Cowboy Bebop Live action movie STRICT quality control!
March 23, 2009 by Toonleap
Filed under Live Action, News
A little update on Cowboy Bebop Live Action movie. It seems Sunrise will have a closer look on how things are done with their precious anime franchise.
Kenji Uchida, the president of the Sunrise anime studio, told attendees of a Tokyo International Anime Fair (TAF) 2009 symposium that actor Keanu Reeves’ enthusiasm for its Cowboy Bebop anime was the deciding factor in the recent live-action film deal.
Uchida said Reeves (The Matrix, A Scanner Darkly, Johnny Mnemonic) himself visited Japan twice to express his interest in adapting the stylized science-fiction anime, and added that if Reeves had not done so, the deal might not have been made.
Uchida further noted that the difficult negotiations with the 20th Century Fox film studio continued for two years until agreeable contract terms were drafted. He emphasized that the contract allows Sunrise to assert quality control by stating, “If the script is terrible, the live-action film adaptation will not be approved.”
Source: ANN via Variety Japan
This is good news for Cowboy Bebop fans. Let´s hope they make things right.
Keanu Reeves as Spike Spiegel is
- Hmm, I will give him a chance! (49%, 566 Votes)
- a Bad Choice!! He dont look like him at all! (26%, 294 Votes)
- an Excellent Choice!! He IS Spike! (25%, 291 Votes)
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Can’t say i’m against it but I’ll wait and see if he does a good job then judge, cause I do like him as a actor anyways.
Well, Keanu Reeves can do his one emotion, that’s like /some/ of what’s needed to play Spike, right?
I don’t like Reeves. He’s robotic as an actor, and Spike’s ‘fluid’ fighting style will likely be mauled by Reeves’ stiff and mechanical acting.
Spike is supposed to be cool and laid back… Reeves comes across as dark and brooding.
Even if he mildly LOOKS the part… I highly doubt he’ll be able to fill the role well.
Reeves is a bad choice. It’s not that he doesn’t look like Spike, he actually bears a strong resemblance. The problem is that the only time he’s really ever done any quality acting was in Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure and Parenthood, both of which came out in the ’80s. It’s been 20 years since he did a good job on screen. And don’t even get me started on how awful he was in Much Ado About Nothing.
On the other hand, he seems really excited and enthusiastic about this project. With an uncharacteristic energy level like that, combined with good direction and writing, the movie could actually turn out well.
Who’s playing Faye? Anyone know?
Toonleap Reply:
June 30th, 2009 at 12:24 am
It is still too early to know…:(
anyone in mind?
In all honesty all i have to say is, How dare they. They are going to trash this anime, its one of the greatest anime’s alive and they want to make it into a live action movie that everyone will hate. Unless you’ve never seen or heard of Cowboy Bebop. Who on earth are they going to get to play ED? and play ED well at that? This is horrible, and i’m pissed.
I have to agree with the before mentioned posts, Reeves is a horrible choice choice for spike. it will take a hell of alot more than a resemblance to the charecters appearance to play him well, and i;ve also never seen him act anything close to what spike is like in the show. if its made (and i hope it’s not) i’m likely going to pass on it, if for nothing else than to keep the series from being tainted.
the DBZ movie is a good enough proof that american producers can’t do live action movies of anime’s.
and on another note, i can’t picture anyone fitting the role of faye or ed either.
really hope the creators pass on this.