‘Beef’ and ‘Star Trek: Picard’ actor Joseph Lee will be joining Callum Turner (‘Masters of the Air’, ‘Fantastic Beasts’), and Briana Middleton (‘Sharper’, ‘The Inheritance’) in the upcoming Apple TV+ adaptation of William Gibson’s multi-award-winning sci-fi novel ‘Neuromancer‘.
The series will follow a damaged, top-rung super-hacker named Case (Turner) who is thrust into a web of digital espionage and high-stakes crime with his partner Molly (Middleton), a razor-girl assassin with mirrored eyes aiming to pull a heist on a corporate dynasty with untold secrets.
Lee joins the series as Hideo, the ninja bodyguard of Lady 3Jane in the novel. The actor won an Emmy nomination for his role as “George Nakai” in Netflix’s anthology series ‘Beef’ and also starred as Bajoran Starfleet officer “Lt. Matthew Mura” in Star Trek: Picard.
He joins previously announced leads – Callum Turner, who starred in Apple’s epic WWII series ‘Masters of the Air’ as John “Bucky” Egan, and played Theseus, the brother of Newt Scamander, in the ‘Fantastic Beasts’ films; And Briana Middleton, who first appeared in George Clooney film ‘The Tender Bar’, and also co-starred in the thriller ‘Sharper’, with Julianne Moore.
‘Neuromancer’ is created for television by Graham Roland (‘Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan’, ‘Dark Winds’) and JD Dillard (‘Devotion’, ‘The Outsider’, ‘Sleight’). It is a co-production between Skydance Television and Anonymous Content, both of which have a history with Apple. Skydance are behind the epic, global-hit saga ‘Foundation’, and the critically acclaimed series ‘The Big Door Prize’. Anonymous produced the recent critically acclaimed series drama ‘Disclaimer’, the Peabody Award-winning series ‘Dickinson’ and the limited series ‘Defending Jacob’.
The debut novel by William Gibson, “Neuromancer” has been praised as one of the first and most-respected works within the cyberpunk genre and has received numerous accolades, including the Nebula Award, the Philip K. Dick Award and the Hugo Award. The novel served as the first book in the “Sprawl” trilogy and was followed by “Count Zero” and “Mona Lisa Overdrive.”
‘Neuromancer‘ does not have a premiere date but will air on Apple TV+ globally. If you want to keep track of this or any other show, you can add them via our Never Miss system, and you’ll be notified when it gets a UK premiere date.