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Fox Set for Cowboy Bebop Film

Source:  The Hollywood Reporter
Fox is set to bring one of the most popular anime series of all time to the silver screen. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Fox is bringing the beloved series Cowboy Bebop to the big screen. Keanu Reeves has signed on to portray the lead, Spike Spiegel.

The series revolves around Spiegel and Jet Black, two bounty hunters in the year 2071, who pilot the ship, "Bebop" and travel through "astral gates" that allow for inter-stellar travel, to track down the galaxy's criminals.

Peter Craig is writing the script for the anime adaptation, though no director has been attached as of yet. No production schedule was released at this time.


28 Comments


September 10th, 2009 8:55pm
cowboy beebop is ASIAN not bird shit colored trailer park actor named neo stuck in da matrix FUK FOXX ENT. Dam Hollywood Im "NOT" seeing CowBoy BeeBop with neo as da star they killed dragon ballZ now they wanna kill real anime FUK CARTOON NETWORK AND HOLLYWOOD FUKN FOXX ENT SUCKS!!!!!!!!!
SPIKE WAS MODELED AFTER BRUCE LEE = HES ASIAN "NOT WHITE!!!!!!"

WHY ARE THEY TAKING AWAY ALL THE GOOD ROLLS FROM ASIAN ACTORS AND GIVING THEM TO WHITES EVEN WHEN ALL THE PLAYERS ARE OBVIOUSLY JAPANESE I MEAN THERES BLACKS AND LATINOS AND EVEN HINDI/IDIAN PEOPLES TOO AND YES WHITES ASWELL IN COWBOY BEE BOP BUT SPIKE AND EVERYONE ELSE IS OBVIOUSLY ASIAN!!!! THE CAST OF COWBOY BEEBOP SHOULD BE ALL ASIAN!!!!!!!
HOLD UP THEY ARE ALL ASIAN NOT WHITE FUK BIRD SHIT! WHITE PEOPLE ALWAYS FUK EVERYTHING UP!
SPIKE IS ASIAN! NOT SOME STUCK IN DA MATRIX HOMOFUK THAT CANT ACT EVEN OTHER ACTORS SAY HE CANT ACT WTF IS THIS IM NOT GOING TO SEE THIS NO MATTER HOW MUCH MONEY THEY PUY IN IT ITS JUST WRONG TO SELL SPIKE OFF AS A WHITE WWHEN THIS IS A FUCKING JAPANESE ANIME CARTOON!!!!!!!
FYE IS ASIAN!
VICIOUS IS ASIAN!
THIS IS ANIME AS IN JAPANESE NOT CRACKERLAND TRAILER PARK VILL
I LOVE ANIME BECAUSE THERE ARE NO ANGLOS!
I LOVE ASIAN CINEMA BECAUSE THERE ARE NO CRACKERS IN THAT SHIT! S
SPIKE IS ASIAN HIS CARTEL EX-ENFORCER CLAN IS THE DRAGON CLAN AKA JAPANESE YAKUZA YOU FUKN LAMES! ASIAN NOT KIBLER ELF!SPIKE TAKES AFTER BRUCE LEE THATS WHO THEY MODELED AFTER!
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June 23rd, 2009 2:41pm
Adrian Brody. Think about it.

If you've never seen the show, there's a reason it was voted best anime all time. You can get the Remix collection for about 30 bucks, and for the entire run of the best anime ever, that's a damn good price.
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January 24th, 2009 1:25am
keanu reaves is the worst actor on the face of the planet, why didn't they choose a real actor like james franco or johnny depp, honestly k. reaves cannot act. i can't stand him he has ruined so many movies for me, the matrix, constantine -- he just sux, how does this guy get jobs he has absolutely no acting skills whatsoever, he is literally bill n ted in every movie he plays.
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January 18th, 2009 2:53pm
i never watched the show before so idk

but they should make a real live Bleach movie

or a real live Full metal Alclemist (forgive my spelling if speeled wrong)
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January 17th, 2009 4:55pm
this will be hard to do. cowboy bebop has been gone off the air for a while now. and this will take a big buget. they should of done this movie like in 2002. and keanu reeves had been talking about doing this for sometime. so him playing as spike doesnt suprise me. but i wish they had more choices. but then again im not suprised. and since hes been wanting to do it he will make it work. and the casting? maybe a new set of fresh faces might do the trick. who knows?
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January 16th, 2009 9:21pm
jeez
Dragonball's already ruined
why ruin another classic anime piece?
it's not going to work at all
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January 16th, 2009 5:21pm
But Spike Speigel does need to be part Asian, so no fucking way to Christian Bale.
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January 16th, 2009 5:18pm
This was a great series. Almost positive this movie will miss by a mile. Keanu Reeves would have been good...15 years ago.
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January 16th, 2009 9:31am
anyone remember the episode where they crash land and ed finds mystical magical mushrooms and gives them to everyone. hahah classic
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January 16th, 2009 9:29am
sweet monkey! thats awesome! love cowboy Bebop this is gonna rock!!!
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January 16th, 2009 8:03am
I'm a huge fan of the show and I've heard about this for a while on Latinoreview and Joblo and Keanu Reeves is a good enough mainstream actor for the job but the movie could still end up being shit but until I see a finished product I can't really say anything good or bad about it, but I will say Im not warming up to the idea.
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January 16th, 2009 7:31am
hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhha?
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January 16th, 2009 5:57am
I agree with all you who question the casting of Ed? How do you get that one right? My vote is for Christian Bale.
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January 15th, 2009 10:44pm
Ooooh! Tough one. I honestly wish Hollywood would stay away from anime. Each title is so specific, especially to the fans. Keanu... hmmmmmmmm... I don't know. I believe he deserves more credit than he get, but - BIG but - he is not Spike.
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January 15th, 2009 10:38pm
no, no, no, no, no, no, hell no.

First Dragonball, now this? Fox is seriously incapable of good casting decisions. It actually seems like they deliberately want to piss off the fans.
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January 15th, 2009 9:56pm
If Fox screws this up I will be soooooooooooo angry. I love cowboy Bebop.
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January 15th, 2009 9:47pm
i honestly don't think reeves should play spike. reeves just doesn't fit the character ambionse.
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January 15th, 2009 8:54pm
casting Ed might be super hard

i can't think of anyone

If it's Dakota Fanning I'm gonna shot myself.... unless it works out
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January 15th, 2009 8:46pm
INDEED
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January 15th, 2009 8:45pm
They can Cast Mr Muggles From HEROES for EIN hahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!
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January 15th, 2009 8:44pm
I't would be great if they get Yoko Kanno for the music!!!
I think Caowboy Bebop's music is unique and plays an importan part in the whole essence of the series!!
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January 15th, 2009 7:42pm
this sounds awesome but theirs a lot of way they can screw this up the have to be real careful and idk if reeves can pull it off
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January 15th, 2009 5:26pm
lol damn well idk about this
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January 15th, 2009 5:17pm
Lol, Cowboy Bebop the movie, erm are they not aware that they suck hard at turning anime/manga into film.
Or haven't they seen Dragonball Evolution yet, lol.
That brief synopsis just has diaster and production hell written all over it
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January 15th, 2009 4:47pm
Awesome I love Cowboy Bebop. I think Reeves can pull it off....
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January 15th, 2009 4:36pm
Shit. Leave it to FUX to fuck this one up.
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January 15th, 2009 4:34pm
FUCKIN RIGHT I CAN'T WAIT

Reeves is a little of the wall

WHO ARE THEY GOING TO CAST AS ED, FAYE, IEN, AND JET?
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January 15th, 2009 4:31pm
Weird.
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