Live action Cowboy Bebop in the works.

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[quote]Rights recently signed up by producer Erwin Stoff (Matrix, A Scanner Darkly)The IFMagazine.com entertainment website reports that film producer Erwin Stoff (The Matrix, A Scanner Darkly) is developing a live-action adaptation of Sunrise's Cowboy Bebop multi-genre action anime series for Fox. Stoff told the website that the project is "in the really early stages" since the parties "just signed it the other day." Shinichiro Watanabe's original anime follows the motley crew of the spaceship Bebop as it travels throughout the solar system in search of the next job. Stoff promised "a real degree of faithfulness," and added, “When I met with them in Japan, one of the first things that I brought up was the experience that we had on A Scanner Darkly, and how hard we worked to remain faithful to Philip K. Dick, and that was our big concern here.”

The anime distributor Bandai Entertainment and Cartoon Network's Adult Swim programming block released the original 1998 television series in the United States, and Sony Pictures Home Entertainment released the subsequent 2001 animated movie. The anime was also adapted into two separate manga series, and Tokyopop released both manga series in North America. A Bandai Entertainment representative was unable to publicly comment on this report.[/quote]

[u][url=http://www.ifmagazine.com/new.asp?article=6571]ifmagazine article[/url][/u]

...So far it looks promising, if he holds true to his word, this could be one of the best anime to LA adaptations we see.
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cstdenis · Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 11:26 pm Post subject:

Cowboy Bebop is a series that has a lot of potential as live action. The character designs are fairly realistic and it's style is one that Hollywood could potentially pull off without fucking up.

However that said, they probebly will fuck it up somehow.
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hueyfreeman · Posted: Tue Nov 24, 2009 6:57 pm Post subject:

I'm resurrecting this thread cause i just found out about this. keanu reeves is attached to play spike. this does not make me happy, but I'm still really excited.
[url]http://www.cinematical.com/2009/01/16/keanu-reeves-confirmed-for-cowboy-bebop/[/url]

[url]http://splashpage.mtv.com/2009/09/22/exclusive-keanu-reeves-says-cowboy-bebop-movie-getting-a-rewrite/[/url]

peter craig says his screenplay is faithful to the series, which aint always a good thing, just look at watchmen. I think it's going to be a little hard to find an engaging story-line that hi-lights the whole bebop crew, so there's two possibilities as I see it.

1. the movie sucks (infinitely more likely possibility)

2. the movies good and makes so much money fox can't leave well enough alone and they make a second movie that makes bebop fans vomit.

and for some reason, I'm optimistic.
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hueyfreeman · Posted: Tue Nov 24, 2009 7:13 pm Post subject:

keanu reeves constantine wasn't very faithful to the source material. John constantine always struck me as bit of a fool in the comics, I did'nt like how reeves potrayed him at all which is why I'm a little thrown as to why he would play spike...
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xEdwardx · Posted: Tue Nov 24, 2009 7:34 pm Post subject:

Who do you guys think could be Faye, Jet, and Edward (not me, the Bebop character lol)?

SweetxinsanityxSarah · Posted: Tue Nov 24, 2009 7:39 pm Post subject:

I'll scream if they cast Lucy Luu as Faye X_x
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hueyfreeman · Posted: Tue Nov 24, 2009 8:06 pm Post subject:

Ron perlman as jet
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you know who would be really good as spike? Johnny depp.

Edit: and since they're giving him everything else, why not have ryan reynolds as spike.
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SweetxinsanityxSarah · Posted: Fri Nov 27, 2009 3:50 am Post subject:

Johnny depp as spike sounds wicked. He is good in action movies, hell he could still kick ass even when having his eyes drilled out in once upon a time in mexico and he played a very good part in the movie about jack the ripper. I think he could be able to pull off Spike rather well.
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SolarisAugmentium · Forum Stalker Joined: 25 Jun 2009 Posts: 1155

This concept itself is horrible. anime=live action version=FAILURE BEFORE IT EVEN GETS FILMED It's the same with video game movies. Although if It were up to me who'd be casted.....Good ol Arnie as Jet, Tom Cruise as Spike, and Gary Coleman as crazy ed. (yes i know eds a girl )
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SweetxinsanityxSarah · Posted: Fri Nov 27, 2009 4:30 am Post subject:

Hopefully they will do things right, then again...look what they did to DBZ -dies inside- and also to Blood the last vampire and Bloodrayne -weeps-
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luckylace222 · Posted: Fri Nov 27, 2009 8:27 am Post subject:

[quote="SweetxinsanityxSarah"]Hopefully they will do things right, then again...look what they did to DBZ -dies inside- and also to Blood the last vampire and Bloodrayne -weeps-[/quote]
;__; I saw Dragonball Evolution the other day on DVD. The sorrow that developed cannot be described in words.
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[quote="luckylace222"][quote="SweetxinsanityxSarah"]Hopefully they will do things right, then again...look what they did to DBZ -dies inside- and also to Blood the last vampire and Bloodrayne -weeps-[/quote]
;__; I saw Dragonball Evolution the other day on DVD. The sorrow that developed cannot be described in words.[/quote]I think the jewfags in hollywood weren't actually in it for the money for once and just wanted to troll everyone or make them lol.
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Battou · Posted: Fri Nov 27, 2009 10:16 am Post subject:

[quote="hueyfreeman"]Ron perlman as jet
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you know who would be really good as spike? Johnny depp.

Edit: and since they're giving him everything else, why not have ryan reynolds as spike.[/quote]

Ron Perlman as Jet I like, I believe he could pull that off rather well.

As for Johnny Depp, I don't know. As much as I like Depp, I do not think this would be a roll for him...let me rephrase that, I don't want to see him in this.

How would I cast it?

Spike - Keanu Reeves

Jet - Ron Perlman

Faye - Rachel Nichols

Edward - I have no clue here, I'd prolly have open auditions for this one, the roll can be predominately improved with little to no hinderance so experience if not a must.

Vicious - Thomas Kretschmann

Lin/Shin - Matt Damon

Julia - Julia Stiles

I would not be the least bit suprized to see Hollywood cast it as:

Spike - Keanu Reeves - Why...I guess his face kinda fits the profile

Jet - Ron Perlman - Why, they have to get at least one right

Faye - Angelina Jolie - Why...because her bra fit

Edward - Some No name actress

Vicious - Some no Name actor

Lin/Shin - some no name actor

Julia - Some No name actress
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[quote="SolarisAugmentium"]lol[/quote]

Type 'lol' after everything. Become an oldfag.

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Brianhjh · Posted: Fri Nov 27, 2009 1:30 pm Post subject:

I've never watched Cowboy Bebop, so I dunno.

Keanu Reeves does make great action figures.

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xEdwardx · Posted: Fri Nov 27, 2009 3:20 pm Post subject:

One of my friends said that Bruce Willis should be Jet, but I have no clue who should be him. I can see Angelina as Faye, but there are other options as well.

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[quote="Aren"][quote="SolarisAugmentium"]lol[/quote]

Type 'lol' after everything. Become an oldfag.[/quote]Strata is gonna love this.
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SolarisAugmentium · Forum Stalker Joined: 25 Jun 2009 Posts: 1155

My last picks were a joke obviously. in all seriousness I don't think any actor American or japanese could pull off Spike. he's just to cool. as for jet someone like Chuck Norris would do, or Clint Eastwood. And for Faye...any holywood slutbag would work XD. I havreno clue how they're gonna do Ed though.
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