Sci-Fi Film and Television Developments

Neuromancer
5/26/10 - SCI-FI Wire reported that William Gibson's Neuromancer may be ready for the big screen.  Vincenzo Natali, writer-director of Splice, has written a screenplay.  "I think now is the right time for Neuromancer," Natali said. "Some people say that you can't do Neuromancer now because The Matrix and other films borrowed so heavily from that book. My argument is no, that's a good thing, because the book has so many ideas that are so abstract that it's only after those films that you could really get into the meat of it."  He explained, “There are ideas in the book that have not been explored in any film that I think are really intriguing. Neuromancer is about evolving our consciousnesses."  One thing Natali can promise is: NO KEANU REEVES. "I hate to say it, but Keanu Reeves is far too old, because Case, the character in the book, is supposed to be 24 years old."

01/28/08 - It is rumored that Hayden Christensen may star in a proposed film based on William Gibson's seminal cyberpunk novel Neuromancer.  Christensen would play Case, the hacker at the center of the story. The 1984 novel, which is credited as one of the earliest examples of cyberpunk, is set in near-future dystopian Japan and an American megalopolis called The Sprawl.  Joseph Kahn is directing the film.

12/31/06 - William Gibson's cyberpunk SF classic Neuromancer is heading for the big screen.  Joseph Kahn, a commercials director who made Torque, has signed to direct.

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