Vincenzo Natali To Direct Neuromancer Adaptation

Vincenzo Natali To Direct Neuromancer Adaptation

The Splice director with a thing for Swamp Thing has been announced via press release to be directing an adaptation of William Gibson's sci-fi classic, Neoromancer,,

By MarkCassidy - Jun 11, 2010 06:06 AM EST
Filed Under: Sci-Fi
Source: Marketwatch

Neoromancer is one of the most celebrated Sci-fi novels of all time(and yes, it spawned a comic series!). Seven Arts Pictures released the following press release..

Vincenzo Natali (Splice, Cube) has been tapped to direct the upcoming motion picture adaptation of William Gibson's seminal science fiction novel Neuromancer. Neuromancer is to be produced and financed in Canada by Prodigy Pictures in conjunction with Telefilm Canada. The film is expected to commence pre-production early next year in Toronto and has the full support of Telefilm Canada. The Company will continue to handle all sales of the picture.

Natali's credits include Splice, starring Adrien Brody and Sarah Polley, as well as the cult psychological thriller Cube. Splice was released in thousands of theaters nationwide by Warner Brothers last Friday following a sensational debut at the Sundance Film Festival.

Prodigy Pictures' Jay Firestone is set to produce. This production continues the Company's financing and production relationship with Mr. Firestone who has produced such films as Rat Race, Rules of Engagement, The Believer, and An American Rhapsody.

Neuromancer was an immediate hit, with over 7 million copies sold, and was the first novel to win the "triple crown" of science fiction awards -- the Nebula, the Hugo, and the Philip K. Dick Award for paperback original. The Mail & Guardian newspaper called this "the sci-fi writer's version of winning the Goncourt, Booker, and Pulitzer prizes in the same year." The novel legitimized cyberpunk as a mainstream branch of science fiction literature. It is among the most-honored works of science fiction in recent history and appeared on Time magazine's list of 100 best English-language novels written since 1923. The novel was also nominated for a British Science Fiction Award in 1984.

The author, Gibson, popularized such terms as ICE (Intrusion Countermeasures Electronics) and "cyberspace" through their use in Neuromancer. Eventually cyberspace gained enough recognition to become the de facto term for the World Wide Web.

Neuromancer is 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.

CEO Peter Hoffman said, "We are very excited to be working with Prodigy Pictures and to have Vincenzo as the head of the Neuromancer team. After seeing his work, especially his cutting edge use of effects with Splice, we feel that he has both the story telling ability and the command of the visual medium to give this film the treatment it deserves. In Vincenzo's hands we think Neuromancer will realize William Gibson's extraordinary vision of the future while being a big draw at the box office."




Cool. I read this book once when I was too young to really get it. So I think it might be time for a revisit. Splice has divided audiences because of its controversial content, but its universally agreed that Natali is a talent to watch. He has spoken of his wish to adapt Swamp Thing for the screen but it doesn't look like that's happening in the near future. Lets hope Neuromancer opens more CBM doors for him.
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StevilNYC
StevilNYC - 6/11/2010, 6:13 AM
I never read this but I might have to check it out.

Teabag, Splice is a crazy movie! check out this review
http://makesomelove.livejournal.com/227249.html
LEEE777
LEEE777 - 6/11/2010, 6:19 AM
I know someone on here thats gonna be REALLY HAPPY with this news!

Like LOTTO happy!!! : P

Great news @ ROR!
astromerc
astromerc - 6/11/2010, 6:25 AM
I love this book by William Gibson. He thought up so much cool cyber punk stuff, I can not wait to see it translated.
MarkCassidy
MarkCassidy - 6/11/2010, 6:31 AM
I read on another site that this movie will be influenced by The Matrix, which was in turn influenced by the novel on which this film is actually based. My braaaaaaaaain!
LEEE777
LEEE777 - 6/11/2010, 6:33 AM
ROR @ Lol!

Well thats gotta be a good thing then... i think!?

: P
AlexDeLarge87
AlexDeLarge87 - 6/11/2010, 7:08 AM
Never heard of this, but sounds interesting?!:D
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DogsOfWar
DogsOfWar - 6/11/2010, 8:04 AM
A lot of today's futuristic movies have gotten ideas from Neuromancer. Natali is a very good fit for this project.
Creature
Creature - 6/11/2010, 8:11 AM
This is perfect. Cyberpunk is he best sci-fi genre.
MarkCassidy
MarkCassidy - 6/11/2010, 9:39 AM
Thats only the tip of the iceberg, its fairly complex and it has some great characters, like I said though its been years since I read it so I''l have to take another look. If you like Dic(and I know you do Teabag;) you should enjoy Gibson. That abomination Johny Neumonic is based on one of his stories Burning Chrome.
MercuryWest
MercuryWest - 6/11/2010, 11:14 AM
they've been talking about making a movie for a long time!!! i hope they do. I'm on Mona Lisa Overdrive right now.

I really don't want it to be like surrogates.
1chris2
1chris2 - 6/11/2010, 11:42 AM
this dude is great ill watch anything he puts out. i know every director put some bad stuff out now and then but this guy knows how to write great story,add great acting,and his effects are awesome. i loved splice and hope he does a sequel because i want to see were it goes from the end of the film,and other great directors like guilmoro del toro,peter jackson,m night shyamalan,chris nolan,and many others like each other need to make more films they know how to make things work just the way so you could almost really believe it could happen, and thats how sci fi, horror film/monster movies,and killer animal flicks should be done. anything these guys i mention make i will be first in line to watch. and this is my last day on here friends i just wanted to say bye. so see you guys around.
Creature
Creature - 6/11/2010, 2:14 PM
@tea
So basically it's about a washed up antihero computer hacker employed mysteriously to create the ultimate hack. But it goes much deeper than that - it's quite badass. If you have read the book, you would know how Vincenzo Natali is basically the best director for this.
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