The Peripheral star confirms author ‘really happy’ with adaptation

The world of William Gibson has finally come to screens this year, with A-list stars Chloë Grace Moretz and Jack Reynor heading up Prime Video’s long-awaited adaptation of his 2014 novel, The Peripheral. Now his immersive dystopian vision has finally been translated into a live-action series, could this pave the way for more of the writer’s acclaimed sci-fi books to be brought to life?Main cast member Gary Carr has revealed William Gibson has given Prime Video’s first adaptation of his work the thumbs up.Although two of his short stories have been loosely adapted into feature films, this is the first time one of the writer’s novels has been fully realised on screen.Director Vincenzo Natali has been trying to get an adaptation of the author’s most popular book, Neuromancer, off the ground for several years.Unfortunately, the project is still stuck in development hell, but teaming up with Westworld creators Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy could renew some interest in the proposed film.READ MORE: Mike Tindall speaks out on getting Royal Family’s approval The Peripheral star confirms William Gibson ‘really happy’ with Amazon adaptation (Image: Getty/Amazon Prime Video) The Peripheral imagines a terrifying dystopian future (Image: Amazon Prime Video) The Peripheral: Can Flynne help Wilf track down his sister? (Image: Amazon Prime Video) Neuromancer: Fans have been waiting years for William Gibson’s iconic novels to come to screen (Image: Getty)However, Gibson’s sprawling cyberpunk settings and mind-bending concepts have been notoriously challenging to bring to life, as they would require a big-budget production to pull off correctly.Gary explained: ‘One thing I’ve learned from listening to Jonathan speak about him is that his work is actually really difficult to adapt.’So, I think that’s why a lot of people haven’t approached it, or maybe they’ve attempted it in the past and it hasn’t worked. Now we’ve seen that it works and it can be done it might open up other projects.’I know he’s got a huge following. A lot of people at Comic-Con were asking about Neuromancer and other projects, like, ‘When will we see it now that we have this?'”DON’T MISS:Outlander star felt ‘betrayed’ after sexual assault scene [INSIGHT]The Walking Dead fans ‘work out’ identity of Daryl’s new companion [THEORY]Yellowstone’s Kevin Costner reunites with co-star for huge new project [LATEST]’So, who knows? They might even be discussing it now, maybe.’Express.co.uk also caught up with Gary’s co-star, Jack Reynor, who also championed the author’s 1984 breakout as one he’d like to see being tackled next.’Neuromancer’s obviously the big one,’ he said at The Peripheral’s London premiere.’That’s the holy grail of cyberpunk. I’ve heard there’s one in the works somewhere.’