great novel “Neuromancer” in development since the dawn of time and so far, people have been chickening out of making it.
Hayden Christensen to Star in Gibson’s Neuromancer Movie
Although I pretty much like every cyberpunk movie I’ve seen (heck, I even liked “Johnny Mnemonic”, and no one likes “Johnny Mnemonic”), I’ve never been too into reading the cyberpunk books from which they were based. The latest adaptation is William Gibson’s “Neuromancer”, and today Joblo has news that Hayden Christensen, late of the “Star Wars” prequels, will be starring in the film as its lead, a hacker name Case.
