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Dane DeHaan has been cast as the depraved sociopath and conman Peter Riviera in Neuromancer , Apple TV ’s forthcoming adaption of the novel .
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Dane DeHaanis the latest gain to the cast ofNeuromancer , Apple TV ’s upcoming adaptation ofWilliam Gibson ’s originative hacker novel that defined not only the whole genre but also whole chunks of our real life . He joinsCallum Turner , Briana Middleton , Mark Strong , Joseph Lee , andCleménce Poésyin the 10 - episode drama . Turner plays Case , and Middleton play mirrorshaded street samurai Molly . Mark Strongplays Armitage – Case and Molly ’s mystic passee - military employer – andJoseph Leeplays Hideo , a professional escort .
InNeuromancer , Case was the needlelike datum thief in the matrix — until he crossed the wrong people , and they crippled his nervous organisation , banishing him from cyberspace . Now , a mysterious new employer has recruited him for a last - opportunity rill at an unthinkably powerful artificial intelligence . With a numb man ride shotgun and Molly , a mirror - eyed street samurai , to watch out his back , Case is quick for the escapade that upped the ante on an entire music genre of fiction . DeHaan will fiddle Peter Riviera , a shifty psychopath , and conman who gets recruited into Case ’s crew to infiltrate the Tessier - Ashopool potbelly to strike its servers .
Riviera is one of the major antagonists of the fib , a severe hustler whose cybernetic implants give him to power to induce organic structure repugnance - style hallucination in his victims . His veridical twirl is to manipulate and hurt woman , and street samurai Molly despises him from the get - go , which makes him really want to tangle with her because it gets him off . The problem is that the entity who is bankroll Case ’s caper need him , so they ’re stuck with a dangerous ophidian in their midst . As shifty , dangerous sociopaths go , this is the most Dane DeHaan of Dane DeHaan roles anyone could perchance put up him .
A cobalt - production between Skydance Television , Anonymous Content , and Apple Studios , Neuromanceris also produced by Drake ’s DreamCrew Entertainment . Roland will serve as showrunner and Dillard is set to address the pilot episode . The rain cats and dogs series adaptation is executive produced by Roland and Dillard , alongsideDavid Ellison , Dana Goldberg , andMatt Thunellfor Skydance Television ; Anonymous Content ; Drake , Adel ' Future ' Nur , andJason Shrierfor DreamCrew Entertainment;Zack HaydenandWilliam Gibsonhimself .
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