Cowboy Bebop - US live action series - 19 November 2021

[JohnC]

This'll probably go down like a lead balloon. It's already a classic and has an English dub regarded as exemplary. Can they possibly make any improvements? It's coming from a studio that also feels the need to remake Snowpiercer.

[Nick R]

There was some better Cowboy Bebop-related news this week:

 

 

[Pandy]

I rewatched Cowboy Bebop only recently. Hasn't aged as well as I thought it would, but still up there as a top quality show. Would love to see a live action version. If done properly could be amazing.

 

 

[Azrael]

7 minutes ago, Pandy said:

Would love to see a live action version. If done properly could be amazing.

 

 

 

It was called Firefly and it was amazing. 

[MDY]

Netflix orders 10 episode series.. 

 

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/amp/live-feed/cowboy-bebop-live-action-series-a-go-at-netflix-1164398

 

 

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The series is a co-production between Netflix and Tomorrow Studios, with the latter company — a partnership between Marty Adelstein and ITV Studios — taking out the live-action pitch for the project last summer.

 

Midnight Radio's Andre Nemec, Josh Appelbaum, Jeff Pinkner and Scott Rosenberg (Disney's upcoming High Fidelity TV series, Netflix's late and great Everything Sucks, CBS' Zoo) will serve as showrunners and exec produce alongside Tomorrow Studios' Adelstein and Becky Clements.

 

Yasuo Miyakawa, Masayuki Ozaki and Shin Sasaki of Sunrise Inc. — the studio behind the original anime series — will also exec produce alongside Tetsu Fujimura and Matthew Weinberg. 

 

Christopher Yost (Thor: Ragnarok) will pen the first episodes with Javier Grillo-Marxuach (Lost, The MiddleMan, The 100.)

Shinichiro Watanabe — who directed the original series — will serve as a consultant on the Netflix take.

 

[Girth Certificate]

Fuck right off

[Sarlaccfood]

Bet it won’t have any of the music.

[DirkCrisis]

I don't really see the point of this although I'll probably end up watching it and then hating myself.

[Harsin]

Fuck off, space cowboy.

[Nobuo's Organ]

Africa

 

Mexico

 

Sicily

 

Tijuana

India

 

Osaka

 

Please don't do this

[matt0]

Maybe they'll give Faye massive CGI eyes and cast white actors for 99% of the supporting roles.

 

 

[Girth Certificate]

Franchise Servicing and Reboots aren't perfect for anyone with talent. It's perfect for big fat smelly hacks.

[Girth Certificate]

Fat

 

Smelly

 

Hacks

[cassidy]

Javier is a great writer and middleman was top telly btw 

[grounded_dreams]

Casting has been announced for the show:

 

John Cho as Spike Siegel

Mustafa Shakir as Jet Black

Daniella Pineda as Faye Valentine

Alex Hassell as Vicious

[Azrael]

I like John Cho but he's not cool enough for this. Can he even fight? 

[wev]

"inspired bit of casting! Because he's Asian innit!?"

 

Also no Ed so far? 

[Girth Certificate]

Not Tall Enough

Not Cool Enough

Can He Even Fight?

 

edit: ahahahaha *highfive* Azrael

 

 

Mustafa Shakir  was great in The Deuce, where he invented the masturbation booths.

[yakumo]

Did someone not get the memo that Faye is Chinese?, you know it be nice to have more Chinese actors/actress in Hollywood films.

[JohnC]

Elena Satine cast as Julia.

[JohnC]

They're a bit into production in New Zealand, but John Cho suffered a freak knee injury on set which requires surgery and extensive rehabilitation and production has been shut down for 7-9 months.

 

Also, they posted Ein earlier

 

 

[Nick R]

 

 

[Talvalin]

On 28/11/2018 at 23:03, matt0 said:

Maybe they'll give Faye massive CGI eyes and cast white actors for 99% of the supporting roles.

 

 

 

Whilst this is a valid criticism of the film, Alita was surprisingly entertaining (if you could cope with the nightmarishly large eyes) and a decent first film to launch a series, but I get the feeling that it didn't do well enough.  

 

As for this, it's mildly depressing that they couldn't actually find an actual Japanese actor in the US to play Spike, but I have a feeling that criticism in that direction would result in Netflix saying "Well, it's anime and the future so Spike could be any nationality. We just went with colour-blind casting" and then I would be forced to put my foot through my laptop screen in rage. 

 

That said, if they get Yoko Kanno and the Seatbelts involved, then I'll be all over the soundtrack if nothing else. Apropos of which:

 

[JohnC]

More casting

 

https://deadline.com/2020/11/cowboy-bebop-six-cast-netflix-live-action-remake-cult-anime-tv-series-1234618338/

 

Geoff Stults as Chalmers

Tamara Tunie as Ana

Mason Alexander Park as Gren

Rachel House as Mao

Ann Truong and Hoa Xuande as Shin and Lin

[Broker]

On 25/07/2020 at 15:52, Talvalin said:

 

Whilst this is a valid criticism of the film, Alita was surprisingly entertaining (if you could cope with the nightmarishly large eyes) and a decent first film to launch a series, but I get the feeling that it didn't do well enough.  

It’s not really a valid criticism as whilst the manga was written in Japan it’s set in America, and Alita is Martian, with the Martian population being canonically descended from Germans. 
 

Also if you liked the movie you should read the manga, it’s the same story but better in every way. 

[JohnC]

Yoko Kanno is doing the music!

 

 

[Gambit]

John Cho's Spike hair is exquisite.

[yakumo]

1 hour ago, Gambit said:

John Cho's Spike hair is exquisite.

John Cho looks older than I want for Spike, rocking that Sherlock hair do good though.

[Talvalin]

Pre-ordering the shit out of the soundtrack CD. I love pretty much everything Yoko Kanno has done, but especially her Cowboy Bebop work.

[JoeK]

It's probably the finest opening track of any show ever, as far as I'm concerned.