It was immediately apparent that it was full of tricky ingredients to balance. In fact, I found it very intriguing. What held me back from saying yes to the producer was that I wasn't sure who could play Truman.

He was also planning to direct two other films: War Magician and Shadow Divers. It became a major box-office hit and is without doubt one of Weir's best-known films for mainstream audiences. He was to direct a film adaptation of William Gibson's 2003 novel Pattern Recognition.

Peter Lindsay Weir AM (born 21 August 1944) is an Australian film director.