First teaser for Apple TV's Neuromancer debuts at SDCC - Ars Technica
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Apple TV is fast eclipsing HBO as the go-to platform for prestige TV, especially science fiction, with standout fare like Slow Horses, Severance, Foundation, For All Mankind, Murderbot, Silo, Pluribus, and Widow’s Bay, among others. Add the upcoming Neuromancer series to that list, an adaptation of William Gibson’s hugely influential 1984 cyberpunk novel of the same name. The streaming platform released a short teaser during San Diego Comic-Con, and visually it looks fantastic, even based on one minute of footage.
Saturday’s various SDCC panels also gave us a teaser for Prime Video’s Carrie; trailers for Dark Matter S2 and Matchbox: The Movie; and a bit of Marvel casting news.
Fans of Gibson’s book already know the Neuromancer story; we’ll have to wait to see how closely the series will adhere to the novel. Per the official logline, the series “follows a damaged, top-rung super-hacker named Case who is thrust into a web of digital espionage with his partner, Molly, a razor-girl assassin with mirrored eyes, aiming to pull a heist on a corporate dynasty with untold secrets.” Callum Taylor, best known as Theseus Scamander in the Fantastic Beasts franchise, stars as Case, alongside Briana Middleton (The Inheritance) as Molly.
The cast also includes a blond-haired Mark Strong as Armitage; Joseph Lee as Hideo; Clemence Poesy as Marie-France Tessier; Peter Sarsgaard as John Ashpool; Emma Laird as Linda Lee; Max Irons as Jean Tessier-Ashpool; Dane DeHaan as Peter Riviera; Marc Menchaca as Dixie Flatline; Andre de Shields as Julius Deane; and Isabella Pappas as Mitchell.
Neuromancer premieres on January 22, 2027, on Apple TV+.
Carrie
I’m a staunch fan of Mike Flanagan‘s burgeoning horror portfolio, and he has a particular affinity for the works of Stephen King, as evidenced by his film adaptations of Gerald’s Game and Doctor Sleep. But I confess to being a wee bit skeptical about his new Prime Video miniseries based on Carrie, King’s most famous character, immortalized by Sissy Spacek in the 1976 film. We don’t need another disappointing remake, so what story is there left to tell—especially stretched out over six episodes?
On the plus side, Flanagan insists he has no intention of creating yet another straight adaptation of the novel. “Carrie was written half a century ago,” Flanagan said during his SDCC panel. “Carrie was adapted spectacularly by Brian De Palma. It is iconic. It is untouchable. There is no reason whatsoever to try to follow in those footsteps and to try to walk on that path. However, the world has changed quite a lot. I think a lot of people think they know what the show is. And the biggest thing I’m excited about today is just knowing what a big surprise our Carrie is going to be.”
The teaser itself doesn’t deliver any real surprises to anyone familiar with the story, but that’s just one minute of footage. I’m inclined to trust Flanagan’s instincts, given his track record and the stellar supporting cast he has assembled, which includes several of his regulars.
We’ve got Samantha Sloyan—so chilling as the overly zealous Bev Keane in Midnight Mass—as Carrie’s mother, Margaret White; Michael Trucco as John Hargensen, a wealthy lawyer and father to mean girls ringleader Chris (Alison Thornton); Rahul Kohli as Harold Allison, Margaret’s stepfather; Ruth Codd as Cara; Matthew Lillard as Principal Henry Grayle; Katee Sackhoff as Judith Brigham, Margaret’s mother; Heather Graham as Mrs. Hargensen; Tahmoh Penikett as Margaret’s late husband and Carrie’s father, Ralph White; and Katie Siegel in an as-yet-undisclosed role. (I’m guessing we’re going to be getting a lot of White family flashbacks.)
For the main cast, we have Summer H. Howell as Carrie; Siena Agudong as Sue Snell, the only popular girl to feel remorse for bullying Carrie; Joel Oulette (no relation) as Sue’s boyfriend, Tommy Ross; Amber Midthunder as gym teacher Rita Desjardin; Arthur Conti as Chris’ boyfriend, Billy Nolan; Josie Totah as Chris’s BFF, Tina Blake; and Thalia Dudek as Emaline, a new character created for the miniseries.
All six episodes of Carrie premiere on October 7, 2026, on Prime Video.
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