Keanu Reeves in Cowboy Bebop (is confirmed)

[aka Cthulhu]

Keanu Reeves has confirmed that he is indeed involved in the live-action adaptation of Cowboy Bebop. Reeves recently spoke with MTV and confirmed his involvement. Reeves shared some details on the project as well:

gWefre taking the Red Eye [story], the beginning part of the series,h he explained, gand then wefll deal with the end of the series. Wefre trying to figure out [the time frame]. Wefre looking at the story right now.h

gYeah, itfs so episodic and so disconnected. Wefre trying to figure out what pieces to put together to tell one story,h he explained. gBecause itfs such a short form, to make a 2 hour version [will be tough]. And itfs got so much of an origin-story obligation; youfve got to get people up to speed, but you donft want to do much of that. There are a lot of things to take into consideration, but we think we can do something good.h

There is no official word to what role Keanu will be playing, but he hopes to play Spike Spiegel. The film is being produced by Erwin Stoff and an unannounced writer is working on a screenplay.

www.firstshowing.net/2008/12/17/keanu-reeves-confirms-live-action-cowboy-bebop-involvement/

I just can't imagine that anime becoming a movie.

[SsnakeBite, the No1 Frenchman]

Well, I remember there was already a thread about Reeves being Spike in the Cowboy Bebop movie about a month ago. Honestly, while I don't see why so many people hate Keanu Reeves... HOW THE F*** DOES HE EVEN REMOTELY LOOK LIKE SPIKE SPIEGEL?!!

[aka Cthulhu]

Dec 18, 2008 11:22:43 GMT -5 SsnakeBite, the No1 Frenchman said:

HOW THE F*** DOES HE EVEN REMOTELY LOOK LIKE SPIKE SPIEGEL?!!

They... have... hair..?

I'm also meh on Keanu as Spike, but how the hell would they connect the first and final episodes without making it into just another action movie? That probably means Faye and Ed wouldn't be in the movie, too.

[hassanchop]

I believe it's filmable, unlike Dragon Ball. But seriously, I cannot imagine Keanu Reeves as Spike.

[Push R Truth]

Dec 18, 2008 11:37:01 GMT -5 hassanchop said:

I believe it's filmable, unlike Dragon Ball. But seriously, I cannot imagine Keanu Reeves as Spike.

This is at least a do-able Anime->Film conversion. And they are probably just re-imaging the characters a bit. Because what looks good in drawing... can really look terrible in reality.

I can survive with Keanu. Could be worse... maybe. Kinda. Right?




Oh, and I hope Dragonball will at least be so-bad-it's-good-cult-movie-status. That's the only way I think it has a prayer of not being a complete pile of crap.

[Alucard]

Dec 18, 2008 11:22:43 GMT -5 SsnakeBite, the No1 Frenchman said:

Well, I remember there was already a thread about Reeves being Spike in the Cowboy Bebop movie about a month ago. Honestly, while I don't see why so many people hate Keanu Reeves... HOW THE F*** DOES HE EVEN REMOTELY LOOK LIKE SPIKE SPIEGEL?!!

In fairness, Keanu and Spike have a similar facial build.

Too bad Keanu can't act "cool" to save his life.

Which is kind of a necessity for this role (ANY role in Bebop)

Which is why I think it's a bad casting decision IF he ends up as Spike, but even if he's not, the only person his emotionless ass is fit to play is Vicious. Even that is a stretch.

Which is why I don't know why this is being done in the first place.

[Michael Coello]

Man,that's some bad spelling in the quote box.

Well, at least it seems like Keanu is a fan of it, at least. Personally, I think he's better for Roger Smith and Big O than Spike and Bebop.

[Mehe is F'n hardcore.]

Could be worse... could be Nick Cage.

[Hulkshi Tanahashi]

God, I hope Reeves is not playing Spike. You'd need someone cool to play Spike. Keanu is not exactly cool.

[Spankymac is sick of the swiss]

Five bucks says that Spike "somehow" gets reimagined with a trenchcoat and sunglasses. I'd bet money on it. God, Keanu Reeves sucks. But, like it's been said here, there could be a LOT worse. At least Reeves is comically terrible.

[CrazySting]

It depends what Keanu we're getting. 'The Matrix' Keanu or 'Johnny Numonic' Keanu?

[Phosphor Glow]

Dec 18, 2008 15:56:17 GMT -5 Michael Coello said:

Man,that's some bad spelling in the quote box.

Well, at least it seems like Keanu is a fan of it, at least. Personally, I think he's better for Roger Smith and Big O than Spike and Bebop.

...y'know I can see that quite easily, actually.

[HMARK Center]

Keanu could play Spike's soft-spokeness well, but, I agree, I don't think he could pull off Spike's inherent "cool" vibe.

That said, at least the project appears to be in the hands of people who care about it.

Don't forget, too: Bebop was initially just going to be a movie, but was expanded into a TV show. Maybe they'll draw something from that.

[waffleofpower]

Can I be Ed?

[SsnakeBite, the No1 Frenchman]

Dec 18, 2008 18:23:34 GMT -5 HMARK Center said:

Keanu could play Spike's soft-spokeness well, but, I agree, I don't think he could pull off Spike's inherent "cool" vibe.

That said, at least the project appears to be in the hands of people who care about it.

Don't forget, too: Bebop was initially just going to be a movie, but was expanded into a TV show. Maybe they'll draw something from that.

Huh? But if I'm not mistaken, the TV show started (and ended) long before the movie, right?

[Joekishi]

Also you know yeah roger smith, with BIG O! would be awesome for KEanu.

Hey atleast it's not Justin Long

[Strotha]

Keanu Reeves is a talentless hack who's only famous because he's good looking.He can't act at all.It's painful trying to watch him in a movie.

[DSR]

Dec 18, 2008 17:28:50 GMT -5 CrazySting said:

It depends what Keanu we're getting. 'The Matrix' Keanu or 'Johnny Numonic' Keanu?

Fingers crossed for "Bill and Ted" Keanu.

[The Tank]

Man, I can't wait until the trailers. People will flip out even worse for this than they did for Dragonball!

[moneyman]

No way it could be worse than Dragonball will be.