Clémence Poésy (The Essex Serpent, Genius) has been cast opposite leads Callum Turner and Briana Middleton in Neuromancer, Apple TV+‘s 10-episode drama series based on the award-winning sci-fi novel of the same name by William Gibson.
Created for television by Graham Roland and JD Dillard, Neuromancer follows 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.
Poésy will play Marie-France Tessier. in addition to Turner and Middleton, she joins previously cast Mark Strong, who plays Armitage, Case and Molly’s mysterious employer, and Joseph Lee who plays Hideo, a professional bodyguard.
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A co-production between Skydance Television, Anonymous Content and Apple Studios, Neuromancer is also produced by Drake’s DreamCrew Entertainment. Roland will serve as showrunner and Dillard is set to direct the pilot episode.
Neuromancer is executive produced by Roland and Dillard, alongside David Ellison, Dana Goldberg, and Matt Thunell for Skydance Television; Anonymous Content; Drake, Adel ‘Future’ Nur and Jason Shrier for DreamCrew Entertainment; Zack Hayden and, Gibson.
Poésy starred as Stella Ransome in Apple’s The Essex Serpent and portrayed Francoise Gilot in Genius: Picasso. She most recently appeared as Isabelle Carrière in The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon. Upcoming, Poésy will be seen in King & Conqueror, CBS Studios’ big-budget period drama that stars James Norton and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau. She’s repped by Lindy King & Joel Keating at United Agents and Adéquat in France.
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