Apple TV+ has ordered a series adaptation of William Gibson's seminal sci-fi novel Neuromancer, with its genre-defining story unfolding across 10 episodes.
Apple announced Neuromancer as a new addition to its growing slate of sci-fi titles coming to its streaming service. The series will be created for television by Graham Roland and JD Dillard, with Roland serving as showrunner and Dillard on board to direct the pilot episode. Both will also be executive producers.
Per the official logline, the series will unravel in a futuristic world following "a damaged, top-rung super-hacker named Case who is thrust into a web of digital espionage and high stakes crime with his partner Molly, a razor-girl assassin with mirrored eyes, aiming to pull a heist on a corporate dynasty with untold secrets."
The story is in good hands with Roland, who recently created AMC's Dark Winds and co-created Amazon's Jack Ryan series, and Dillard, who last directed 2022's Devotion and has helmed episodes of Prime Video's Utopia and the HBO miniseries The Outsider. The duo described Neuromancer as a "dream" collaboration.
"We're incredibly excited to be bringing this iconic property to Apple TV+," Roland and Dillard said in a joint statement. "Since we became friends nearly ten years ago, we've looked for something to team up on, so this collaboration marks a dream come true. Neuromancer has inspired so much of the science fiction that's come after it, and we're looking forward to bringing television audiences into Gibson's definitive 'cyberpunk' world."
Skydance Television will co-produce with Anonymous Content. David Ellison, Dana Goldberg, and Matt Thunell of Skydance Television will join Roland and Dillard as executive producers, along with Anonymous Content; Drake, Adel 'Future' Nur and Jason Shrier for DreamCrew Entertainment; and Zack Hayden.
Gibson, the author of the acclaimed novel behind the series, will also executive produce. He explained on X/Twitter that he will answer "questions about the source material" and "read drafts and make suggestions" but will not have "veto power" over the adaptation, as Roland and Dillard are leading the charge.
Neuromancer hit shelves in 1984, a sleeper hit that popularized what we now know as cyberpunk. The sci-fi masterpiece has received numerous accolades since its publication, including the Nebula Award, the Hugo Award, and the Philip K. Dick Award (named after the highly influential science fiction writer, who died in 1982).
Adele Ankers-Range is a freelance entertainment writer for IGN. You can follow her on X/Twitter @AdeleAnkers.
