‘Deadpool’ Director Tim Miller To Helm ‘Neuromancer’

There’s no doubt that Tim Miller made quite an impression, at the age of 46 no less, when his debut feature film “Deadpool” became a super-sized smash hit. It changed the comic book movie paradigm, and it looked like it was all systems go for him to return for the inevitable sequel. However, a reported creative clash with star Ryan Reynolds led to his exit from the movie, but Hollywood came knocking. Miller was hired to direct “The Terminator” reboot, and now he’s adding a long brewing, sci-fi picture to his plate.

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Deadline reports that the adaptation of William Gibson‘s classic “Neuromancer” now has Miller at the helm, and Simon Kinberg producing. This movie has been in development for ages, with interesting — and baffling — names batted around. Famed music video director Chris Cunningham wrote a script, with his proposed movie featuring the music of his longtime pal Aphex Twin. Joseph Kahn, the visionary behind uh, “Torque,” and music videos for folks like Taylor Swift, Lady Gaga, and Katy Perry was also linked at one point, as was Vincenzo Natali (“Cube,” “Splice“). At any rate, Miller now has the gig — here’s the book synopsis:

Henry Dorsett Case was the sharpest data-thief in the business, until vengeful former employees crippled his nervous system. But now a new and very mysterious employer recruits him for a last-chance run. The target: an unthinkably powerful artificial intelligence orbiting Earth in service of the sinister Tessier-Ashpool business clan. With a dead man riding shotgun and Molly, mirror-eyed street-samurai, to watch his back, Case embarks on an adventure that ups the ante on an entire genre of fiction.

This one is likely a long way off, not just because Miller might be shooting “The Terminator” next spring, but also because this one is in very early stages — there’s not even a screenwriter yet. Even more, Miller has another project set up at 20th Century Fox, a potential franchise starter with “Influx,” based on the novel by Daniel Suarez. So his attention could easily drift elsewhere, so keep expectations in check about this one arriving anytime soon.