William Gibson's Neuromancer - Were/Are There Any Plans To Film It?

[bhazen]

All the interest in the restored/recut Blade Runner has got me thinking about Gibson's classic book, and wondering. It seems an absolute natural for a movie. Have there been any attempts at a treatment? Paging Ridley Scott! (I know, he thinks Sc-Fi is passe.)

[nelamvr6]

It would sure make a great movie if done right!

[Zowie]

Excellent book ... and would make a great movie if they could get the look right ... Ridley Scott would be a top notch choice.

I did find some discussion at William Gibson's website forum, here:

http://williamgibsonboard.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/8606097971/m/3831022623

but haven't had time to read the whole thing .... it starts off with a possible rant by supposed director of choice, Joseph Kahn.

[TaterBones]

IMDb has a page with only the name, date and "More information for this In Development project is only available on IMDbPro."
http://imdb.com/title/tt1037220/

Pattern Recognition is listed as 'in production'.
http://imdb.com/title/tt0409138/
Supposedly the deal fell through.

[RDK]

I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for this one. There have been scripts floating around since 1990 (that I know of; possibly earlier), and none have been great and/or commercial enough to pursue. This is a bitch of an adaptation, cyberpunk is death at the box office (Matrix being an exception, but more people ended up hating the trilogy when it was finally done), and anyone who really digs the book will likely hate whatever needs to be changed in order to condense and clarify the story for film.

Toss this into the "be careful what you wish for" bin.

[Johnny66]

I think it works as a novel - not as a film. It's very schematic in its visualisation, allowing the reader to paint whatever pictures they so choose. A film would have difficulty presenting the subjective experience of the 'matrix' (a term so invested with other film connotations), even with the CGI technology available.

[wayneklein]

After Gibson's first (and only to the best of my knowledge) adaptation I doubt we'll see much. Hollywood has pilfered (much as they did Phil Dick)much of his style.