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Neuromancer Movie In Your Future? 239

An anonymous reader pointed out a link talking about how Vincenzo Natali, writer/director of Splice, has written a screenplay for Neuromancer. The article says he even ran it by Gibson. No studio is attached to the project, but at least Natali promised "No Keanu."
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Patents On Synthetic Life "Extremely Damaging" 171

An anonymous reader writes "Pioneer and veteran of genomics Professor John Sulston is extremely concerned about the patent applications on the first synthetic life-form. The patents were filed by the Venter Institute following the announcement of the first life-form to have a synthetic genome. Sulston claims the patent is excessively broad and would stifle research and development in the field by creating an effective monopoly on synthetic life and related molecular techniques. Prof. Sulston had previously locked horns ten years ago with Dr. Craig Venter over intellectual property issues surrounding the human genome project. Fortunately, Sulston won the last round and the HGP is freely accessible — Venter had wanted to charge for access, just as he now wishes to make 'synthetic life' proprietary."

Comment Interesting... (Score 1) 274

I'm noticing that folks who have SEEN the movie like it, while all of the negative posts seem to be from those who have only seen one trailer... There's a TON of material on the web already, and based on what's been shared so far, this does actually look like something different and worthwhile. Forget about the source material if you want to (Apparently the Wachowskis are big fans, and put enough of their own childhood fandom into the property to make it satisfying for adults who grew up on this show as kids), forget about how "cartoony" the trailers look... This is groundbreaking film-making, and possibly the entryway into an entirely new film language (Maybe widening the opening made by Rodriguez with Sin City...) This is bending photographic film-making to fantastic whimsy... The guy who posted about the High Dynamic Range photography got it right... This is going to be a huge technical achievement, while still trying to capture some youthful innocence... This is the story a lot of us had in our heads on a lazy afternoon after school, playing with matchbox or Hot Wheels cars, brought into vivid life on a big screen. I'm in my 50's, and very much looking forward to this film! _Dave_

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