Concept Art From The Neuromancer Movie That Never Was

Director Vincenzo Natali spent years working on a movie adaptation of William Gibson’s cyberpunk novel Neuromancer, but it never came to fruition. Now he’s sharing art from the project, giving us a hint at what his Neuromancer movies might have looked like.

In 2010, Natali came on board the Neuromancer adaptation, and we even saw a poster in 2012, but it doesn’t sound like he’s part of the latest attempt to bring the book to the big screen. Over on Twitter, Natali is also sharing behind-the-scenes images from his earlier films, including Cube, Cypher, and Splice, as well as his pitches for a Predator movie, and adaptation of Charles Burns’ graphic novel Black Hole and Stephen King’s It.

File under ghosts of futures past. Artwork by the great manga artist Tsutomu Nihei for my version of Neuromancer. pic.twitter.com/fGXEKApY9o

— Vincenzo Natali (@Vincenzo_Natali) May 25, 2015

#NEUROMANCER DESIGN: The Sense/Net pyramid pic.twitter.com/wbyfQSTNIi

— Vincenzo Natali (@Vincenzo_Natali) June 1, 2015

#NEUROMANCER DESIGN: Maelcum. My sketch and #AmroAttia's beautiful painting pic.twitter.com/S0bNXQ4DwG

— Vincenzo Natali (@Vincenzo_Natali) June 1, 2015

Night City from #Neuromancer pic.twitter.com/8eGmv7f9L2

— Vincenzo Natali (@Vincenzo_Natali) June 2, 2015

More #TsutomuNihei art for #Neuromancer. Kaung Grade Mark Eleven penetration program. pic.twitter.com/IY4pU1lRdL

— Vincenzo Natali (@Vincenzo_Natali) June 2, 2015