Neuromancer (Liam Neeson)
[Source]The ball has really started to get rolling on the production of the hugely exciting cyberpunk classic Neuromancer. We brought you news last week that Splice director Vincenzo Natali was stepping into the director’s chair and that Mark Wahlberg and Liam Neeson were tipped to take on the roles of Case and Armitage.
That has all been confirmed with the movie going online with it’s own dedicated page on the GMF Films website. Along with some really cool looking artwork, there’s also the news that Wahlberg and Neeson have been offered pay or play deals, meaning that they will still get their money even if the movie doesn’t get made. Not bad work if you can get it!
The concept art comes from the creative hands of Amro Attia, who has worked with Natali before, designing the creature for the movie Splice and can be found on his blog. The tattoo on the character’s back seems to be a reference to the Screaming Fist (for those of you who know what that is) and I’m sure you’ll agree that it looks pretty bad-ass!
I'm not particulary familiar with this subject matter, but it sounds like it must have influenced The Matrix?? Surprised I've never heard of it.. but anyway. I liked Cube a lot, but wasn't a big fan of Splice. Splice wasn't bad, just... weird. Wasn't a huge fan of the direction it took toward the end, I guess.