I had a really great discussion with William Gibson about a week ago, and he was really enthusiastic about my involvement, which was very important to me. And let’s face it, in Canada, there aren’t a lot of directors who do this sort of thing, so I’m very lucky that way. So being Canadian has its advantages in terms of that financial structure. “One of the avenues we might go down is to make it as an independent film. I’m incredibly excited, because in my mind it’s one of the great works of science-fiction literature.” In fact, it’s so new, it’s not one hundred percent final, but based on all the parties, I think it’s highly likely. On the very recently announced NEUROMANCER: “It’s almost like the internet knew before I knew. At the same time, it just seems like bad karma to consider these things, so we’ll just wait and see how it performs.” I’ve been thinking about it a little bit. “I have some thoughts about it… I could see it evolving into something interesting.
But now, it has to be considered, because if the film is successful, then they probably would want to do a sequel…” Certainly when we finished the film, I didn’t even know if it would be distributed, let alone have a sequel. It just seemed like the right way to end the story. I haven’t included any specific details, however.): “In all honesty, I knew that with that ending, it would seem like we were setting up a sequel, but that was never my intention. On SPLICE 2 (Warning: While I’ve kept MAJOR spoilers out of it, you can still consider some of the following a minor spoiler regarding SPLICE.
While the full interview will hit soon, I wanted to share some of what Natali told me regarding his various upcoming projects. Earlier today, I have the opportunity to sit down and chat with director Vincenzo Natali, who is doing the press rounds for his thriller SPLICE (opening June 4).