Welcome to the Chatsubo: Apple TV+’s NEUROMANCER Is Now in Production

Melody McCune

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A tangle of black cables resembles a person's head against a florescent green background. The person's visor is white with the word NEUROMANCER printed repeatedly

Highlights

  • Apple shared a brief teaser for its highly anticipated adaptation of Neuromancer, which you can watch below. 
  • The 10-episode first season goes into production on the same day as the publishing anniversary of William Gibson’s award-winning sci-fi novel of the same name. 
  • Callum Turner leads the cast as Case, a hacker plunged into a world of espionage. 

Neuromancer

Welcome to the Chatsubo, cowboy. Neuromancer is now in production. Apple shared a brief teaser to celebrate the beginning of the production process for the 10-episode first season. Adapted from William Gibson‘s award-winning sci-fi novel of the same name, July 1 also marks the 41st publishing anniversary. That’s right: Neuromancer hit bookshelves on July 1, 1984.

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The aforementioned teaser showcases the Chatsubo, a bar in Ninsei of Chiba City. It attracts a bevy of colorful underworld characters, from hackers and dealers to criminals. Ratz, a man with a prosthetic arm, usually tends bar. 

About the Series

Here’s a synopsis per Apple: 

“BAFTA Award-nominee Callum Turner (Masters of the Air) will star in the new 10-episode drama that follows a damaged, top-rung super-hacker named Case who is thrust into a web of digital espionage and high stakes crime with his partner Molly (played by Briana Middleton), a razor-girl assassin with mirrored eyes aiming to pull a heist on a corporate dynasty with untold secrets.”

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The Cast and Crew

In addition to Turner as Case and Middleton as Molly, the rest of the Neuromancer main cast includes Joseph Lee, Mark Strong, Cleménce Poésy, Peter Sarsgaard, Emma Laird, Dane DeHaan, André De Shields, Max Irons and Marc Menchaca.

Graham Roland and J.D. Dillard are co-creators, while the former takes on the role of showrunner. Dillard will be at the helm for the pilot episode. Roland and Dillard will also executive produce alongside David Ellison, Dana Goldberg and Matt Thunell for Skydance Television; Anonymous Content; Drake, Adel “Future” Nur and Jason Shrier for DreamCrew Entertainment; and Zack Hayden and William Gibson.

In Production 

Neuromancer will premiere on Apple TV+. As of writing, we don’t have a release date. Before you go, check out the “In Production” teaser below. 

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