Cowboy Bebop Live-Action Movie Official

A live-action film adaptation of Cowboy Bebop has been known to be in the making ever since a deal between anime studio Sunrise and film producer Erwin Stoff (The Matrix, A Scanner Darkly) was revealed last summer. But it wasn't until last month that Sunrise officially announced the Cowboy Bebop movie, confirming their collaboration with 20th Century Fox (and 3 Arts Entertainment), as well as Keanu Reeves' presence among the cast - presumably as Spike Spiegel.



Back in December when Keanu Reeves expressed his burning desire to play the lead role, he also revealed that the live-action Cowboy Bebop movie will be based on the "Red Eye" storyline from the anime's beginning. Other than that, not much else is known about the story. But there's probably no need to worry, seeing how the production team includes plenty of names from Sunrise: president Kenji Uchida, director Shinichiro Watanabe (from the original Cowboy Bebop), script supervisor Keiko Nobumoto, and former Sunrise producer Masahiko Minami (who went on to co-found studio Bones).

Well, sounds good, I guess. But we won't rule out the chance of shit hitting the fan just yet. It's made in Hollywood, after all...