Post by Draga on Jan 20, 2009 9:26:58 GMT -5
i recently recieved information that cowboy bebop will be live action.......
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Keanu Reeves To Play Spike Spiegel In Live-Action 'Cowboy Bebop' Flick
Well, its official...
Matrix master Keanu Reeves has confirmed his involvement with the upcoming live-action Cowboy Bebop movie. "Oh yeah, cool," he told MTV in a recent interview. "We're trying to do that."
This won't be Reeves' first exposure to movies with an anime influence and he certainly seems to favor the sci-fi genre, with movies such as Johnny Mnemonic and The Day the Earth Stood Still under his belt, not to mention the infamous Matrix trilogy. But what fans are wanting to know is whether he can pull off the seductive and spicy Spike Spiegel and more importantly, whether FOX can do the Bebop series justice.
The 26-episode show is after all, one of the most revered classics when it comes to quality anime, something that its fans take quite seriously. And while anime to live-action seems to be on an upward trend, those transitions aren't always done as well as fans would like to see. No, I won't name names, but you know where I'm going with that...
Which is why Bebop is such an important adaptation for FOX to get right. I'm a big Keanu fan and he's definitely got the right look but Spike is so... well, you know.. "spikey". He's mysterious but easy-going. Sexy but kind of goofy too. Extremely macho and certainly well-skilled in hand-to-hand combat yet not a musclehead in any form or fashion. Like I said.. "spikey".
Erwin Stoff will produce and Shinichiro Watanabe and Keiko Nobumoto from the anime series are on board as associate producers. No word yet on a release date.
Well, its official...
Matrix master Keanu Reeves has confirmed his involvement with the upcoming live-action Cowboy Bebop movie. "Oh yeah, cool," he told MTV in a recent interview. "We're trying to do that."
This won't be Reeves' first exposure to movies with an anime influence and he certainly seems to favor the sci-fi genre, with movies such as Johnny Mnemonic and The Day the Earth Stood Still under his belt, not to mention the infamous Matrix trilogy. But what fans are wanting to know is whether he can pull off the seductive and spicy Spike Spiegel and more importantly, whether FOX can do the Bebop series justice.
The 26-episode show is after all, one of the most revered classics when it comes to quality anime, something that its fans take quite seriously. And while anime to live-action seems to be on an upward trend, those transitions aren't always done as well as fans would like to see. No, I won't name names, but you know where I'm going with that...
Which is why Bebop is such an important adaptation for FOX to get right. I'm a big Keanu fan and he's definitely got the right look but Spike is so... well, you know.. "spikey". He's mysterious but easy-going. Sexy but kind of goofy too. Extremely macho and certainly well-skilled in hand-to-hand combat yet not a musclehead in any form or fashion. Like I said.. "spikey".
Erwin Stoff will produce and Shinichiro Watanabe and Keiko Nobumoto from the anime series are on board as associate producers. No word yet on a release date.