[Film] Neuromancer

[Roo Stercogburn]

So, the rumour mill is mongering, etc.

How would YOU cast this film, Case, Molly, et all? And no, not Keanu Reaves please.

Neuromancer (2011)

Inevitably there are some that will think the Matrix came first but the more informed will know better.

 

[DaGaffer]

So, the rumour mill is mongering, etc.

How would YOU cast this film, Case, Molly, et all? And no, not Keanu Reaves please.

Neuromancer (2011)

Inevitably there are some that will think the Matrix came first but the more informed will know better.

Nooooooooooo! Oh this is just going to be shite.

 

[Roo Stercogburn]

They do seem to be going for one of sci-fi book nerds' most hallowed of hallowed. I'm rather hoping they'll use unknown / up-and-coming actors for it.

 

[Aada]

Reaves.

 

[ECA]

I dont think Neuromancer has mass appeal so they'll have to use well known actors to get the plebs in.

 

[TdC]

they're just doing it because of Tron2 imo :/

 

[Roo Stercogburn]

they're just doing it because of Tron2 imo :/

...for which the trailer looks great

 

[Scouse]

I hear ya. And the suspicious side of me says they're only doing Tron2 because they must have a TV series lined up to hit after the movie. Maybe some merchandising. etc. etc.

 

[old.Tohtori]

Nooooooooooo! Oh this is just going to be shite.

Here's a novel idea; don't watch it

Should be interesting to see what it's about.

 

[Zenith.UK]

Case: You need someone who can play a rehab drug addict.
Cillian Murphy - personal preference
Ryan Reynolds
Clive Owen
Christian Bale

Molly Millions: Dark hair, high cheekbones, physically stong.
Jessica Alba - personal preference
Devon Aoki
Liv Tyler
Eliza Dushku

Armitage: Washed out blue eyes, strong chest, flat stomach, ex-military.
William Fichtner - personal preference
Daniel Craig
Sean Bean

 

[Scouse]

Glad you're picking the cream of the acting crop rather than pretty bimbo's there Zenith

 

[Calaen]

Case- Robert Downey Jr Guy is an absolute legend.

 

[Aada]

Reaves?

 

[fettoken]

Reaves

 

[Zenith.UK]

Case- Robert Downey Jr Guy is an absolute legend.

The guy would just be method acting though, wouldn't he?
If anyone can play a smacked out junkie, it's Robert Downey Jr!


And those people saying "Keanu Reaves" are just thinking of "Johnny Mnemonic". If you've actually read the books and short stories, you'll know that Johnny Mnemonic comes BEFORE Neuromancer and it's Molly that hangs around with him, not Jane. Yes, Molly Millions links Neuromancer and Johnny Mnemonic.

 

[Zenith.UK]

Glad you're picking the cream of the acting crop rather than pretty bimbo's there Zenith

They've all proven themselves to be able hold their own in action films.
They're pretty *AND* can fight. A win-win situation.

 

[mank!]

what a shit director. his "filmography" is a horror story of shit pop music.

 

[SilverHood]

Case: You need someone who can play a rehab drug addict.
Alec Newman
Zachary Quinto

Molly Millions: Dark hair, high cheekbones, physically strong.
Kate Beckinsale
Eva Green

Armitage: Washed out blue eyes, strong chest, flat stomach, ex-military.
Guy Pearce
Martin Kemp
Hell, need to add Travolta here.

 

[Ch3tan]

Reeves can play a drug addict quite well. Remember "A Scanner Darkly"

 

[Zenith.UK]

I don't have anything against Reeves as an actor, but he seems "the easy choice" for a role like this.
Film Exec 1: We need someone who can do plugged into the internet.
Film Exec 2: Why not Keanu Reeves? He did it in Johnny Mnemonic and the Matrix films.

I'd personally rather someone else has a crack at it

You can also probably guess that I'm a big fan of Wiliam Gibson.
I reckon his best writing is the short story "Hinterland".

 

[Aada]

Reaves.

 

[mank!]

repeating yourself does not make it funnier

 

[Aada]

repeating yourself does not make it funnier

someone noticed then

 

[Shagrat]

we were ignoring you until you spelt his name right.......

 

[Zede]

From Gibson's blog...

"THAT NEUROMANCER SCRIPT"

I did not write that. (I’m assuming there is still only the one, which as far as I know is by Chuck Russell.) I had absolutely nothing to do with that. The problem is that shabby Dickensian script-floggers throw away the original title-page, forge one with my name on it, then charge more. This is an item I refuse to sign. (Though I have signed a few, bleeding heart that I am, when some poor sucker has stood in line for an hour or more; I sign them “I didn’t write a word of this – WG.”) "