JD Dillard (pictured, left) and Graham Roland (pictured, right) will develop the project for TV. Roland will also serve as showrunner and Dillard will direct the pilot episode.
The streamer reveals that Neuromancer will follow a damaged, high-ranking super hacker named Case, who, along with his partner Molly, a mirror-eyed assassin, is drawn into a web of high-stakes digital espionage and crime, aiming to take down a corporate dynasty with untold secrets. raids.
“We’re incredibly excited to be bringing this iconic property to Apple TV+,” creators and executive producers Graham Roland and JD Dillard said in a joint statement. “Since we became friends nearly ten years ago, we’ve looked for something to team up on, so this collaboration marks a dream come true. Neuromancer has inspired so much of the science fiction that’s come after it and we’re looking forward to bringing television audiences into Gibson’s definitive ‘cyberpunk’ world.”
Gibson's novel Neuromancer received many awards, including the Nebula Award, the Philip K. Dick Award, and the Hugo Award. The novel served as the first book in the Sprawl trilogy and was followed by Count Zero and Mona Lisa Overdrive.
Roland and Dillard are executive producers along with David Ellison, Dana Goldberg and Matt Thunell for Skydance Television, Anonymous Content, Drake, Adel “Future” Nur and Jason Shrier for DreamCrew Entertainment, Zack Hayden and Gibson.
