Apple TV’s Neuromancer Doesn’t Look Exactly Like Blade Runner — and It Shouldn’t
Culture > Entertainment > TV & Movies Apple TV’s Neuromancer Doesn’t Look Exactly Like Blade Runner — and It Shouldn’t At last, a new trailer shows us what William Gibson’s “unfilmable” novel looks like on a screen. Jason Chun Writer Jason Chun is a CNET writer covering a range of topics in tech, home, wellness, finance and streaming services.… Read full bio Jason Chun Writer Read full bio July 28, 2026, 12:02 pm ET 2 min read Can an adaptation of the 1980s cyberpunk novel live up to all that it inspired? Apple TV Neuromancer was supposed to be unfilmable.
- ▪Culture > Entertainment > TV & Movies Apple TV’s Neuromancer Doesn’t Look Exactly Like Blade Runner — and It Shouldn’t At last, a new trailer shows us what William Gibson’s “unfilmable” novel looks like on a screen.
- ▪Jason Chun Writer Jason Chun is a CNET writer covering a range of topics in tech, home, wellness, finance and streaming services.… Read full bio Jason Chun Writer Read full bio July 28, 2026, 12:02 pm ET 2 min read Can an adaptation of the
- ▪Apple TV Neuromancer was supposed to be unfilmable.
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Culture > Entertainment > TV & Movies Apple TV’s Neuromancer Doesn’t Look Exactly Like Blade Runner — and It Shouldn’t At last, a new trailer shows us what William Gibson’s “unfilmable” novel looks like on a screen. Jason Chun Writer Jason Chun is a CNET writer covering a range of topics in tech, home, wellness, finance and streaming services.… Read full bio Jason Chun Writer Read full bio July 28, 2026, 12:02 pm ET 2 min read Can an adaptation of the 1980s cyberpunk novel live up to all that it inspired? Apple TV Neuromancer was supposed to be unfilmable. That was one theory about why this 40-year-old novel, winner of Hugo, Nebula and Philip K. Dick awards, had yet to be made into a film or TV show.
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