Neuromancer

Vincenzo Natali’s Adaptation of NEUROMANCER Moves into Pre-Production with Eye Towards Q1 2012 Start Date

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: May 19th, 2011 at 2:07 pm

The film adaptation of William Gibson’s seminal sci-fi novel Neuromancer has come very close to death over the past several years.  At one point, Torque director Joseph Kahn was attached to helm the flick, but then news on the project went silent, and eventually Kahn walked away.  He was then replaced by Vincenzo Natali (Splice), but when Splice tanked at the box office, it looked like the project was dead again.  But thankfully, the film lives with Natali still at the helm.  AICN reports that the rights have been sold off at Cannes and distributors have been secured.  Seven Arts Pictures COO Kate Hoffman adds that principal photography will take place in Canada, Istanbul, Tokyo, and London, visual effects work has already begun, and that the production is eyeing a first quarter 2012 start date.

Hit the jump for a refresher on what Natali had to say about his take on the project.

Director Vincenzo Natali Exclusive Video Interview SPLICE

by Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub    Posted: June 3rd, 2010 at 8:38 pm

As I said when I first interviewed director Vincenzo Natali at this year’s WonderCon, one of the best films I saw at this year’s Sundance Film festival was Splice. Starring Adrien Brody and Sarah Polley as genetic scientists that create a new life form with severe consequences, the film is original, dark, twisted, and awesome.  If you’re the kind of person that complains Hollywood never does anything original, you’re going to want to check out Splice this weekend.  Here are some clips.

Anyhow, with the movie set for release tomorrow, I recently sat down one more time with this talented director to talk about his film.  During our extended interview we talked about the challenges of getting Splice made, what will be on the DVD/Blu-ray, what’s up with High Rise, Tunnels and Neuromancer, and a lot more.  Hit the jump to check it out.

SPLICE Director Vincenzo Natali Talks HIGH RISE and NEUROMANCER

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: May 10th, 2010 at 2:52 pm

Last week, we excitedly reported that director Vincenzo Natali (Splice) would be taking over the adaptation of William Gibson’s Neuromancer from Joseph Kahn (Torque).  Speaking with io9, Natali clarified that he hasn’t signed the contracts yet, but he does have Gibson’s blessing.  Natali then went on at length about what he finds fascinating about Neuromancer and how he plans to adapt it.  He also spoke about his “social disaster” film High Rise, which he mentioned to Steve this year at WonderCon.

Hit the jump to read what he had to say about Neuromancer and High Rise.  Splice hits theaters on June 4th.

SPLICE Director Vincenzo Natali to Helm Adaptation of William Gibson’s NEUROMANCER

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: May 7th, 2010 at 12:13 pm

Director Vincenzo Natali (Splice) has signed on to helm Fire Development Inc.’s adaptation of William Gibson’s seminal cyberpunk novel Neuromancer.  THR provides a nice one sentence plot synopsis for the book: “a washed-up computer hacker hired by a mysterious employer to work on the ultimate hack.”   Joseph Kahn (Torque) had been attached since early 2008 and as recently as Monday was telling the /Filmcast how he was still committed to the film and his plans for it.  Not sure what happened in the last five days, but I’d listen to this week’s episode of /Filmcast After Dark to find out.

I think the best news is that if Natali’s been brought on board, it shows that the film may be moving out of development hell and it may get out even faster should Splice turn out to be a hit when it opens on June 4th.

Hit the jump for the Amazon review of the book.

New Promotional Posters for Upcoming Films Including NEUROMANCER, CHLOE, THE IRISHMAN, and I COME WITH THE RAIN

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: October 12th, 2009 at 11:10 pm

Here’s some inside baseball about Hollywood that your average moviegoer may not know: movies do not get made solely from investors or studios nor do they make money solely from domestic box office.  A large majority of films, especially true indie films (i.e. no name stars), require the sale of their foreign distribution rights to finish the film they’re selling or to secure a profit that will provide investors with a good return on their investment.  However, films with name actors like Liam Neeson, Julianne Moore, Val Kilmer, and Christopher Walken also have to play this game.  Some movies do it by creating unofficial posters and after the jump, we’ve featured six of these posters plus synopses for films with name actors but are still trying to secure funding.  However, this is no guarantee that these films will ever get made and just because someone made up a poster, doesn’t mean some kindly, foreign investor is going to put in his euros or yen so hit the jump and see if you would bet on these movies.

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