Neuromancer

A disgraced superhacker and a razorgirl assassin are recruited for a high-stakes heist targeting a powerful corporate dynasty with untold wealth...and secrets they'd kill to protect.

ReleaseJanuary 21, 2027

StatusCONFIRMED

NetworkApple TV

Why it matters

Apple's ten-episode series is the first screen version of William Gibson's 1984 novel, the book that named cyberspace, after four decades of abandoned film attempts.

About Neuromancer

William Gibson's novel gave the world the word cyberspace in 1984 and then resisted adaptation for four decades, through a string of film projects that collapsed before shooting. Neuromancer, a ten-episode series for Apple TV, is the first version to reach the screen. Callum Turner plays Case, a burned-out console cowboy pulled back into work he can no longer do, and Briana Middleton plays Molly, the mirror-eyed mercenary hired alongside him. Mark Strong, Peter Sarsgaard, Clemence Poesy and Dane DeHaan fill out the cast. Graham Roland created the series, JD Dillard directs the opening episodes, and Gibson is an executive producer.

It premieres on January 21, 2027, with two episodes, then runs weekly into March. The adaptation problem here has always been that the book's influence outran it: forty years of films and games borrowed its imagery, so the source now risks looking derivative of its own imitators. How the series handles that is the thing to watch. Readers will recognize the heist shape of the plot, and newcomers should expect something dense.

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