Anime fans may have felt a bullet was dodged when plans for a live action "Akira" were scrapped, but not so lucky with the much loved "Cowboy Bebop"
There were rumors going around for a while about a live action movie starring Keanu Reeves as main character Spike Spiegle. Well, they aint rumore no more! I have never watched Cowboy Bebop but i have heard great things about it, and also some fans outrage that a movie was even being made, much less with Reeves in the lead. But its not all bad news...
Writer Peter Craig is a huge fan of the original animated series, and he spent some quality time with the original studio, Sunrise, talking about their take on the show and how it might convert to live-action. He mentions that he's a fan of many of the minor characters from the original episodes, namechecks a lot of story elements he loves:
"I've probably watched every episode at least three or four times now - and I really adore what a complete world Watanabe and Nobumoto created. I was also extremely drawn to all of the characters' backstories: Faye's amnesia after being taken out of cryogenic freeze, and the con played on her; Spike's history in the Syndicate and with Julia; Jet's days as a cop on Ganymede, and his run-in with Udai Taxim."
Lets hope for the best!
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