EvaUnit02 on 18/1/2009 at 13:38
Fox have announced a Live-action adaptation Cowboy Bebop, starring Keanu Reeves.
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Twentieth Century Fox is bringing the Japanese anime TV series "Cowboy Bebop" to the big screen, with Keanu Reeves attached to star as a bounty hunter traveling through space in 2071.
One of the big titles in anime, "Bebop" is set in a time where "astral gates" make interstellar travel possible. Humanity, decimated by a lunar explosion resulting from a gate accident, spread out across the solar system, as did crime, which gave rise to the use of bounty hunters.
Reeves would play Spike Spiegel, a bounty hunter and former member of a crime syndicate. Spiegel, along with Jet Black, a fellow bounty hunter and former cop, are the two pilots of the spaceship Bebop.
Peter Craig is writing the script.
The show, which first aired on Tokyo TV and satcaster Wowow during the late 1990s, was strongly influenced by American music, even featuring action sequences -- both space battles and mano a mano -- timed to U.S. melodies.
Reeves' association with the project leaked in the summer when Fox and 3 Arts Entertainment began the process of acquiring the rights from Sunrise Studios.
Erwin Stoff, Reeves' longtime manager, is producing through 3 Arts. Joshua Long will serve as executive producer.
Sunrise president Kenji Uchida, the TV series' director of animation, Shinichiro Watanabe, and series writer Keiko Nobumoto will serve as associate producers. Series producer Masahiko Minami will serve as production consultant.
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Kolya on 18/1/2009 at 13:54
Finally Spike & Faye will see a happy ending! :p
PeeperStorm on 18/1/2009 at 16:38
I don't see any problem with this...as long as they completely rewrite the character to take advantage of Keanu's two talents: a) screaming, and b) standing in front of exploding things looking pretty. God help us all if they expect him to act. Or talk. :rolleyes:
I might pay money to see him attempt to rock the Spike-'fro though.
henke on 18/1/2009 at 17:41
Spike really isn't that complex a character. Keanu will do nicely.
Sulphur on 18/1/2009 at 17:55
Yeah, actually. Having Keanu playing Spike isn't that bad a choice. Spike's a calm, detached character who's not prone to displaying much emotion. That pretty much describes about, oh, 99% of Keanu's previous roles.
Only, this time, he'll have to do it with a 'fro. Booya!!
(To be clear, I'm of the opinion that this is probably going to be an utter travesty. I hope they get Yoko Kanno on board for the soundtrack. Her music's probably the only thing that would make the movie worthwhile for anybody.)
BEAR on 18/1/2009 at 18:49
Regardless of whether or not Reeves is anything like Spike, this won't end well and you all know it (even those pretending otherwise). I would much prefer another actual movie put on the big screen.
daniel on 18/1/2009 at 18:58
You all know how Hollywood does thigs. They take beautiful and praise-worthy art and remove those qualities, replacing them with sex and CG, and release a blockbuster.
Tonamel on 18/1/2009 at 19:28
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Sunrise president Kenji Uchida, the TV series’ director of animation, Shinichiro Watanabe, and series writer Keiko Nobumoto will serve as associate producers. Series producer Masahiko Minami will serve as production consultant.
Well, that's...something. Hopefully they'll have more input than the titles "associate" and "consultant" imply.
Vivian on 18/1/2009 at 19:49
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Yeah, actually. Having Keanu playing Spike isn't that bad a choice.
Spike's some kind of cross between Clint Eastwood and Bruce Li. Knu is, to all intents and purposes, a hapless gimp. I predict this will be a massive, irrelevant failure, but if the original creators get some more cash for it, what the hell. Go ahead Hollywood, make a tit out of yourself again.
