alt Hacker NewsIn the late 90’s it looked like we were going to get a Neuromancer film by the amazing director Chris Cunningham, known for his Aphex Twin and Bjork videos. Gibson strongly approved of Cunningham, reportedly stating he was the only person he had met whom he trusted to do the adaptation justice. Sadly, it never came to be.
Chris Cunningham spoke later about how he had to leave Hollywood due to a desire for complete creative control and frustration with the studio system. He was never going to make this movie. I think Gibson liked bold auteur types but they tend to also be the types who won't be told what to do. We saw the same conflict with Lynch's Dune, essentially something that could have been a masterpiece just mired in studio politics and executive control and executive final cuts.