So everyone’s inbox should have had the news this morning. Fox is going to go ahead with a live action adaptation of the much loved anime from Shinichiro Watanabe, Cowboy Bebop. And yes, Keanu Reeves will take the role of Spike Spiegel. You’ll remember our collective gnashing of teeth in December.
As far as Hollywood people involved there is no director set for the project but Reeves’ manager, Erwin Stoff, will be producing with 3 Arts. The script is in the hands of a short film director Peter Craig.
Now, here is where our hope lies folks. 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. This doesn’t mean that I, myself, am breathing any easier but I’m not doing it into a paper bag anymore.
As far as Hollywood people involved there is no director set for the project but Reeves’ manager, Erwin Stoff, will be producing with 3 Arts. The script is in the hands of a short film director Peter Craig.
Now, here is where our hope lies folks. 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. This doesn’t mean that I, myself, am breathing any easier but I’m not doing it into a paper bag anymore.
- 1/18/2009
- by Mack
- Screen Anarchy
Keanu Reeves is taking an intergalactic mission again. "The Day the Earth Stood Still" star has signed on to the 20th Century Fox' live-action film version of the Japanese anime series "Cowboy Bebop."
Set in the year 2071, the late 1990s series focuses on a group of bounty hunters traveling on their spaceship, the Bebop. Reeves, 44, would play Spike Siegel, one of the bounty hunters and copilot of the Bebop.
No word yet on who would play Jet Black, Spike's copilot.
Sunrise Inc., producer of the anime series, will be involved with the project. Kenji Uchida and Shinichiro Watanabe will be the associate producers along with Keiko Nobumoto, Variety reports.
Set in the year 2071, the late 1990s series focuses on a group of bounty hunters traveling on their spaceship, the Bebop. Reeves, 44, would play Spike Siegel, one of the bounty hunters and copilot of the Bebop.
No word yet on who would play Jet Black, Spike's copilot.
Sunrise Inc., producer of the anime series, will be involved with the project. Kenji Uchida and Shinichiro Watanabe will be the associate producers along with Keiko Nobumoto, Variety reports.
- 1/16/2009
- icelebz.com
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...
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...
- 1/15/2009
- by By Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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