Mark Strong (Dune: Prophecy, Kingsman: The Secret Service) is set as a series regular opposite leads Callum Turner and Briana Middleton in Neuromancer, Apple TV+‘s 10-episode drama series based on the award-winning novel of the same name by William Gibson.
Created for television by Graham Roland and JD Dillard, Neuromancer follows a damaged, top-rung super-hacker named Case (Turner) who is thrust into a web of digital espionage and high-stakes crime with his partner Molly (Middleton), a razor-girl assassin with mirrored eyes, aiming to pull a heist on a corporate dynasty with untold secrets.
Strong will play Armitage, Case and Molly’s mysterious employer. In addition to Turner and Middleton, he joins previously cast Joseph Lee who plays Hideo, a professional bodyguard.
A co-production between Skydance Television, Anonymous Content and Apple Studios, Neuromancer is also produced by Drake’s DreamCrew Entertainment. Roland will serve as showrunner and Dillard is set to direct the pilot episode.
Neuromancer is executive produced by Roland and Dillard, alongside David Ellison, Dana Goldberg, and Matt Thunell for Skydance Television; Anonymous Content; Drake, Adel ‘Future’ Nur and Jason Shrier for DreamCrew Entertainment; Zack Hayden and, Gibson.
Strong was most recently seen as Emperor Javicco Corrino in Dune: Prophecy on Max. His film credits include the Venice award winner Tár, 1917, Cruella, the Kingsman franchise, and Zero Dark Thirty. He was recently seen in The Critic opposite Ian McKellan and recently wrapped on Joe Carnahan’s Shadow Force opposite Kerry Washington and Omar Sy. Strong is repped by Markham Froggatt and Irwin and WME.
From Deadline.com