‘Neuromancer’ Series at Apple TV+ Casts Mark Strong
‘Neuromancer’ Series at Apple TV+ Casts Mark Strong
Mark Strong is the latest addition to the Apple TV+ series adaptation of "Neuromancer," Variety has learned.
Neuromancer is not a book suited to adaptation. I have serious doubts
The foundation was also not adaptable but they solved it by completely ignoring the books and writing their own stories. They kept some names and plot points but it is mostly using the IP name for marketing reasons and not as a base for the series.
Sound alike they should name it something else then. Because that’s not Neuromancer.
And The Foundation has a script that was apparently written by a 15 year old.
So much cringe out of that show. Awesome world-building and CGI, though
Dune wasn’t suited to adaptation and it was fine. This could also be fine
I suspect Strong is playing Armitage.
In theory, I think it could be done, although you do suffer from the Lord of The Rings problem where so much stuff ripped off that book that now your adaptation can't help but look like a ripoff of everything else.
OTOH I very much doubt we'll actually see a good adaptation of Neuromancer, ever. Not unless the Wachowskis finally get their hands on it.
I highly doubt this will be good. As others have mentioned they'll probably just use the name and make some random BS story.