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Nomi

Nomi

USA
June 2006

JAN 15, 2009 06:54 PM

And I'm sure it'll be just awful.

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) – Keanu Reeves will star in 20th Century Fox's big-screen version of the Japanese anime TV series "Cowboy Bebop," playing a bounty hunter traveling through space in 2071.

One of the big titles in anime, "Bebop" is set in a time when "astral gates" make interstellar travel possible. Humanity, decimated by a lunar explosion resulting from a gate accident, has spread out across the solar system, as has crime, giving rise to the use of bounty hunters.

Reeves would play Spike Spiegel, a bounty hunter and former member of a crime syndicate. Spiegel and Jet Black, a fellow bounty hunter and former cop, are the 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 '90s, was influenced strongly by American music, featuring action sequences -- both space battles and mano a mano fights -- 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.

"Bebop" marks a return to Fox for Reeves, who starred in the studio's December release "The Day the Earth Stood Still."



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TheEnnis

TheEnnis

Chicago, IL
March 2008

JAN 15, 2009 07:13 PM

Hey now he was really good in Thumbsucker.

wenis

wenis

San Francisco, CA
July 2006

JAN 15, 2009 07:15 PM

hahahah FOX making cowboy bebop with keanu reeves....o god this will end terribly.

DogChasingCars said:
Hey now he was really good in Thumbsucker.



you say "really good" i read mediocre. which is about as high as keanu reeve's acting chops can get to.

dingoes8

dingoes8

Milwaukee, WI
March 2004

JAN 15, 2009 07:19 PM

Considering Reeves actually has more range than any crappy anime voice actor, and the script will be written in English and not a crappy translation of Japanese, chock full of humor that doesn't make any sense in America... this will probably be more watchable than the original.

Homme

Homme

Los Angeles, CA
January 2009

JAN 15, 2009 07:20 PM

Oh good, I was wondering what franchise he was going to ruin next.

Morgan

Morgan

SUICIDEGIRL

Illinois, USA

JAN 15, 2009 07:26 PM

WHY?!

Pom_felo

Pom_felo

San Antonio, TX
February 2004

JAN 15, 2009 07:33 PM

I don't mean to be a fanboy about this, but, nooooooooooooooo!

MrStitches

MrStitches

Brooklyn, NY
November 2003

JAN 15, 2009 07:36 PM

There are 80 billions crappy Japanese anime series they could fuck up, and that have to pick one of the few that I like? God damn it.

Darke

Darke

Columbia, MO
June 2005

JAN 15, 2009 07:45 PM

Well, hey, maybe they can poorly dub it with a voice-over actor

Quirky

Quirky

Birmingham, AL
October 2005

JAN 15, 2009 08:16 PM

Bruce Campbell as Jet, please.
Dwam as Ed!

Pom_felo

Pom_felo

San Antonio, TX
February 2004

JAN 15, 2009 08:24 PM

MrStitches said:
There are 80 billions crappy Japanese anime series they could fuck up, and that have to pick one of the few that I like? God damn it.



It was either this or Death Note with Shia Lebeouf.

mogwai_

mogwai_

USA
February 2008

JAN 15, 2009 08:50 PM

this is so not shiny

Shal

Shal

Los Angeles, CA
October 2002

JAN 15, 2009 09:08 PM

pomfelo said:

MrStitches said:
There are 80 billions crappy Japanese anime series they could fuck up, and that have to pick one of the few that I like? God damn it.



It was either this or Death Note with Shia Lebeouf.



GOD NO.

Cassiel

Cassiel

Aurora, CO
September 2004

JAN 15, 2009 09:18 PM

hahaha

MistressMissy

mistressmissy

Grand Rapids, MI
March 2003

JAN 16, 2009 02:14 AM

I somehow doubt they'll have Keanu dye his hair green.

Jace

Jace

San Francisco, CA
February 2004

JAN 16, 2009 02:59 AM

Oh, no...

Oh, no...

Although, he does kind of look like Spike. Really, he does.

Wait, no. NO. Spike is deep, and conflicted, and sarcastic, and jaded, and funny, and whimsical, and powerful, and mysterious...

NO. NO. NO.

Mark_plus_Beer

Mark_plus_Beer

United Kingdom
August 2005

JAN 16, 2009 03:14 AM

Urrrrrgh and yet i already know i will go see this.

Elichrusos

Elichrusos

I'm lost
October 2007

JAN 16, 2009 04:13 AM

I'm concerned over who'll play Fay.

Darke

Darke

Columbia, MO
June 2005

JAN 16, 2009 05:25 AM

Elichrusos said:
I'm concerned over who'll play Fay.



Well, you have to have someone who can make the role dynamic opposite Keanu....

How about Anna Faris? And of course Bill Murray will play Ein, for indie cred.

jasncat

jasncat

I'm lost
January 2008

JAN 16, 2009 06:18 AM

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! Come on hollywood...really? Keanu Reeves? Why do they have to fuck with my Bebop whatever surreal blackeyed

Snottlebocket

Snottlebocket

Netherlands
March 2004

JAN 16, 2009 06:31 AM

Christ, when I first read this I thought '...nah it'll never happen'. This is just sort of tragic.

Keith

Keith

Oklahoma City, OK
August 2002

JAN 16, 2009 07:47 AM

dingoes8 said:
Considering Reeves actually has more range than any crappy anime voice actor, and the script will be written in English and not a crappy translation of Japanese, chock full of humor that doesn't make any sense in America... this will probably be more watchable than the original.



Have you even seen the english dubbed version of Cowboy Bebop? Many, many anime fans, myself included, consider it, of all animes, the only English dub that we prefer to the original Japanese version. The english version of Bebop and the actors in it were amazing. Particularly Jet and Spike.

Lucario

Lucario

Madison Heights, VA
January 2009

JAN 16, 2009 09:39 AM

WRRYYYYYYYYY

jasncat

jasncat

I'm lost
January 2008

JAN 16, 2009 10:02 AM

Keith said:

dingoes8 said:
Considering Reeves actually has more range than any crappy anime voice actor, and the script will be written in English and not a crappy translation of Japanese, chock full of humor that doesn't make any sense in America... this will probably be more watchable than the original.



Have you even seen the english dubbed version of Cowboy Bebop? Many, many anime fans, myself included, consider it, of all animes, the only English dub that we prefer to the original Japanese version. The english version of Bebop and the actors in it were amazing. Particularly Jet and Spike.



I agree! I watched the Japanese version on the DVD of a few episodes and the English version is really good! They did an excellent job at translating the dialogue and an even better job with the humor. Bebop is probably the best translated anime series I have seen.

Drake

Drake

SUICIDEGIRL

I'm lost

JAN 16, 2009 10:44 AM

jasncat said:
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!



+1 frown

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