Keanu Reeves set play Spike Spiegel in Cowboy Bebop !
Via Hollywood Reporter
Twentieth Century Fox is all set to bring the live action adaptation of Cowboy Bebop to the big screen with Keanu Reeves playing our coolsome hero, Spike Spiegel. Cowboy Bebop is a sci fi anime classic set in 2071 where space travel is made possible with “astral gates” and features lots of exotic locales as our motley crew of bounty hunters pursues their bounty across the solar system aboard the space ship “Bebop”. Keanu “Whoa” Reeves may have dabbled in many sci fiction flicks (Matrix Trilogy, Johnny Mnemonic, The Day the Earth Stood Still) but I really doubt if he could pull off the role as Spike as many also believe that he is flatter than our 2 dimensional hero.
Also on board for the project are associate producers Shinichiro Watanabe, who created the series back in the 90s along with Kenji Uchido, president of Sunrise Studios. Of course, when we talk about Cowboy Bebop the first thing that comes in mind is the brilliant soundtrack of the original series. There’s no word yet if Yoko Kanno will be on board the project but let’s keep our fingers crossed that she’ll be able grace us with her masterful scores for the movie.
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