Snow Crash Archives

HBO Max announced this week that they would be producing a TV series from Neal Stephenson's dystopian gonzo Cyberpunk novel Snow Crash. The story features Hiro Protagonist, a hacker and pizza delivery guy for the mafia Hiro takes the role of cyberpunk street samurai very seriously In cyberspace, he's a godlike superhero He befriends Y.T., a[...]

Banks Consider Phlebas TV series adaptation, there were some other big properties mentioned. About halfway down in the Deadline writeup of the Banks news, there is this drop of information: "As part of the effort, Amazon made a mega deal for a Lord Of the Rings TV series and is developing a slew of high-profile titles, including The Dark Tower, Wheel of[...]

Amazon's recent deals include series/projects based on Lord Of the Rings, The Dark Tower, Wheel of Time, Ringworld, Lazarus and Snow Crash. Deadline Hollywood Credit: Macmillan Amazon Studios continues its push into epic, big scope series programming, securing global rights to bring Iain M Banks' sci-fi adventure novel Consider Phlebas to series television The first in the[...]

Further emphasizing a recent shift towards a larger investment in series development, Amazon Studios announced development of three series adaptations of popular sci-fi works: Lazarus, based on the comic book by Greg Rucka (Marvel's Jessica Jones) and Michael Lark (Gotham Central); Snow Crash, based on Neal Stephenson's cult novel; and Ringworld, based on Larry Niven's '70s sci-fi[...]