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Two Gibson Adaptations, But Only One Peter Weir Movie

Hayden "Anakin" Christensen will star in a movie adaptation of William Gibson's classic novel Neuromancer, directed by Joseph Kahn. So far, Kahn's only credits are the low-budget biker movie Torque, and some Britney Spears music videos. (Torque does feature lots of spooky flickering neon lights, which is a start.) The slightly more experienced Peter Weir (The Truman Show) will be directing the movie of Gibson's Pattern Recognition.

10:00 AM on Mon Jan 7 2008
By charliejane
2,270 views, 63 comments

Latest by gonuts: Why adapt an overrated, and shitty novel like Neuromancer? Can't something better be adapted? Seriously, and put Hayden into an more »