Darth Vader to Play Lead In Neuromancer - Rumor

Hayden Christensen, who played the young Darth Vader in Star Wars II and III, is rumored to have ACCEPTED THE LEAD ROLE in a movie adaptation of the 1984 cyberpunk novel, "Neuromancer." It will be produced by Peter Hoffman and directed by Joseph Khan, according to rumors. Of all science fiction novels ever written, "Neuromancer" screams loudest for a movie treatment. The groundbreaking novel by William Gibson involves, according to the Wikipedia:

"...tells the story of Case, an out-of-work computer hacker hired by a mysterious patron to participate in a seemingly impossible crime. The novel examines the concepts of artificial intelligence, virtual reality, genetic engineering, multinational corporations overpowering the traditional nation-state and cyberspace long before these ideas became fashionable in popular culture including the internet itself."

Gibson coined the terms "the matrix," "cyberspace," and other terms in the novel. If you haven't read "Neuromancer," stop what you're doing, step away from your PC and don't come back until you have.