Keanu Reeves Starring In Cowboy Bebop Movie
Woah. Fox is producing a live-action adapation of the beloved anime series Spike Spiegel [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cowboy_Bebop].
dude-who-fires-a-gun-in-the-air-whilst-screaming-argh [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000206/], can add a new title to his repertoire: anime action hero. Fox is bringing the classic series Cowboy Bebop to the silver screen in a live-action adaptation, and Reeves is attached to star as protagonist Spike Spiegel.
And the cries of blasphemy rained down from Mt. Otaku. It's alright, though - fans can take heart that their beloved Bebop won't be completely in the hands of those evil Hollywood franchise destroyers. Also on staff for the film as associte producers are Anime News Network [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinichir%C5%8D_Watanabe]. No word on whether Yoko Kanno, who was responsible for the series' distinctive blues and jazz tinged soundtrack, is on board.
Regardless of whether or not you think Reeves can pull off the part of Spike, a intergalactic bounty hunter who plays it cool but has a closet full of demons, the man does have some fanboy credentials. Speaking to MTV little more than a month ago, Reeves gushed [http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2008/12/17/keanu-reeves-eager-to-do-something-good-with-cowboy-bebop-movie/] on his love of the series. "It's got a Western quality, a Western film noir aspect to it," Reeves said. "It's got so much style to it, and that's part of its appeal. That kind of Old West, bordertown, low-tech science fiction aspect." It certainly sounds like he gets the essence of the show - he even admitted that it's going to be a challenge to take its disconnected narrative and fit it into a feature-length film. "We're trying to figure out what pieces to put together to tell one story," Reeves said. "There are a lot of things to take into consideration, but we think we can do something good."
In any case, it'll probably be better than the Dragonball [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFQOiLD4USg] movie.
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Woah. Fox is producing a live-action adapation of the beloved anime series Spike Spiegel [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cowboy_Bebop].
dude-who-fires-a-gun-in-the-air-whilst-screaming-argh [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000206/], can add a new title to his repertoire: anime action hero. Fox is bringing the classic series Cowboy Bebop to the silver screen in a live-action adaptation, and Reeves is attached to star as protagonist Spike Spiegel.
And the cries of blasphemy rained down from Mt. Otaku. It's alright, though - fans can take heart that their beloved Bebop won't be completely in the hands of those evil Hollywood franchise destroyers. Also on staff for the film as associte producers are Anime News Network [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinichir%C5%8D_Watanabe]. No word on whether Yoko Kanno, who was responsible for the series' distinctive blues and jazz tinged soundtrack, is on board.
Regardless of whether or not you think Reeves can pull off the part of Spike, a intergalactic bounty hunter who plays it cool but has a closet full of demons, the man does have some fanboy credentials. Speaking to MTV little more than a month ago, Reeves gushed [http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2008/12/17/keanu-reeves-eager-to-do-something-good-with-cowboy-bebop-movie/] on his love of the series. "It's got a Western quality, a Western film noir aspect to it," Reeves said. "It's got so much style to it, and that's part of its appeal. That kind of Old West, bordertown, low-tech science fiction aspect." It certainly sounds like he gets the essence of the show - he even admitted that it's going to be a challenge to take its disconnected narrative and fit it into a feature-length film. "We're trying to figure out what pieces to put together to tell one story," Reeves said. "There are a lot of things to take into consideration, but we think we can do something good."
In any case, it'll probably be better than the Dragonball [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFQOiLD4USg] movie.
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