Neuromancer, Apple’s long-in-the-works adaptation ofWilliam Gibson’s pioneering cyberpunk novel, has its lead.Masters of the Air’sCallum Turnerwill star in the ten-episode miniseries.Deadline reportsthat Turner will play the book’s main character, hacker Henry Case.
In the book, washed-up hacker Case is no longer able to access virtual reality after being caught stealing from a previous employer and having his nervous system damaged. The cyborg “street samurai” Molly Millions offers to have him healed if he’ll do one last job - help the super-AI Wintermute merge with its counterpart, the Neuromancer of the title. The series, which was announced earlier this year, comes from creatorsGraham Roland(Dark Winds), who will serve as showrunner, andJ.D. Dillard(Devotion), who will direct the first episode.
Who is Callum Turner?
A British actor and model, Callum Turner made appearances in the UK TV seriesThe Borgias,Ripper Street, andGlue, and starred in the filmsGreen Room,Assassin’s Creed, andThe Only Living Boy in New York. He was nominated for a BAFTA for his role in the mystery TV seriesTheCapture., and also starred in the BBC’s 2016 adaptation ofWar and Peace. He played Theseus, the brother ofEddie Redmayne’s Newt Scamander, in twoFantastic Beastsfilms, and starred alongsideAnya Taylor-Joyin the 2020 adaptation ofJane Austen’sEmma. Last year, he starred inGeorge Clooney’s historical sports dramaThe Boys in the Boat, and had a leading role in Apple’s WWII seriesMasters of the Airearlier this year. He is next set to star oppositeAlia Shawkatin the war dramaAtropia.First published in 1984 by Canadian first-time novelist Gibson,Neuromancerwas a foundational text of thecyberpunk genre, and there have been numerous attempts to adapt it over the years; at various times,Chris Cunningham,Vincenzo Natali,Joseph Kahn, andTim Millerhave been set to direct a movie adaptation of the book, but none have been successful. Gibson’s short storyJohnny Mnemonic, which takes place in the same fictional world, was made into aKeanu Reevesmovie in 1996; the film differs greatly from the story, taking only its major plot points.
Neuromanceris currently in pre-production, and has not yet set a release date. Stay tuned to Collider for future updates.
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