Marketwatch (via CBM) reports that Splice director Vincenzo Natali will helm Neuromancer based on the cyberpunk novel by William Gibson. I had posted an article on the project years ago when Hayden Christensen (Revenge of The Sith, Jumper) was attached to star. Natali next film was going to be The Swamp Thing but there have been rights issues which have halted development. It will be interesting to see Vincenzo jump into the world of sci-fi thrillers. This will be independently financed without help from a major studio similar to Splice which ended up getting picked for distrubtion by Warner Bros. after showing at Sundance.
The story of a washed-up computer hacker hired by a mysterious employer to work on the ultimate hack. Seven Arts sees Neuromancer as part of a potential multi film series as many of Gibson's sci-fi masterpieces have yet to be adapted to the big screen.
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