Melbourne, Jan 10 (ANI): Hayden Christensen will star in Neuromancer, an adaptation of William Gibson’s cult 1984 novel.

According to JoBlo.com, the 26-year-old Canadian actor will play the role of Case, an out-of-work computer hacker hired by a mysterious patron to participate in a seemingly impossible crime.

Joseph Kahn is directing the film, which carries an impressive 70 million-dollar budget, reports Moviehole.

The novel is considered “the archetypal cyberpunk work” and its winning the Nebula Award, the Philip K. Dick Award, and the Hugo Award legitimised cyberpunk as a mainstream branch of science fiction literature.

It is among the most-honoured works of science fiction in recent history, and appeared on Time magazine’s list of 100 best English-language novels written since 1923.

I've frequently gotten a lot of inspiration from Neuromancer (as well as a lot of other Gibson work) in my Necromunda campaigns. The grim-and-grit visions of his world give fantastic ideas towards ganging and banging in the Underhive.