Title: Cowboy Bebop Live Action Movie
Description: STARRING KEANU REEVES
Description: STARRING KEANU REEVES
Raven Omega - January 15, 2009 11:53 PM (GMT)
| QUOTE |
| The Japanese animation studio Sunrise has officially announced the plans for a live-action film adaptation of its Cowboy Bebop science-fiction anime franchise. The American film studio Twentieth Century Fox, the production company 3 Arts Entertainment, and Sunrise itself are collaborating on the project. Keanu Reeves (The Matrix, A Scanner Darkly, Johnny Mnemonic) is slated to star. Joshua Long is acting as a production supervisor, and Erwin Stoff, a film producer who worked closely with Reeves on The Matrix and A Scanner Darkly, is also attached. The associate producers are Sunrise President Kenji Uchida, the original Cowboy Bebop director Shinichiro Watanabe, and the original series script supervisor Keiko Nobumoto. The Sunrise studio itself and Masahiko Minami (former Sunrise producer and BONES studio co-founder) are both acting as production consultants. Stoff first revealed the existence of the proposed project last July to the IFMagazine.com entertainment website after the parties "just signed it the other day." Reeves confirmed the plans and his intentions to play the lead role with MTV Movies Blog last month. He also indicated that the preliminary story outline partly draws inspiration from the "Red Eye" storyline from the first episode of the animated series. Reeves and Watanabe had previously worked together on the "Kid's Story" segment of The Animatrix animated video anthology. Watanabe's original Cowboy Bebop series follows the motley crew of the spaceship Bebop as it travels throughout the solar system in search of the next job. The anime distributor Bandai Entertainment and Cartoon Network's Adult Swim programming block released the 1998 television series in the United States, and Sony Pictures Home Entertainment released the subsequent 2001 animated movie. The anime was also adapted into two separate manga series, and Tokyopop released both manga series in North America. |
Keanu Reeves = Spike = FAIL
Maybe the original director, Watanabe can save it.
Probably not.
gren - January 15, 2009 11:59 PM (GMT)
I am in agreement...I don't see Reeves as Spike. His voice and mannerisms are all wrong; bad casting alone is enough to make me skip out on this one (or at least skip out on actually paying to see it) even though CB is one of my all-time favorite anime.
narrator - January 16, 2009 02:12 AM (GMT)
| QUOTE (Raven Omega @ Jan 15 2009, 04:53 PM) |
| Keanu Reeves (The Matrix, A Scanner Darkly, Johnny Mnemonic) is slated to star. |
Trowble - January 16, 2009 03:01 AM (GMT)
WIN!
Ishamael - January 16, 2009 11:53 PM (GMT)
God damn it. Keanu, act like you have never acted before! Good!
Trunks - January 26, 2009 03:08 AM (GMT)
He had such Epic lines in the Matrix. Like this one:
On the plus side at least it won't be as bad as Dragonball Evolution
On the plus side at least it won't be as bad as Dragonball Evolution
Raven Omega - January 26, 2009 03:24 AM (GMT)
I think he can pull it.
narrator - January 26, 2009 07:36 AM (GMT)
| QUOTE (Raven Omega @ Jan 25 2009, 08:24 PM) |
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Spike Spiegel: Hellblazer
Ishamael - January 26, 2009 10:44 AM (GMT)
Ahahahaha
Trowble - January 26, 2009 10:45 PM (GMT)
| QUOTE (Trunks) |
| On the plus side at least it won't be as bad as Dragonball Evolution |
Truth.
Silverskater145 - January 27, 2009 01:29 AM (GMT)
But let's admit it. We're all going to see the Dragonball movie, and the Cowboy Bebop movie.
Trunks - January 27, 2009 01:43 AM (GMT)
Actually I'll be watching DB:E on http://www.watch-movies.net and depending on how the CB movie looks when the trailer comes out I may or may not be doing the same for that one.
Raven Omega - January 27, 2009 02:19 AM (GMT)
| QUOTE (Silverskater145) |
| But let's admit it. We're all going to see the Dragonball movie, and the Cowboy Bebop movie. |
Negative on the DB movie, but no matter how much I'll hate it I'll be there first day for Cowboy Bebop.
Trowble - January 27, 2009 02:22 AM (GMT)
| QUOTE (Silverskater145) |
| But let's admit it. We're all going to see the Dragonball movie, and the Cowboy Bebop movie. |
No, and possibly yes.
Silverskater145 - January 27, 2009 10:55 AM (GMT)
Depending if my friends will want to see it/want to waste the money for DB, I'd probably go. If anything I'm 90% sure it's going to epically fail, and we'll have tons of laughs about it.
The worst that can happen is that they try too hard without going over the top.
I'll definitely be in for the CB movie.
The worst that can happen is that they try too hard without going over the top.
I'll definitely be in for the CB movie.
narrator - January 28, 2009 09:45 PM (GMT)
| QUOTE (Silverskater145 @ Jan 26 2009, 06:29 PM) |
| But let's admit it. We're all going to see the Dragonball movie |
Sure I will. At gunpoint.
Silverskater145 - June 25, 2009 09:02 AM (GMT)
Ishamael - June 25, 2009 01:41 PM (GMT)
While that did get me a little more excited about it, it still didn't do anything about my fears of Keanu.
Raven Omega - June 25, 2009 03:08 PM (GMT)
A film can be well written but Keanu can still fuck it up.
I thought the first matrix was clever at the time it came out but I still thought the acting and execution were poor based solely on the main cast of which reeves was largely a part of to many peoples dismay.
I thought the first matrix was clever at the time it came out but I still thought the acting and execution were poor based solely on the main cast of which reeves was largely a part of to many peoples dismay.
Trowble - June 25, 2009 09:31 PM (GMT)
Still the hottest Faye Valentine.
wait for it...
wait for it.............
wait for it...
wait for it.............
Silverskater145 - June 25, 2009 11:55 PM (GMT)
| QUOTE (Raven Omega @ Jun 25 2009, 10:08 AM) |
| A film can be well written but Keanu can still fuck it up. I thought the first matrix was clever at the time it came out but I still thought the acting and execution were poor based solely on the main cast of which reeves was largely a part of to many peoples dismay. |
I've heard people talk and say maybe Reeves' lax attitude is right up Spike's alley.
I'm still a skeptic.
Raven Omega - June 26, 2009 01:40 AM (GMT)
| QUOTE (Silverskater145) | ||
I've heard people talk and say maybe Reeves' lax attitude is right up Spike's alley. I'm still a skeptic. |
It's not a matter of attitude, it's a matter of Reeve's not being able to act for shit. I consider him on about the same level as Star Trek-era William Shatner, pausing awkwardly and stuttering through his lines inappropriately, occasionally throwing in a dash of Steven Seagal for horrible corny and stiff action scenes.
Kasai - June 26, 2009 02:29 AM (GMT)
Constantine was awesome.
Ishamael - June 26, 2009 04:49 PM (GMT)
Go back and watch it again. This time only pay attention to his acting, not the story. You won't like what you see.
narrator - June 26, 2009 05:56 PM (GMT)
| QUOTE (Kasai @ Jun 25 2009, 07:29 PM) |
| Constantine was awesome. |
Damn right it is. Oh wait, you're not talking about the comic series...you meant the movie?
Oh, um...good look with that, kiddo. :|
Soldat of life - July 10, 2009 06:05 PM (GMT)
I won't watch DB, but I'll certainly watch CB.
I think that Keanu wasn't the best choice.
I wonder if AO is dead.
I am still wondering if Gunnm with come out as a movie directed by James Cameron.
I think that Keanu wasn't the best choice.
I wonder if AO is dead.
I am still wondering if Gunnm with come out as a movie directed by James Cameron.
frr_Vegeta - July 12, 2009 05:19 AM (GMT)
Shatner is a god.
But Reeves is about the worst choice possible for Spike.
I think Kurt Russell would be a good choice for Jet. What say you?
But Reeves is about the worst choice possible for Spike.
I think Kurt Russell would be a good choice for Jet. What say you?
narrator - July 12, 2009 06:45 AM (GMT)
Nah scratch that, Veg. Me and Raven both reached a unanimous decision a while ago. There's only ONE respectable choice for Jet.....
Trowble - July 12, 2009 07:12 AM (GMT)
Ludicrous! Jet was white. Kimbo is black. End of story.
narrator - July 12, 2009 07:59 AM (GMT)
Just wait til Raven sees your insubordination.
Trowble - July 12, 2009 08:05 AM (GMT)
| QUOTE (narrator) |
| Just wait til Raven sees your insubordination. |
Story ended already, see:
| QUOTE (Trowble) |
| Ludicrous! Jet was white. Kimbo is black. End of story. |
Raven Omega - July 12, 2009 02:45 PM (GMT)
| QUOTE (Trowble) | ||||
Story ended already, see:
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Jet Black It's in his name, it all comes around full circle with Kimbo. It would be better than Reeves for Spike.
Trowble - July 12, 2009 05:56 PM (GMT)
| QUOTE (Raven Omega @ Jul 12 2009, 09:45 AM) | ||||||
Jet Black It's in his name, it all comes around full circle with Kimbo. It would be better than Reeves for Spike. |
Well, your full circle stops just short of being a stereotype.
Because your last name is Black doesn't mean you have to be black. I have a friend and her last name is Whiteside and she's darker black, she's darkness. End of story, you racist!
Raven Omega - July 12, 2009 05:58 PM (GMT)
| QUOTE (Trowble @ Jul 12 2009, 12:56 PM) | ||||||||
Well, your full circle stops just short of being a stereotype. Because your last name is Black doesn't mean you have to be black. I have a friend and her last name is Whiteside and she's darker black, she's darkness. End of story, you racist! |
SHUT UP CHINK! I'M NOT RACIST!
Trowble - July 12, 2009 06:02 PM (GMT)
| QUOTE (Raven Omega @ Jul 12 2009, 12:58 PM) | ||||||||||
SHUT UP CHINK! I'M NOT RACIST! |
Well I am, you trailer park trash! Goddamn snowflakes always trying to cramp my style. BD
frr_Vegeta - July 14, 2009 04:38 PM (GMT)
Darkness is spreading.
Silverskater145 - July 14, 2009 07:17 PM (GMT)
| QUOTE (frr_Vegeta @ Jul 14 2009, 11:38 AM) |
| Darkness is spreading. |
What did the five fingers say to the face!?
Raven Omega - July 14, 2009 10:03 PM (GMT)
| QUOTE (Silverskater145) | ||
What did the five fingers say to the face!? |
FAIL!