Skydance, Anonymous Content, Drake to adapt cyberpunk novel for Apple TV+

Apple TV+ has ordered a drama based on landmark science fiction novel Neuromancer by William Gibson from producers including rapper and singer Drake’s DreamCrew Entertainment.

Neuromancer was William Gibson’s debut novel

A coproduction between Skydance Television and Anonymous Content, Neuromancer will also be produced by DreamCrew Entertainment, with Graham Roland serving as showrunner and JD Dillard set to direct the pilot.

The 10-episode series will follow a damaged super-hacker who is thrust into a web of digital espionage and high-stakes crime with his assassin partner, aiming to pull a heist on a corporate dynasty with untold secrets.

Gibson’s debut novel, Neuromancer was published in 1984 and is considered by many to be the first work within the cyberpunk genre. The novel served as the first book in the Sprawl trilogy and was followed by Count Zero and Mona Lisa Overdrive.

“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,” said Roland and Dillard in a joint statement.

It will be executive produced by Roland and Dillard, alongside David Ellison, Dana Goldberg and Matt Thunell for Skydance Television; Anonymous Content; Drake, Adel ‘Future’ Nur and Jason Shrier for DreamCrew Entertainment; Zack Hayden; and author Gibson.

The series marks the latest Apple TV+ original from Skydance Television following the epic saga Foundation, which is currently in production on its third season; The Big Door Prize, which will soon debut S2; and a forthcoming comedy series starring Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson from creator David West Read.

It also marks the latest project in the longstanding collaboration between Apple TV+ and Anonymous Content.

Recent film and television projects include upcoming series The Savant, starring and executive produced by Jessica Chastain; Taika Waititi’s Time Bandits; Disclaimer, from Academy Award winner Alfonso Cuarón; Golden Globe-nominated film Swan Song; limited series The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey; Peabody Award-winning series Dickinson; and limited series Defending Jacob.