"Welcome to the Chatsubo, cowboy." Apple TV has debuted a short promo to announce the
Neuromancer series is now officially in production - filming on location in Tokyo. This has been a
long time in the making! William Gibson's
seminal sci-fi masterpiece was published in 1984, and Hollywood has been trying to adapt it and many of his other novels since then. It's finally happening. They've started shooting, and we'll actually get to see his cyberpunk world brought to life. From Skydance Television (also behind the
the Foundation series) the series is created by Graham Roland & J.D. Dillard (best known as director of the films
Sleight,
Sweetheart,
Devotion). The sci-fi series stars
Callum Turner as Case, a data-thief,
Briana Middleton as Molly, a street-samurai, with
Joseph Lee as Hideo,
Mark Strong as Armitage,
Clémence Poésy,
Peter Sarsgaard,
Emma Laird, plus
Max Irons and
Dane DeHaan. The video reveals a small piece of the set - a look at
The Chatsubo, aka The Chat, a bar on Ninsei in Chiba City, a place mainly serving expats where Case spends time. That's all we get so far, but I'm hyped - I've got a very,
very good feeling about this series. //
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