Neuromancer Dream Cast

[Mel Brennan]

Edward Norton as Case
Audrey Quock as Linda Lee
Milla Jovovich as Molly
Danny DeVito as the Finn
Eric Cantona as Terzibashjian
Vincent Gallo as Armitage
John Leguizamo as Riviera
Ken Watanabe as Hideo
Djimon Honsou as Maelcum
Jeffrey Anderson-Gunter as Aerol
Max Von Sydow as Ashpool
Isabelle Huppert as Marie-France Tessier
Mary Louise Parker or Chloë Sevigny or Laurel Holloman as 3Jane
Michael Caine as Julius Deane
Leo Fitzpatrick as Lupus Yonderboy
Billy Bob Thornton as voice of McCoy Pauley
William Gibson as the voice of Wintermute

Vincent Cassel, Monica Belucci and Daniel Auteuil as Roland, Pierre and Michele from Turing

and while we're at it...

Michael Biehn or Hugh Jackman as Turner
Misha Barton or Mia Kirshner as Angie Mitchell/Mona
Thomas Ian Nicholas as Bobby Newmark
Gary Busey as Conroy
Ving Rhames or Michael Clarke Duncan as Lucas
Roger Guenveur Smith or Courtney B Vance as Beauvoir

Your thoughts?

[Mel Brennan]

It kills me that this has gotten no response.

[royalstilton]

It kills me that this has gotten no response.
---
William Gibson called. He hates you. ;)

[Mel Brennan]

I've revised...

Edward Norton as Case
Zhou Xun as Linda Lee
Hillary Swank as Molly
Danny DeVito as the Finn
Mickey Rourke as Wage
Nick Cannon as Lonny Zone
Jonathan Ke Quan as Shin
Samuel L. Jackson as the voice of Snake Man
Jeff Anderson as Larry
Aishwairya Rai as Dr. Virginia Rambali
Eric Cantona as Terzibashjian
Philippe Nahon as Ratz
James Michael Taylor as Kurt
Bill Smitrovich as Armitage
Vincent Gallo as Smith
Sajan Bhagat as Jimmy
John Leguizamo as Riviera
Ken Watanabe as Hideo
Calvin Lockhart as an Elder of Zion
Roger Guenveur Smith as Maelcum
Jeffrey Anderson-Gunter as Aerol
Max Von Sydow as Ashpool
Isabelle Huppert as Marie-France Tessier
Mary-Louise Parker as 3Jane
Michael Caine as Julius Deane
Leo Fitzpatrick as Lupus Yonderboy
Kieran Culkin as Angelo
Me as the Modern's link man
Billy Bob Thornton as voice of McCoy Pauley
William Gibson as the voice of Wintermute
Vincent Cassel, Monica Belucci and Daniel Auteuil as Roland, Pierre and Michele from Turing
Keanu Reeves as Johnny in Molly flashback...

and while we're at it...

Michael Biehn as Turner
Laura Linney as Tally Isham
Mia Kirshner as Angie Mitchell/Mona
John Lloyd Young as Bobby Newmark
Gary Busey as Conroy
Michael Clarke Duncan as Lucas
Terrence Howard as Beauvoir

William Gibson called. He hates you.

Probably. :) I'm writing my sci-fi channel maxi-series teleplays of THE SPRAWL anyway...I actually think an inspired choice for Angie/Mona would be the Olsen twins, as sober, near-goth brunettes, launching their adult acting careers...get someone who, for the sake of their own credibility, must put everything they have into the part...

[Quango]

It kills me that this has gotten no response.

What the hell are you talking about? This is just a list of names with no commentary at all.

[Mel Brennan]

What the hell are you talking about? This is just a list of names with no commentary at all.

The list is the commentary. What I was talking about in Jan of 2005 was that, in getting no comment on the list, maybe it was that Gibson's work had, finally, been eclipsed by that which it informed, such as the Matrix trilogy, etc. That would have been heartbreaking. But I posted it on other boards and got robust responses and counter-casts and such, so I worry less about the demise of the Sprawl trilogy form the consciousness of right-thinking sci-fi/dystopia/fiction fans... ;)

[Matrim55]

How about this for the best Neuromancer cast...

Harrison Ford .... Rick Deckard
Rutger Hauer .... Roy Batty
Sean Young .... Rachael
Edward James Olmos .... Gaff
M. Emmet Walsh .... Bryant
Daryl Hannah .... Pris
William Sanderson .... J.F. Sebastian

I love cyberpunk lit and themes, but there's almost no point in ever making a cyberpunk movie. BladeRunner broke the mold; it can't be done better, so why try? The only thing comparable is Spinal Tap's superiority in the mockumentary genre.

GringoTex will be here in 5... 4... 3... 2...

[Quango]

The list is the commentary. What I was talking about in Jan of 2005 was that, in getting no comment on the list, maybe it was that Gibson's work had, finally, been eclipsed by that which it informed, such as the Matrix trilogy, etc. That would have been heartbreaking. But I posted it on other boards and got robust responses and counter-casts and such, so I worry less about the demise of the Sprawl trilogy form the consciousness of right-thinking sci-fi/dystopia/fiction fans... ;)

I was half-joking. I've never heard of Neuromancer, so I was a bit confused. I at first thought the thread was about a Dreamcast video game, then thought it was the cast to a movie called Neuromancer Dream, and then finally realized you were just posting whom you would like to play characters from Neuromancer in a potential dream film. :) Q

[Kenobi]

You should be repped for daring to suggest that Eric Cantona be cast in anything.

I just can't figure out if it should be positive or negative rep... :rolleyes: On one hand, Elizabeth. On the other hand, horrendous Nike commercials.

[afgrijselijkheid]

The only thing comparable is Spinal Tap's superiority in the mockumentary genre....



spinal tap is hardly any better than best in show, my friend

[Mel Brennan]

You should be repped for daring to suggest that Eric Cantona be cast in anything.

I just can't figure out if it should be positive or negative rep... :rolleyes: On one hand, Elizabeth. On the other hand, horrendous Nike commercials.

I think the desrcipton (hairy, cologne, accent - of course Turkish and nto French, but accented speech nonetheless) by Gibson had me thinking of Cantona, and I skew soccer in any case... :)
His look during the 2006WC in those Nike commercials has me thinking he's more "Jersey-bastion" than ever... :)

I also think that Swank not only is Molly, but is one of the few actresses who would accept the Molly "look" (obscuring of the actress' face, whomever it is...") in authenticity. Most actresses would demand that the look be chagned to show THEM off...I don't know Swank, but I continue to get teh sense that she would simply be Molly, not try to, a la Tom Cruise or Meg Ryan, make the character inhabit their celebrity...

[Mel Brennan]

I've revised again...

Edward Norton as Case
Grace Park as Linda Lee
Hillary Swank as Molly
Danny DeVito as the Finn
Mickey Rourke as Wage
Ralph Louis Harris as Lonny Zone
Jonathan Ke Quan as Shin
Samuel L. Jackson as the voice of Snake Man
Jeff Anderson as Larry
Aishwairya Rai as Dr. Virginia Rambali
Eric Cantona as Terzibashjian
Philippe Nahon as Ratz
James Michael Taylor as Kurt
Lance Henriksen as Armitage
Bill Smitrovich as Smith
Sajan Bhagat as Jimmy
John Leguizamo as Riviera
Ken Watanabe as Hideo
Calvin Lockhart as an Elder of Zion
Roger Guenveur Smith as Maelcum
Jeffrey Anderson-Gunter as Aerol
Max Von Sydow as Ashpool
Isabelle Huppert as Marie-France Tessier
Mary-Louise Parker as 3Jane
Michael Caine as Julius Deane
Leo Fitzpatrick as Lupus Yonderboy
Kieran Culkin as Angelo
Me as the Modern's link man
Billy Bob Thornton as voice of McCoy Pauley
William Gibson as the voice of Wintermute
Vincent Cassel, Monica Belucci and Daniel Auteuil as Roland, Pierre and Michele from Turing
Keanu Reeves as Johnny in Molly flashback...

and while we're at it...

Michael Biehn as Turner
Susan Sarandon as Tally Isham
Mia Kirshner as Angie Mitchell/Mona
John Lloyd Young as Bobby Newmark
Gary Busey as Conroy
Michael Clarke Duncan as Lucas
Terrence Howard as Beauvoir

[royalstilton]

William Gibson called. He's bored. :)

[Mel Brennan]

Come on now...I'd love to see an HBO Sprawl series that moved through the three books and then extended the world with stories in that world inspired by those books.

Done well, it'd be off the hook. A true classic.

[Mel Brennan]

Kerry Condon is without doubt Lady 3Jane Marie-France Tessier-Ashpool...without doubt!

I pray to any gods that might listen that "The Sprawl" becomes an HBO/BBC2 production; Neuromancer is series 1; Count Zero, series 2; Mona Lisa Overdrive, series 3.

I can see it the recurrent opening with Isabelle Huppert as Marie-France Tessier, the credits integrated into a version of "Antarctica Starts Here."

The potential is massive; is it only me?

[Spartak]

I've had Neuromancer in my bag for the last 12 months and haven't gotten around to starting it yet. I better get on it before Hollywood ruins it for me.

[StiltonFC]

The potential is massive; is it only me?
it would be me, too, but i'm either too sane or too crazy to join you in this.

i'll let our readers decide...:)

[Mel Brennan]

Again, revision:

I've revised again...

Edward Norton as Case
Grace Park as Linda Lee
Hillary Swank as Molly
Danny DeVito as the Finn
Mickey Rourke as Wage
Ralph Louis Harris as Lonny Zone
Jonathan Ke Quan as Shin
Samuel L. Jackson as the voice of Snake Man
Jeff Anderson as Larry
Aishwairya Rai as Dr. Virginia Rambali
Eric Cantona as Terzibashjian
Philippe Nahon as Ratz
James Michael Taylor as Kurt
Lance Henriksen as Armitage
Bill Smitrovich as Smith
Sajan Bhagat as Jimmy
John Leguizamo as Riviera
Ken Watanabe as Hideo
Calvin Lockhart as an Elder of Zion
Roger Guenveur Smith as Maelcum
Jeffrey Anderson-Gunter as Aerol
Max Von Sydow as Ashpool
Isabelle Huppert as Marie-France Tessier
Mary-Louise Parker as 3Jane
Michael Caine as Julius Deane
Leo Fitzpatrick as Lupus Yonderboy
Kieran Culkin as Angelo
Me as the Modern's link man
Billy Bob Thornton as voice of McCoy Pauley
William Gibson as the voice of Wintermute
Vincent Cassel, Monica Belucci and Daniel Auteuil as Roland, Pierre and Michele from Turing
Keanu Reeves as Johnny in Molly flashback...

and while we're at it...

Michael Biehn as Turner
Susan Sarandon as Tally Isham
Mia Kirshner as Angie Mitchell/Mona
John Lloyd Young as Bobby Newmark
Gary Busey as Conroy
Michael Clarke Duncan as Lucas
Terrence Howard as Beauvoir

And, in the prequel maxi-series

Michael Ingram reprising his role as Bobby Quine
Stephanie Ferrell reprising her role as Rikki Wildside
Ted Koch reprising his role as Automatic Jack

[StiltonFC]

Again, revision:


i've never been more interested in not seeing a movie...:)

[Mel Brennan]

How about this for the best Neuromancer cast...

Harrison Ford .... Rick Deckard
Rutger Hauer .... Roy Batty
Sean Young .... Rachael
Edward James Olmos .... Gaff
M. Emmet Walsh .... Bryant
Daryl Hannah .... Pris
William Sanderson .... J.F. Sebastian

I love cyberpunk lit and themes, but there's almost no point in ever making a cyberpunk movie. BladeRunner broke the mold; it can't be done better, so why try? The only thing comparable is Spinal Tap's superiority in the mockumentary genre.

GringoTex will be here in 5... 4... 3... 2...

The two - Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? and the Sprawl Trilogy - aren't even exploring the same themes. The former - with its title taken in an odd story from an entirely different sci-fi book by Alan E. Nourse - is the arc of moral crisis around Deckard.