The influential sci-fi author has never been properly adapted for the screen before.
Lisa Joy and Vincenzo Natali explain what inspired them to turn his 2014 novel into a new Amazon series.
Wiliam Gibson is unquestionably one of the fathers of modern science fiction.
Chloe Grace Moretz.Sophie Mutevelian/Prime Video
That changes this week with the premiere ofThe Peripheralon Amazon Prime Video.
Natali had long wanted to adaptNeuromancerfor the screen, but it never quite came together.
I’m in!"
Gary Carr and Chloe Grace Moretz on ‘The Peripheral.'.Sophie Mutevelian/Prime Video
Joy continues, “The material is just so incredible.
I read it all that night when Vincenzo first brought it to us.
I couldn’t put it down.
But he combines it with what feels like a really personal story.”
“Not only for the performances to be interacting with the real, but for the effect on screen.
So we shot in both London and the U.S. and, you know, that presents challenges.
“More than anything, I just wanted him to be happy.”
The first two episodes ofThe Peripheralare streaming now on Prime Video, with subsequent installments coming weekly.
