DEADPOOL Director Tim Miller To Direct The Cyberpunk Thriller NEUROMANCER
Deadpool director Tim Miller has just signed on to direct a feature film adaptation of the 1984 cyberpunk novel Neuromancer for Fox. X-Men producer Simon Kinberg is on board to help develop the film project as well.
The book was written by William Gibson and is the first part of the Sprawl trilogy. For those of you not familiar with the book, it went on to win the Hugo, Nebula, and Philip K. Dick Awards. here's a description of the story::
Neuromancer centers on Henry Dorsett Case, a disgraced computer hacker living in Japan who was punished for stealing from his employer by being rendered unable to access The Matrix, a worldwide virtual reality network. But he's given a shot at getting back in the saddle when he is hired to complete the ultimate hack: one on an artificial intelligence orbiting Earth.
The first book was followed by Count Zero (1986) and Mona Lisa Overdrive( 1988), which are all set in the same world and future. If this first movie ends up being a success you can bet your ass that Fox will move forward with adapting the other two books.
Neuromancer has been in and out of film production for years, with directors such as Joseph Kahn (Torque) and Vincenzo Natali (Splice) attached to develop it at certain points. Not the best directors in the world for a project like this, so I'm glad that it didn't happen.
I think Miller is a fantastic choice for the film project. He's got a lot on his plate right now as he's also developing an adaptation of the Daniel Suarez sci-fi novel Influx for Fox, and an animated/live-action adaptation of Sonic the Hedgehog for Sony.
What do you all think of Miller taking on this classic sci-fi novel? Do you think he has what it takes to do it justice?