EXCLUSIVE: Max Irons (Condor, Miss Austen), André De Shields (The Instigators, Ain’t Misbehavin‘) and Marc Menchaca (Ozark, The Big Cigar) are set for key recurring roles opposite Callum Turner and Briana Middleton in Neuromancer, Apple TV+‘s 10-episode drama series based on the award-winning 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.
Irons will play Jean Tessier-Ashpool, De Shields will portray Julius Deane and Menchaca is The Dixie Flatline.
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In addition to Turner and Middleton, they join previously announced cast Joseph Lee, Mark Strong, Cleménce Poésy, Peter Sarsgaard, Emma Laird and Dane DeHaan.
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; Zack Hayden; and Gibson.
Irons will next star in the new Amazon series Young Sherlock, alongside Hero Tiffin-Fiennes, Natascha McElhone and Colin Firth. He last appeared in Miss Austen for the BBC/PBS. He’s repped by UTA and Markham, Froggatt and Irwin.
De Shields won Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle and Grammy awards for his acclaimed role as Hermes, messenger to the gods, in Hadestown. He recently portrayed Old Deuteronomy in the re-imagined Cats: The Jellicle Ball. De Shields is repped by Bret Adams LTD.
Menchaca, known for his turns on HBO’s The Outsiders and Netflix’s Ozark, also portrayed Vic Walker on American Rust. He’s repped by Independent Artist Group and TMT Entertainment Group.
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