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Neuromancer - Hayden Christensen to play Case.
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Yet another peice 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. Before I even begin with Christensen –
"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 somewhere.
"It’s down to Cage to face Neuromancer". Yep, I can hear it now. In an epic battle coming to cinemas this summer …
"Make the right choice". Oh, great, a shoe-horned in moral dilemma.
Did they read Neuromancer? Whoever wrote the above paragraph is being paid too much.
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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?
Hell. Maybe this could work. But I doubt it.
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OH SHI-
He was absolutely pants in star wars :(
Ha Haha Haha. I told you it would be awful. You were a fool to get your hopes up.
I mean…Torque.
I watched Torque. You could tell that the director knew what he was doing. The problem was clearly with the scriptwriters, the cast and the idea.
God damn it, please drop out "Hayden".
Well, I haven't read Neuromancer but I'd be pretty disappointed if Christensen was cast in a film version of one of my favourite books.
In fact. This sums it up nicely:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tim5nU3DwIE
This website is like a timeline of Dan's hopes getting gradually dashed as more details on the film are released. Great stuff.
Lets just hope they do a remake some day & fix it.