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Yet another piece of depressing news about the Neuromancer film in development. And I was just getting over the fact that Kahn is the director. (I've come to the opinion that people should be giving Kahn a break. He has enough talent to make this film work.)

From 7artspictures.com:

Based on William Gibson’s seminal cyberpunk novel, Hayden Christensen stars as Cage, a petty future Tokyo thief whose trade is jacking his brain directly into computer systems. When this skill is taken away from him, it seems his life is destined to end in an explosion of violence and drugs… until the mysterious Armitage offers redemption – at a price. Revelation follows revelation as Cage discovers that no one is in control of his or her own destiny and a new form of sentient technology is taking over. It’s down to Cage to face Neuromancer and do something he never has before: make the right choice."

This is depressing.

Hayden Christensen stars as Cage

If that isn't a typo, Gibson will be turning in his figurative grave.

Cage discovers that no one is in control of his or her own destiny

That sound you hear is me flicking through my copy of Neuromancer, I'm bound to find this bit somewhere.

It’s down to Cage to face Neuromancer

In an epic battle coming to cinemas this summer ...

and do something he never has before: make the right choice

Great, a shoe-horned in moral dilemma. Did they read Neuromancer? Whoever wrote the above paragraph is being paid too much.

As for Hayden Christensen. I admit, I haven't seen the guy in anything other than Star Wars, and his part did suck - but at the end of the day, he ... just doesn't look the part. Is that to be the face of Case Cage, a washed out computer hacker, since turned to drugs and crime? I would much prefer a no-name actor, rather than what seems to be a teen-idol who will draw hoards of fans that don't even know what SF stands for. Who we're going to get playing Molly is a mystery I don't want solved. Or is that name not cool enough for this kind of flick? Maybe they should call her Razor?

Update: since then the description has changed:

Case used to be a professional hacker. Then someone hacked him. In the future, where life is cheap and nothing is worth more than information, he's a living time bomb who will only be set free if he completes a deadly mission. With genetically upgraded femme fatale Molly, Case hustles his way through the real world and cyberspace. The ultimate battle between mind and body leads them against the corporations that govern what's left of humanity, where the final conspiracy is about to be uncovered. Based on the landmark cyberpunk novel from William Gibson, Case finds it's not just the explosives in his body he has to worry about, he's trapped in a maze of murder, deceit, and the fate of the world.

No improvements here.

Then someone hacked him

Cringeworthy.

he's a living time bomb

A living atom bomb.

The ultimate battle between mind and body

This sounds familiar...