Those who know me are aware of my affection for the cyberpunk genre. One of my favorites works in this subgenre has to be William Gibson's seminal 1984 novel, Neuromancer. From its fascinating themes to the thought-provoking story and mesmerizing world it takes place in, its a novel I have a particular fondness for and often rewards multiple rereads. To my dismay, many attempts at bringing this literary masterpiece to the silver screen have been fruitless. Many names have been attached to direct such as famed music video/cult film director Joseph Kahn and Vincenzo Natali (director of such films as Cube and Splice).
While I've only been a fan of the book for a couple years, I still maintained that this was one of those things that was going to remain in development hell* for decades. Thankfully, those qualms may be put to rest. Recently, 20th Century Fox has selected Deadpool director Tim Miller to helm this long-awaited adaptation. On top of that, Simon Kinberg has been selected to produce the film. At the time of writing, no one has been tapped to write the screenplay just yet.
Really, I hope this isn't another Fant4stic situation where the end result was so botched and the BTS** drama got so out of hand, that they would have been better off if they just went with the filmmaker's vision. Then again, this guy did make Deadpool and it could be a similar situation to how Warner Brothers treated Christopher Nolan during the Dark Knight trilogy (i.e. the studio realizes they might have a truly bankable director on their hands and they're smart enough not to bully him). Plus, outside of a few duds, Kinberg is a pretty solid producer. Overall, I'm feeling pretty excited that this movie might finally happen. Here's hoping its good, possibly even spectacular.
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