Cowboy Bebop

[lhb412]

[lhb412]

After seeing John Wick Chapter 2 it made me think of the abortive attempt to make a Hollywood Cowboy Bebop film starring Keanu, and after the two John Wick films I think he'd be perfect... not as Spike, but as Vicious.

[klen7]

Who would you cast as Spike?

[lhb412]

Hmmm... maybe Diego Luna? You know, now that I've said that I'm convinced: Diego Luna.

[Dr Kain]

Got this taken this past weekend:

[lhb412]

^Awesome!

[mr.negativity]

[lhb412]

^ What a great way to celebrate the 20th anniversary. These companies are really knocking it out of the park with these theatrical showings!

[klen7]

20 years?!?!?! FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF! Uggghghhh... don't say stuff like that

[lhb412]

Well, most of us didn't actually see the show until it premiered on Adult Swim in 2001, so we can wait until 2021 to feel old.

[Rody]

[EricDent]

According to the front page of Sci-Fi Japan, Funimation is gonna re-release Cowboy Bebop The Movie (on Blu-Ray) in a Steelbook Edition.

[lhb412]

Several cool things I've seen celebrating the 20th anniversary... I should really squeeze in a rewatch before year's end.

[EricDent]

I would assume most people have heard the rumblings about Netflix doing a Live Action Cowboy Bebop...
Still say if they don't get Keanu Reeves for Spike, it's a big mistake.

[lhb412]

^ After seeing the John Wick movies I think Keanu might make a better Vicious than Spike!

I'm cautiously hopeful about the live-action remake. My biggest worry, since this has been in development in some way or another for like 10 years, has been that the people making Cowboy Bebop in live-action wouldn't have the enormous budget necessary to create the enormous, sprawling, detailed, crowded world of the future that comprises the background of the series. These things often don't have a ton of bearing on the stories of particular episodes, which might be rather small scale, but the fact that there's all this stuff going on in the background, all this sprawl, is a huge part of the vibe of Cowboy Bebop. The world-building is like the unsung 6th main character in Cowboy Bebop. I know that Netflix has the deep pockets to pull something like that off.