Seven Arts Pictures Signs Production Agreement With Prodigy Pictures to Finance $60M Budget for Neuromancer

Seven Arts Pictures PLC (NASDAQ:

) today announced an agreement with Prodigy Pictures, Inc. to jointly produce and distribute the highly-anticipated motion picture "Neuromancer," based on the best-selling science fiction novel by William Gibson. Prodigy hopes to arrange substantial financing for the film, which is expected to have a production budget of approximately $60 million. Prodigy's Founder and CEO, Jay Firestone, will be the lead producer on "Neuromancer," and will supervise all elements of production for the film.