Concept Art for Vincenzo Natali’s Unmade Projects: NEUROMANCER, IT, SWAMP THING, PREDATOR

Concept Art for Vincenzo Natali’s Unmade Neuromancer, It, Swamp Thing, and Predator Movies Posted Online. Director Vincenzo Natali, known for the independent cult-horror films Cube (1997) and Splice (2009), has recently been removed from the Neuromancer project. He was in pre-production as director for quite some time now, and various unknown forces have led to his detachment from the film. It is unclear what exactly led to this – it may have been simple issue of there not being enough money offered to fund his vision.

Nevertheless, we do get a glimpse of his vision for not only Neuromancer, but other projects he’s been attached to, as well. Take a look at some of the photos posted on his twitter account for Natali’s unmade It, Swamp Thing, Predator, and Neuromancer projects.

More #TsutomuNihei art for #Neuromancer. Kaung Grade Mark Eleven penetration program. pic.twitter.com/IY4pU1lRdL

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— Vincenzo Natali (@Vincenzo_Natali) June 2, 2015

Night City from #Neuromancer pic.twitter.com/8eGmv7f9L2 — Vincenzo Natali (@Vincenzo_Natali) June 2, 2015

Four pages from my screenplay for #Neuromancer. pic.twitter.com/blHZhgy8qt

— Vincenzo Natali (@Vincenzo_Natali) June 2, 2015

#NEUROMANCER DESIGN: Maelcum. My sketch and #AmroAttia‘s beautiful painting pic.twitter.com/S0bNXQ4DwG — Vincenzo Natali (@Vincenzo_Natali) June 1, 2015

#NEUROMANCER DESIGN: The Sense/Net pyramid pic.twitter.com/wbyfQSTNIi

— Vincenzo Natali (@Vincenzo_Natali) June 1, 2015

File under ghosts of futures past. Artwork by the great manga artist Tsutomu Nihei for my version of Neuromancer. pic.twitter.com/fGXEKApY9o — Vincenzo Natali (@Vincenzo_Natali) May 25, 2015

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PITCH IMPERFECT 2: #Pennywise designs from #StevenKing‘s #It: Good drawings by #AmroAttia, not so good ones by me pic.twitter.com/BfbG03rlkH

— Vincenzo Natali (@Vincenzo_Natali) June 1, 2015

PITCH IMPERFECT 1: #DanMilligan‘s painting for my Predator pitch. See more Dan art here https://t.co/3E6bQQkVpe pic.twitter.com/nGsbWZsnak — Vincenzo Natali (@Vincenzo_Natali) May 31, 2015

A few selects from my storyboards for the Predator pitch pic.twitter.com/ox1MnQSCRv

— Vincenzo Natali (@Vincenzo_Natali) May 31, 2015

And #AmroAttia‘s #Predator conception for my pitch. More of his phenomenal art at https://t.co/97KzI5KGXB pic.twitter.com/H94UY7e67b — Vincenzo Natali (@Vincenzo_Natali) May 31, 2015

The first four pages of my aborted #SwampThing script. pic.twitter.com/umWSpUJRZs

— Vincenzo Natali (@Vincenzo_Natali) June 1, 2015

William Gibson‘s Neuromancer is a modern science-fiction classic, and has the chance to stand toe-to-toe with Philip K. Dick‘s Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep (adapted to screen as Blade Runner). It has thematic heft and substance that the sci-fi films we’re currently getting could only beg for. It’s a shame that Natali didn’t get the chance to continue on building this vision into tangible reality. Similar to Alan Moore‘s Swamp Thing, it would be great to finally get the cinematic adaptations we all know are possible. Hopefully somebody at the studios understands this and carries the torch. Regarding It – since Cary Fukunaga‘s departure, there’s been talk of it heading back to Warner Bros. and continuing development without Fukunaga. Hopefully that turns out well. We’ll see.

Sources: Slashfilm, IMDb