Hope it doesn't end up like the script that's been floating around the internet from 1990. Basically, in the script, Wintermute's aim is not to merge with Neuromancer but with a human mind, and it ends up with Molly merging with Wintermute to become Neuromancer. The name Neuromancer isn't explained, it just comes out of nowhere. The whole scene involving the infiltration of the Sense/Net building from the novel is condenced to just Armitage handing the Dixie Flatline to Case. Sense/Net now chases the heroes throughout the entire story, probably to add more action scenes I guess. A major character like Riviera comes out of nowhere. And the Finn has basically nothing more than a cameo, unlike his major role as Wintermute's avatar in the book.

I thought the script was a pretty big disappointment, basically a cliff note's version of the novel. It's written more like a generic action film than the slow burn film-noir the novel is.

You can read the script here. [www.scifiscripts.com] Mind you, the script is 20 years old and hopefully the film, fi it ever happens is closer to the book, though with the director's pedigree.....probably not. #neuromancer