Hayden Christensen to star in Neuromancer
January 10th, 2008 - 11:32 am ICT by admin
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Melbourne, Jan 10 (ANI): Hayden Christensen will star in Neuromancer, an adaptation of William Gibson’s cult 1984 novel.
According to JoBlo.com, the 26-year-old Canadian actor will play the role of Case, an out-of-work computer hacker hired by a mysterious patron to participate in a seemingly impossible crime.
Joseph Kahn is directing the film, which carries an impressive 70 million-dollar budget, reports Moviehole.
The novel is considered “the archetypal cyberpunk work” and its winning the Nebula Award, the Philip K. Dick Award, and the Hugo Award legitimised cyberpunk as a mainstream branch of science fiction literature.
It is among the most-honoured works of science fiction in recent history, and appeared on Time magazine’s list of 100 best English-language novels written since 1923. (ANI)
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