techno-thriller
noun
tech·no-thrill·er
ˈtek-nō-ˌthri-lər 
-nə-
: a thriller whose plot relies on modern technology
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That pressure is intense, and Union, which starts in the spring of 2021, simmers like a present-day techno-thriller in which the scrappy underdogs face down a monolithic corporation.
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Alison Willmore, Vulture, 18 Oct. 2024
This fresh techno-thriller plays on the fear of losing control of your online identity.
—Danny Horn, James Mercadante, Ilana Gordon, EW.com, 31 July 2024
The Barbie actor will next star in and executive produce (alongside James Wan) a techno-thriller series for Peacock, and he’s also racked up significant brand deals (Cheetos, Tiffany, Cadillac, McDonald’s).
—Alison Brower, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 June 2024
The espionage techno-thriller hails from Universal Content Productions.
—Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Feb. 2024
With its corporate machinations, creepy secrets, and low-ranking Everywoman protagonist, the novel seems, at first, like a standard-issue techno-thriller.
—Peter C. Baker, The New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2023
Related Stories The first production by high-rolling star Tom Cruise and his partner and former agent Paula Wagner, Brian De Palma’s dour and only fitfully entertaining techno-thriller teases one with some of the original show’s team espionage spirit, but overall takes itself too seriously.
—David Hunter, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 July 2023
This new research attracted the interest of techno-thriller writer Michael Crichton, who started work on the novel that would become Jurassic Park.
—Asher Elbein, Vulture, 11 July 2023
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Alison Willmore, Vulture, 18 Oct. 2024
This fresh techno-thriller plays on the fear of losing control of your online identity.
—Danny Horn, James Mercadante, Ilana Gordon, EW.com, 31 July 2024
The Barbie actor will next star in and executive produce (alongside James Wan) a techno-thriller series for Peacock, and he’s also racked up significant brand deals (Cheetos, Tiffany, Cadillac, McDonald’s).
—Alison Brower, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 June 2024
The espionage techno-thriller hails from Universal Content Productions.
—Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Feb. 2024
With its corporate machinations, creepy secrets, and low-ranking Everywoman protagonist, the novel seems, at first, like a standard-issue techno-thriller.
—Peter C. Baker, The New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2023
Related Stories The first production by high-rolling star Tom Cruise and his partner and former agent Paula Wagner, Brian De Palma’s dour and only fitfully entertaining techno-thriller teases one with some of the original show’s team espionage spirit, but overall takes itself too seriously.
—David Hunter, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 July 2023
This new research attracted the interest of techno-thriller writer Michael Crichton, who started work on the novel that would become Jurassic Park.
—Asher Elbein, Vulture, 11 July 2023
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