COWBOY BEBOP Netflix Series Sets Main Cast; STAR TREK Actor John Cho Will Play Spike Spiegel

COWBOY BEBOP Netflix Series Sets Main Cast; STAR TREK Actor John Cho Will Play Spike Spiegel

We recently found out that Netflix had commissioned a 10-episode series based on mega-popular anime Cowboy Bebop, and now the main cast has been announced. Find out who's playing who after the jump...

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By MarkCassidy - Apr 04, 2019 09:04 AM EST
Filed Under: Netflix
Source: Via Deadline
Three, two, one; let's jam...

Netflix has set the main cast for its live-action Cowboy Bebop series, and Star Trek's John Cho will star as Spike Spiegel.

Also on board are Mustafa Shakir (Marvel’s Luke Cage) as Spike's partner Jet Black, Daniella Pineda (Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom; What/If) as "bold, brash and unpredictable bounty hunter" Faye Valentine, and Alex Hassell (The Miniaturist; Suburbicon) as the Syndicate’s most notorious hitman and Spike's arch-enemy, Vicious.

There's no word on who'll be portraying Edward Wong Hau Pepelu Tivrusky IV, a.k.a Radical Ed.

Cowboy Bebop will be exec produced and written by Christopher Yost (Thor), who will also serve as showrunner along with Andre Nemec, Josh Appelbaum, Jeff Pinkner and Scott Rosenberg of Midnight Radio; Marty Adelstein and Becky Clements of Tomorrow Studios; Yasuo Miyakawa, Masayuki Ozaki, and Shin Sasaki of Sunrise Inc.  The original anime's director Shinichiro Watanabe is on board as a consultant.

Check out the official synopsis below, and let us know what you think of this casting news in the comments.

Based on the worldwide phenomenon from Sunrise Inc., Cowboy Bebop is the jazz-inspired, genre-bending story of Spike Spiegel, Jet Black, Faye Valentine and Radical Ed: a rag-tag crew of bounty hunters on the run from their pasts as they hunt down the solar system’s most dangerous criminals. They’ll even save the world…for the right price.
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SpideyPuffsMJ
SpideyPuffsMJ - 4/4/2019, 9:56 AM
Spoiler Alert: This will suck.
mastakilla39
mastakilla39 - 4/4/2019, 12:20 PM
@SpideyPuffsMJ - I'm just surprised it's really going to happen. Keanu Reeves was attached to star as Spike almost 20 years back in a big budget movie adaptation.
Vandalore
Vandalore - 4/4/2019, 2:38 PM
@SpideyPuffsMJ - I love this cast except for Cho. I dont think he has the right type of charisma to jell with Spike. Hes a phenomenal actor but even the best in the business can be miscast. I dont imagine at any point during this movie will I ever say "Holy shit that is Spike Spiegel brought to life!" And that's very disappointing. Spike needs to be able to exude epic levels of coolness and confidence, like hes always the coolest guy in the room, even if he is just leaning against a [frick]ing wall. I love Cho but I cant see him selling that 200% like a live action Spike needs to.
Vandalore
Vandalore - 4/4/2019, 2:40 PM
@mastakilla39 - Reeves would have been so much better in my opinion, but still miscast.
Vandalore
Vandalore - 4/4/2019, 3:00 PM
Such a missed opportunity. Spike Spiegel is the role Robert Sheehan was born to play.






BlackArrow
BlackArrow - 4/4/2019, 9:57 AM
LETS GET IT ONNNN
SimplyAz
SimplyAz - 4/4/2019, 9:57 AM
I don't know anything about Cowboy Bebop (my brother is the Manga and Anime fan) but have always heard about this series.

Mostly just glad to see John Cho cast in this, he is always likeable in whatever he stars in and comes across as a good guy generally.
He even had longer hair in Drunk History's
aflynn
aflynn - 4/4/2019, 9:59 AM
Daniella Pineda as Faye is something I can absolutely see working.
SpideyPuffsMJ
SpideyPuffsMJ - 4/4/2019, 10:03 AM
OT: I'm on Thor (2011) today as part of my road to Endgame. Watched Iron-Man 2 last night. It's been so long and we've been so spoiled with Phase 3 stuff, I really forgot how good these were.
Iron-Man 2 not as good as the original obviously but underrated in the fact that that's all people really say in retrospect.
There were a lot of gems in it and some great character work. Stark, Fury and Romanov's introduction were all amazing. Major cons for me were really:

- Rhodey stealing Iron Man and selling it out to the government/Justin Hammer. I get it, he's a colonel but it came off as pretty dickish.
- Mickey Rourke's bizzare villain that really didn't do all that much. Argument could be made that Justin Hammer could have served as a suitable villain if they beefed up his role by not even that much. He almost did more than Vanko.

Thor is awesome. Takes itself seriously and sets up an amazing intro to Asgard and Thor/Loki/Odin dynamic. Darcy and Jane still seem like endearing human characters and not parodies of themselves yet lol.
MexCowboyNation
MexCowboyNation - 4/4/2019, 10:07 AM
@SpideyPuffsMJ - need to start my marathon.
Lostcause
Lostcause - 4/4/2019, 10:03 AM
I'm if it hits disc.
ODanil
ODanil - 4/4/2019, 10:04 AM
Oh man... I don't think I see Cho as Spike... =/
ODanil
ODanil - 4/4/2019, 10:08 AM
Faye is spot on, Jet COULD work, and Vicious looks fine too

I just really need passion behind this. If it's a money grab "let's work the fanbase" thing Imma be really pissed! Has to be AT LEAST a million per episode too!
MexCowboyNation
MexCowboyNation - 4/4/2019, 10:07 AM
Terrible choices.
GhostDog
GhostDog - 4/4/2019, 10:11 AM
@MexCowboyNation - Who was your fancast for Spike?
MexCowboyNation
MexCowboyNation - 4/4/2019, 1:17 PM
@BlackBeltJones - I don't know who exactly.
GhostDog
GhostDog - 4/4/2019, 1:32 PM
@MexCowboyNation - its a tough role to cast to be honest. Basically it has to be someone who can be Yusaku Matsuda and Bob Dylan rolled into one.
Kumkani
Kumkani - 4/4/2019, 10:08 AM
I'm just ready for all the Jeet Kune Do
WruceBayne
WruceBayne - 4/4/2019, 10:14 AM
@DnA - this right here is going to either make or break this show.
knocturnalzen10
knocturnalzen10 - 4/4/2019, 10:25 AM
@DnA - stair to heaven is such a great movie especially the swordfish air scenes
zeon00
zeon00 - 4/4/2019, 10:46 AM
@DnA - there some Savate in there
Reeds2Much
Reeds2Much - 4/4/2019, 10:08 AM
No Yoko Kanno, no Bebop.
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