Neuromancer is finally getting made!

[tecnowraith]

The most popular cyberpunk novel for the genre is finally getting made. Staring as Chase is one odd choice for them. Anakin Skywalker himself Hayden Christensen is being lured to star as Case

Source: http://www.darkhorizons.com/news08/080108c.php

 

[Jeysie]

Urk. Well, ordinarily I'd be excited about this, but if they do cast Christensen in the lead role, you can forget it. He was utterly horrible in the SW prequels.

Peace & Luv, Liz

 

[Rackhir]

Urk. Well, ordinarily I'd be excited about this, but if they do cast Christensen in the lead role, you can forget it. He was utterly horrible in the SW prequels.

Peace & Luv, Liz

Actually he's gotten quite good reviews for other rolls he's been in. When you consider the heat and passion that Natalie Portman exhibited in "The Professional" vs the complete absence of any in the Star Wars Prequels, I'd have to lay most of the blame for the lame acting at Lucas's feet.

 

[Mallus]

Actually he's gotten quite good reviews for other rolls he's been in.

My wife and I just saw him in the Edie Sedgwick biopic Factory Girl, where he plays Bob Dylan. He's fine in the role.

 

[Thanee]

I would be more worried about Ice Cube as Mr. BadAttitude Baracus.

j/k

somewhat.

Bye
Thanee

 

[Jeysie]

OK, OK, I'll consider myself less apprehensive. Though I didn't mind Natalie Portman in the prequels (it's not her fault the dialogue was dreadful and her and Christensen had zero chemistry), and the other acting ranged from tolerable to really good (Ewan MacGregor and Ian McDiarmid, mainly). It was mostly Christensen that gave me a feeling of "Bleargh".

Peace & Luv, Liz

 

[Rackhir]

OK, OK, I'll consider myself less apprehensive. Though I didn't mind Natalie Portman in the prequels (it's not her fault the dialogue was dreadful and her and Christensen had zero chemistry), and the other acting ranged from tolerable to really good (Ewan MacGregor and Ian McDiarmid, mainly). It was mostly Christensen that gave me a feeling of "Bleargh".

Peace & Luv, Liz

Oh, there's no shortage of things to be concerned about with a movie of a Gibson novel. A lot of what made them so good was the prose and prose style he uses to convey the feeling of the world and translating something like that to screen is extremely difficult. Given that the only other film by the director was the horribly reviewed Torque, it's not an especially hopeful sign. On the other hand he is mainly a director of music videos and they are all about visual style.

 

[Pyrex]

*hopes it'll be good*

*fears he's about to see another good novel trashed on the big screen*

 

[Mistwell]

Urk. Well, ordinarily I'd be excited about this, but if they do cast Christensen in the lead role, you can forget it. He was utterly horrible in the SW prequels.

Peace & Luv, Liz

Watch him in something like Shattered Glass. He's not a bad actor. He's just prone to bad direction.

 

[Cthulhudrew]

I'd definitely avoid this if they do cast Christiansen.

Mona Lisa Overdrive was always my favorite of the novels, in any case.