‘Neuromancer’ Trailer Reveals What Makes Callum Turner So Special in Cyberpunk Series

Meredith Jacobs July 28, 2026, 9:28 am

“Purpose is everything,” the first look at Apple TV’s new science fiction series, Neuromancer, tells us.

The teaser trailer, which you can watch above, introduces Callum Turner‘s character and the world of the series. It was unveiled at San Diego Comic-Con with an introduction from Callum Turner. “We’ve been building something special with Neuromancer, a world our dear William Gibson imagined in 1984,” he said in a video. “He didn’t just give us cyberspace, he helped define the entire cyberpunk genre. This is just your first access point.”

Read on for everything we know so far about Neuromancer, including when it will premiere and about the book on which it is based.

When does Neuromancer premiere?

The sci-fi series premieres on Friday, January 22, 2027, with the first two episodes. The rest of 10-episode series will be released Fridays until the finale on March 19, 2027.

Is Neuromancer based on a book?

Yes! It is based on William Gibson’s novel of the same name.

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Its description reads as follows: “Case was the sharpest data-thief in the matrix — until he crossed the wrong people and they crippled his nervous system, banishing him from cyberspace. Now a mysterious new employer has recruited him for a last-chance run at an unthinkably powerful artificial intelligence. With a dead man riding shotgun and Molly, a mirror-eyed street-samurai, to watch his back, Case is ready for the adventure that upped the ante on an entire genre of fiction. Neuromancer was the first fully-realized glimpse of humankind’s digital future — a shocking vision that has challenged our assumptions about technology and ourselves, reinvented the way we speak and think, and forever altered the landscape of our imaginations.”

Who’s in the Neuromancer cast?

Neuromancer stars Callum Turner, Briana Middleton, Mark Strong, Joseph Lee, Peter Sarsgaard, and Clémence Poésy, The ensemble cast includes Max Irons, Dane DeHaan, Junia Rees, Jordan Kouamé, Emma Laird, Marc Menchaca, André De Shields, and Isabella Pappas.

The series is produced by Paramount Television Studios and Anonymous Content. It is created for television by Graham Roland and JD Dillard. Roland is the showrunner and executive produces with Dillard, David Levine, Garrett Kemble, and Zack Hayden for Anonymous Content; Aubrey “Drake” Graham, Adel “Future” Nur, and Jason Shrier for DreamCrew Entertainment; and Jennifer Haley and William Gibson. Dillard directed the first three episodes.

What is Neuromancer about?

According to Apple TV, it “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, as they pull off a heist on a corporate dynasty with untold secrets.”