In the nerdery category, Hayden Christenson, star of the Star Wars prequels, is rumored to be under consideration for the role of Case in the upcoming film adaptation of William Gibson's novel Neuromancer. 

I'm not so sure about this.  In fact, I plain don't like it.  Not only does Hayden Christenson, a six-foot blond with an athletic build, completely shatter Gibson's original physical description of the character, he has yet to show that he can actually act.  I'm not as derisive of him as others, however.  I give him a pass for the fact that very few actors can get anything worthwhile out of George Lucas's wooden dialogue and lackluster storytelling.   But is he Case?  I don't think so.

Neither Gibson himself nor the people over at his lively online discussion board are holding their breath over this movie actually being made.  Neuromancer has almost happened too many times now for anybody to get really excited and/or dismayed until they actually see it start production.  But the Gibson Board posters aren't pleased.  In the words of poster Tessier Ashpool: "This would be like Michael Bay directing Blade Runner with McCauley Culkin playing Deckard."

Update: More information, including an alleged director and a laughably thin plot description that makes the story sound like it's about some drugged out pop star (it's not), at "Mike's Buzz Bin."  Take all of this news with a generous helping of salt, of course.  Link via WGBoard.