[JiNi;]

(not sure if this is posted up yet)

"the project still isn't officially announced and Fox is still keeping it under wraps. However, a good friend inside the industry who is a very reliable source wrote in to tell me that the film is being fast tracked inside the studio and will most likely be out by 2010"

Rumor: Keanu Reeves as Spike in Cowboy Bebop Movie?!

lol keanu reeves.... how is that going to work out.. gotta have at least one famous actor in there.

Will keep this thread updated as soon as I find out more info^^

Anyone else noticing the boom of turning animes into live action movies now a days?

[angelcadex]

WOW WHAT THE HECK...did not see that one coming

[hungrycollegeboy]

OH NO...

Look what hollywood did to Dragon Ball Z.

[erinfinite]

...eh.

I love Cowboy Bebop, and Spike Spiegel is the hottest character ever.

But I'm not going to judge until this becomes something substantial.

:/ I hope they find someone adorable to play Ed though. I love her.

(and it should be easy enough to find a Welsh Corgi for Ein)

[hyeminnie]

WOW WHAT THE HECK...did not see that one coming

i know! if all the animes out there, this one was least expected. but oh wells...

[diru]

Wow I didn't expect to see another westernised live action anime movie adaptation! :S
So let me see here, so far they're releasing a Dragonball movie next year, planning for a Death Note movie and now rumour has it that there is a possibilty of a Cowboy Bebop movie? Man for a while there I thought they were gonna also make a Neon Genesis Evangelion live action but I'm not sure what the hell is going on with that one at the moment. Seems like Hollywood's in its anime phase now. :S
Anything to pay the bills I guess. XD

[LucasBunny]

Now out of all the animes out there Cowboy Bebop is one that can really really work and I saw this coming....
but if Keanu Reeves is playing Spike this movie will suck!

Cowboy Bebop definetly one of my all time favorite animes and I have so much faith this movie can work
..but I have a feeling they are gonna screw this up, I have a feeling Ein might not a welsch corgi, Spike and Faye might fall in love etc etc and the thing is you either have Spike's swag or you don't, you can't fake it.

My first choice for Spike before I knew this movie was coming out was....

he's young, cute, hip, he even has the hair I think he would make the perfect Spike.

This movie will stink if Keanu is casted as Spike imo

[losborrachos]

My first choice for Spike before I knew this movie was coming out was....
http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/famecrawler...ian_grenier.jpg
he's young, cute, hip, he even has the hair I think he would make the perfect Spike.

This movie will stink if Keanu is casted as Spike imo

ugh, i love adrian grenier. i drool every time i watch entourage and i think he'll be a good spike (besides, he already played aquaman). love, love cowboy bebop--i think this has a lot of potential.

i'm gonna have to see who's writing and/or directing this to pass any initial judgment, but right now i'm just bracing myself for the "omg american actors? it's an anime why can't they use asian actors" type of complaints.

[LucasBunny]

ugh, i love adrian grenier. i drool every time i watch entourage and i think he'll be a good spike (besides, he already played aquaman). love, love cowboy bebop--i think this has a lot of potential.

i'm gonna have to see who's writing and/or directing this to pass any initial judgment, but right now i'm just bracing myself for the "omg american actors? it's an anime why can't they use asian actors" type of complaints.

I know lol
but I don't think any of the characters in Bebop or supposed to be asian anyway
I heard Spike is hinted to be jewish due to his last name, and they even gave him a pointy nose but I dun know how true it is..but I've always imagined Spike as a caucasian dude..but I hope they consider Adrien he's my dream Spike.

[RiderKamen]

ugh, i love adrian grenier. i drool every time i watch entourage and i think he'll be a good spike (besides, he already played aquaman). love, love cowboy bebop--i think this has a lot of potential.

i'm gonna have to see who's writing and/or directing this to pass any initial judgment, but right now i'm just bracing myself for the "omg american actors? it's an anime why can't they use asian actors" type of complaints.

The reality is some of the stories have made it obvious that the characters are asian (not the case with cowboy bebop).
There is discrimination in hollywood with asian actors or asian movies.

[res0nate]

WHAT.
The pic LB posted was Grenier? Lol, didn't even realize that was him.

I'm all for a Bebop film and I hope to God DB gets canned because 1. I never saw more than 5 mins of DB 2. it looks like a mini cooperstorm anyway.

About casting you know "white" people for the roll of something "Asian," who cares. I don't. Hell, you could look exactly like so-and-so, but if you can't act, you aren't getting the part.

[RYUUSEi]

Now out of all the animes out there Cowboy Bebop is one that can really really work and I saw this coming....
but if Keanu Reeves is playing Spike this movie will suck!

Cowboy Bebop definetly one of my all time favorite animes and I have so much faith this movie can work
..but I have a feeling they are gonna screw this up, I have a feeling Ein might not a welsch corgi, Spike and Faye might fall in love etc etc and the thing is you either have Spike's swag or you don't, you can't fake it.

SERIOUSLY!!!!!!!11111

I loved Cowboy Bebop when I was a kid. If they're not using a Welsh Corgi for Ein, hell, I'm not even watching the damn movie.
I don't know about Keanu Reeves, dude, he seems so ... stiff in all his parts. Spike is so cool and smooooooooooooth.

I'm kinda excited, though. I hope they don't screw over the music, because that was one of the main reasons why I loved Cowboy Bebop.

You can never go wrong with Yoko Kanno.

[losborrachos]

I know lol
but I don't think any of the characters in Bebop or supposed to be asian anyway
I heard Spike is hinted to be jewish due to his last name, and they even gave him a pointy nose but I dun know how true it is..but I've always imagined Spike as a caucasian dude..but I hope they consider Adrien he's my dream Spike.

yeah thank god people won't have an excuse to get all pissy like they did with speed racer and dragon ball anymore, spike is most definitely not asian. in fact, i don't think any of them is supposed to be asian. anyways, really nice choice with adrien, he does have that swag.

i miss cowboy bebop. i remember 'toys in the attic' was my favorite episode.

[LucasBunny]

i miss cowboy bebop. i remember 'toys in the attic' was my favorite episode.

DUDE!! That is like my second fav episode it was soo well done
I was just watching that one last night cuz I bought the dvd lol
but my fav by far is Gateway Shuffle

[elizabeth]

for Spike, I'm thinking James McAvoy. OMG!! have you seen Wanted? Yeah, he's not all that but he seem like he can fit the role really well.

[ohmysanity]

That Adrian guy up there looks like he was COSPLAYING for Spike's part. That's nifty. XD He's hot. I think he'd make a good Spike. I also, don't see any of the Cowboy Bebop characters as "asian", hell, no anime characters look asian. I don't know any real people with blue hair, asian or not.

But, I think Hollywood is having a huge movie block, and the only thing they can think of doing is making live action films out of anime series/books. I'm interested to see where this development will head to.

[Melyxcious]

^
^James as Spike? Err... As much as I love him, I don't think he'd make a good Spike - even if he was pretty good in Wanted. I still don't think so :x

But Adrian would be a really good choice for Spike. He's got the hair going on hahaha XD
I'm kinda iffy about Keanu :| He's... I dunno. Blah. I mean, like... I dunno. I cringe :\

Anywho... I wonder wonder wonder who'll be Faye if this really goes on.
AND ED!!! and of course, Ein haha.
I feel like rewatching CB again now.

Oh and the musicccccccc. The Real Folk Bluesssss~~~

[redmoon123]

Keanu Reeves is kinda too old to be Spike -___-

[ceylonblue]

but I don't think any of the characters in Bebop or supposed to be asian anyway

I thought Faye was Asian? Like in the very first scene in the manga she's posing as a Chinese waitress and I think she says something about being Asian herself. "Valentine" isn't her real name either:

The surname "Valentine" was merely a name given to her by the doctor who woke her; the circumstances of her accident, her previous life, and even her real name all remain a mystery, and are only gradually revealed as the series progresses. It has been hinted that she came from Singapore on Earth.

^from Wiki.

Oh wells. They'll probably end up casting some non-Asian starlet anyways - the reality is that Hollywood doesn't care about what's right for the story, just as long as they make lots of $$$ at the box office, so they'll use whoever is popular.

[KamichamaN]

I think I'm stuck between being horrified and intrigued. I know how American remakes of things often go but Bebop isn't so far out that it isn't adaptable. Ugh. I'll look forward to this