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Neuromancer Movie In Your Future?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the believe-it-when-they-shoot-it dept.

An anonymous reader pointed out a link talking about how Vincenzo Natali, writer/director of Splice, has written a screenplay for Neuromancer. The article says he even ran it by Gibson. No studio is attached to the project, but at least Natali promised "No Keanu."

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  1. Way too late! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The problem is, "Neuromancer" was cutting edge in 1984. If they had made it into a movie within 10 years, they might have had a shot at succeeding, but now cyberpunk is mainstream and all the ideas that were new and different in Neuromancer have become cliché thanks to other films and TV shows introducing it in piecemeal fashion.

    "Durr" has it right farther down the thread - "Neuromancer: The Movie" will look like it's just following in the footsteps of dated crappy cyberpunkish movies.

  2. Approval by Gibson? by AceJohnny · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The article says he even ran it by Gibson.

    It does not, however, say that Gibson approved it.

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  3. Everything ever published has a screenplay written by Sir+Realist · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Everything ever published has at least one screenplay based on it.

    Seriously. If there aren't half a dozen screenplays floating around Hollywood based on the grafitti at Central Station, I'll eat my socks. Its not worth fussing over. The fact the the movie rights to something have been bought is equally unworthy of notice; they regularly buy up rights to things that might possibly one day seem like a good idea, or even just buy up the rights to things that they think would compete against something they have in production, just to keep someone else from using it.

    Now when you hear that they've hired some cameramen and actors and are starting production, _then_ you can get excited (or horrified, or whatever your reaction to hearing that one of your favorite tales is about to be Hollywoodized is.)

  4. Re:Keanu by jackchance · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I know people love to hate Keanu. But who else could have played Neo? The Matrix was amazing, and he played a big part in that and he can make as many november rains as he wants and i'll still love him.

    Also: point break. bill and ted's. my own private idaho.

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