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How about showing TRIGUN some love! Vash is the coolest anime character and his storyline is perfect for a movie! So much happened to his past and the action scenes were always breathtaking to say the least! We need TRIGUN! Bebop sounds cool too!

Ummm does anyone realize this guy is Keanu Reeves' manager? The only movie's he's produced have been Keanu Reeves films!!! Guess we found our spike. "Woah"

Alex you suck. Dragonball will be cool. I am a fan and I support the changes. Transformers made shit load of changes and you fucking moviebloggers didn't say shit about it.

at #5 you realize what your talking about... a LIVE ACTION Dragonball movie?!?! There is now way in all hell that it will be good... it is going to be a fucking train wreck. The reason they aren't saying anything about the changes to Transformers was becuase it was a good movie which is something the Dragonball movie will not be.

Oh dear... please don't ruin Cowboy Bebop... If it does get ruined, they might as well cast Man-Faye to be Ms. Valentine. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man-Faye Please please let this movie not bomb... I can't bear to so it ruined...

Well, I've been expecting an adaptation of this series for years. I have always been a fan of the show and it is one of maybe 3 animes that is significantly better english dubbed. It makes me pretty sad to hear that it's being adapted though because there's a certain grittyness about the series that will be incredibly hard to portray in a live action film. That being said I will keep an eye on it just because of my love for the series and I'm just generally curious about who will direct and who will be cast.

I cried and died a little inside when i found out Akira and GITS were being redone. Anime is Anime and Hollywood is Hollywood. They should remain seperate! Also, why Fox? I hate Fox. Once upon a time they were the production company to beat, but now all they churn out is crap. I found my only solace in Akira and GITS remakes being that Fox was NOT doing them. and now Cowboy Bebop is going to be redone? What's next? A live action verson of Princess Mononoke (to the production companies, DO NOT DO THAT)? If Fox was NOT doing Cowboy Bebop, I might be able to get excited for it. I mean, of all animes, I agree with #10 and #12, this is one of the few that could actually work really well as a live action flick. However, only if they go about it right. And they better at least get the music right! The music is the whole reason I watched any Cowboy Bebop to begin with (and to be honest, while the 2001 movie rocked, I think the music is better than the series as a whole). Last note: Dragonball live action will suck. The anime wasn't as good as the manga, and I don't 'see how a live action version could work, especially from what details I've heard about the changes they've made.

it's going to be a terrible,. do you really have any hope for live action Hollywood adaptations of anime to work? I mean everyone tried to choke themselves to death when the announcement of live action Evangelion was made, this is will just end in a disgrace and I call for live action hamtaro . Cause even Hollywood can't mess that up. I mean look ant Alvin and the chipmunks, obviously the best movie of all time.

I think almost any movie could work. It just has to have the right script, director, budget, production, etc. All of the anime movies that's done bad with live action was because none of them really had good production behind them. Guyver, Gundam, Crying Freeman, and so on... Think about it? If Transformers was given a $25 million budget with a cheap director, how do you think that would've turned out? I'm pretty sure a lot of you would be sitting here complaining how they should've never made it. I think anime live action movies are still in it's early stages like most of the first couple comic book movies, remember the first F4 or Captain America movies? Let's just hope that maybe Akira, GITS, or Cowboy Bebop can break that trend. On another note, DBZ looks like another flop in my opinion. It looks like a Forbidden Kingdom type movie. Lots of action scenes but with a bad script and corny acting. just my first impressions.

I saw this dubbed in Spanish, and let me tell you... I didn't know what the FUCK was going on.

As long as they get someone good to direct im all for it, i only watched the movie and loved it. Hopefully fox doesn't screw up another great anime series (like they will with Dragonball). I also agree with David lets get a Trigun movie in the works.

All I have to say is the they better be CAREFUL! I know some anime lovers who will rip anyone involved in this movie to SHREDS if they don't get it right! Glad it's not my job!

Jesus. NOT. EVERYTHING. NEEDS. TO BE. A MOVIE. Soon they're gonna start making movies about everyday activities. DISHES. LAUNDRY. VACUUMING. God, I'm getting sick of Hollywood.

#26 well they've already made a movie about a vacuum salesman

this is going to be a terrible examle of th mess that hollywood has become Erwin stoff's production probably means that keanu reevese will be probably somehow tied to the project it will probably be completley americanized and what made bebop so great will be destroyed on the live action transfer. Bebop was a show that should have showed these hollywood producers how great a piece of anime could be without hollywood shit and live american actors. Hollywood could never ruin the series its adaption of the series will probably be a terribly funny shitty live action movie that just shows how shitty hollywood has become

I am pretty excited for this. If it ends up being bad, who gives a damn? We still have the amazing anime that's there already. But, my only two questions are, who will direct it, and who will act in it? Wachowski brothers would be good. And for Faye, I think charlize therone maybe... I donno it soesn't matter really. I just hope its good. Now all we need is a Paranoia Agent Movie and we're set.

Wish they would start out with some crappy properties so they figure out what the hell they are doing, like they did with comics, and leave this, ghost, and akira alone until they do.

If the film does go through I hope they make it like the show, the ending of Bebop was "for lack of a better word perfect" (Somebody name that line.). Spikes fate was left to the viewer, if he died on that staircase after his battle with Vicious or. Hopefully the director and writers will bring that scene to the film I can see a Bebop trilogy in the works I'm on board as long as it stays true to the show. Not the biggest fan of anime, but Bebop was the one show along side of DBZ that I could remotly stand, and unlike DBZ Bebop does not start to dissapoint after a couple of seasons, Bebop always stayed true all the way until the end minus the episode where they all die by the glob of death! Make it work if not don't even try to make a live action.

the whole point of anime, is ITS ANIME, Not live action... i hope to god this does not happen, what a way to tarnish one of the best animes of all time

quote: NO!! Bastards will ruin it!!! Leave Bebop alone!!! zwandaba on Jul 23, 2008 /quote: couldn't agree more. Damn you Murdoch! Damn you Fox! Damn you and your unholy hellspawn of profit!!

I HATE YOU FOX >>>>>!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh great yet another company buying rights to an anime. If this trend continues we'll start to see anime we never expected to get live-action films...like...Cowboy Bebop. Again it's not about who directs or if it will suck this is yet another cultural thing. But in the end Bebop comes down to the style. Bebop has a very distinct and immersive style and it's cross genre bending aspects give it so much more. Yoko Kanno has to do the music and I mean has to and the dialouge has to be right in the screenplay. Just like most of these anime adaptations most of the film is going to have to be CG especially with the space combat, space stations etc. but again I don't agree with any of it and think that another animated movie could be made and more appreciated than an American adaptation into live-action.

Did you get permission from the photographer or model in that photo you posted with this article? I'm assuming you didn't, so you should take it down. -MM

#33 you're joking about the ending being open to interpretation right? They had the old man talk about people's "Guardian Stars" and showing the star fading away at the end of the credits for a reason. Spike Dies, and if anyone tries to call spoiler on that, the series has been around for a decade. As to the actual topic, yeah, this is going to be god awful, almost without doubt.

I agree with David. Bebop is fine and dandy. But "Trigun" would really shine on a big screen. Especially as a trilogy. If only the likes of Quentin Tarantino, Peter Jackson, or Christopher Nolan could be persuaded to direct it. Its a huge spread of styles I just listed, but Tarantino knows how to make some violence happen, Jackson makes damn good epics, and Nolan just kicks ass.

okay here's the problem with Trigun on the big screen, THE STORY IS TOO LONG! as for cowboy bebop the live action...where is Jet in the above picture and who's the broad that took his place? this is already a VERY disturbing idea, Cowboy Bebop without Jet just doesn't make sense.. the Bebop is HIS ship!! and anime to live action is by all means NOT a new idea.

I think this is bad idea and its going be done in way thats not going be faithful to what Cowboy Behop so good in the first place. Behop was combination of fantastic writing, unique choices of beautiful music & goregous animation. Hollywood is not known for none of the above, this will not be what fan loved. Its something for commerical digestion of people never seen it, don't get it. Either going be good, or dumb down for average folks who don't get sci-fi or SMART scifi.

BEST CASE SCENRIO: They film the movie, cast Alec Baldwin and George Clooney as villains. They both drop dead 2 months before the film is released. The film is a big hit!!!

Leave it alone. Leave it all alone. Stop making remakes. Stop "adapting" things. Are the people producing these movies and series such mindless damn zombies with zero creativity that they cant even come up with their own stories anymore? whoa, guess i just answered my own question. And people laugh/complain about Uwe Boll? Atleast he only rapes videogames that sucked before their even more horrible movie form. But this, this is just wow.

I'm a bit nervous about this, I must admit. I'm not going to freak out yet, though. I'm willing to give the producers the benefit of the doubt on this one, but depending on who they choose as director, what they do w/ the score, and who they cast, they could be walking on very thin ice. My biggest concern is director choice and casting for Faye. Obviously, were they to spring for the big bucks, they would choose someone like Christopher Nolan who has proven his knowledge of how to get into the "mind" of an animated feature. I would trust him w/ any project, whether cartoon or anime. He makes the project his baby and takes great care of it. I like the guy and his work. Poor casting for Faye would also completely ruin this film for me. She's the quintessential anime chick... every fanboy's wet dream. Meaning, SHE NEEDS TO HAVE SOME CURVES FOR FRAK'S SAKE! Let's face it, every well-known actress out there currently is uber skinny w/ not a breast or itty-bitty waist or substantial hip to speak of. There's also the issue of personality. I'm having a hard time imagining any current busty actress carrying off the Faye demeanor w/ believability. There just aren't that many talented young 20-something actresses around. *sigh* So, w/ all that said, my husband and I have come up w/ a cast list that we wouldn't balk at (at least not badly) should these people play the live-action version. We agree w/ #58 that Adrien Brody would actually make a really good Spike. He's got the aloofness, brooding and lankiness down-pat. Plus, as an actor, he has the ability to vanish into a role. That's good. For Jet, we're thinking Ron Perlman. Heck, he's got the voice, the brawn and the personality. Just slap a beard on him and you're good to go. For Ed, we're torn. Not sure about Dakota. I'm thinking more Abigail Breslin. She still has that childish exuberance about her that Dakota is growing out of now. And for Faye, it's a toss-up between Christina Ricci and Selma Blair. Both women, I think, could nail the personality. I'm still concerned w/ the fact that neither one of them have any boob or hip to speak of, but I suppose w/ today's concern over stick-thin stars, it'll be impossible to find that hourglass figure anymore. (Well, that's not entirely true. Katherine Heigl certainly has the figure. You could very easily give her black hair, that's not a hardship. My concern there for her would be, can she carry off Faye's personality? She's yet to be tested in a character role anywhere even remotely close to this.) Now the only thing left to determine is who's going to play Ein? Oh, lawd, please not some crazy CG crap. Please let it be a real-live corgi. Let's not have Scooby-Doo all over again. What a farce that would be.

They are going to mess these movies up SOOO bad.

Keanu Reeves as Spike? They'd be better off hiring someone to hide behind a life-size cardboard cutout of the cartoon Spike and move it around whenever he's on camera.

I seriously hope n pray that they don't screw with the story or style to cowboy bebop. It's actually a really great anime. N it already worries me that their showing faye as the main person when it really is spike. i feel the disappointment already

Oh come on Stephen Dorff should play Spike, he's perfect for it.

Well Hollywood is a total shitfest as it is. Their main priority is to make everything that becomes successful a franchise. The huge unoriginality that Hollywood has reeks of filth, and they're probably desperate for a creative screenwriter who can bring about new substance for their films. After seeing 300 and Sin City become successful, Hollywood decides to bring EVERY comic books to the spotlight. They also witnessed the brilliance of Spiderman and decides to makes every Marvel superheroes their own movies. Hollywood also uses foreign movies and remakes them. So all in all, I have to admit, Hollywood lacks creativity in ANY genre now and uses anything in the past that was working well for a remake with nothing original to offer. So I laugh now when Hollywood "fight" (more like beg) people to stop downloading their work. If they can't even try to make a movie worth the 10 dollars and time of audiences, why do they deserve it? I watch movies that I find to be WORTH it, but rather ignore anything else that feels like a waste of my time.

this can be a good movie but since it's going to be done by fox it probably won't be any good

I think if it done right, and faithfully then it could be alright, the problem is they're prob gonna use big names to try and reel viewers in... I will die if Kanno doesn't do the music...ANd I don't particularly want Keanu Reeves to be Spike, he's just not right for the role. Mmmmm, people are right, anythings is turned into a film nowadays... I wanna see Arnie in 'Piano Tuner': "I was the last Piano Tuner in Vietham!" If anyone doesn't get the bill bailey refernce please ignore me!

Balance Cast Spike: Christian Camargo (Dexter/fast inc.) Faye: Ellen Page (I know, i know-but hey they can be padded or digitally enlarged Jet: David Morse (16 blocks)

Meagan Fox as Faye and Vin Diesel for Jet(Though he'll have to change his attitude) and ah Justin Chatwin as Spike!!! Oh No What am I saying!!!

Oh, and just a side note: I think Ellen Page would make a much better Ed. I really think a smallish adult needs to play Ed as opposed to a kid. I just can't think of any kid actors right now who could carry off Ed's mannerisms properly.

Please don't do this. The sacred characters and films in anime all have styles of their own and I sincerely believe that the American film industry can only bastardize these at best. Cowboy Bepop is so witty and subtle in its storytelling, the brute mentality of the average moviegoer is not gonna like a faithful adaptation. Besides, what is the film gonna be about anyhow? There is no reason to make a live action version! The same with Ghost in the Shell and Akira, you simply can't improve upon perfection.

hahaha! John C hit the nail on the head! Mainstream moviegoers hate anime, comics, & real sci-fi. But wrap it up in celebrity-powered garbage and sensationalism and they'll eat it up till they puke. Hollywood will attempt to, and eventually destroy all of the culture and art that we love. Good luck with this one.

Fox, I hate you SO much.

This is the WORST idea EVER! Fpx is going to ruin Cowboy Bebop! And keanu reeves as Spike? HELL NO! Sorry Reeves, I am a fan of yours, but there is no way you could pull off this one, you just can't do it. Bottom line, SCRAP THIS IDEA, PLEASE!

Anyone else think Vin Diesel would be a good Jet?

Sigh... After seeing what Hollywood has done to the Hulk, Fantastic 4, Speed Racer and what it is doing to Dragon Ball Z...my mouth must have hit the floor even at the idea of ANYONE attempting to turn Cowboy BeBop into a live action movie is horrifying. I really am saddened and I will make this perfectly clear that I am NOT going to see it. Knowing that the bumblers will probably be so clueless that they will cast a boy as 'Ed' Not to mention that there is an ominious sign already in that one of the major producers IS NOT EVEN A FAN. All Hollywood is really interested in is turning out a quick movie to make alot of money. They think they'll be able to pacify us with a half ass cast that doesn't quite match with a half ass script that doesn't have the heart of the original series. They think that we Anime Fans are dumb...dopey kids that play on the internet...or computer...or video games while drooling over HOT anime babes. WELL....We're not...we're sopisticated individuals whom want a REALLY GOOD ANIME LIVE ACTION MOVIE. Please stop this project now. Or place it on hold until you find someone whom A: REALLY LIKES COWBOY BEBOP B: REALLY KNOWS COWBOY BEBOP C: AND....YOU HAVE A SCRIPT FROM THE ORIGINAL CREATOR WHOM WILL OVER SEE THE PROJECT TO MAKE SURE YOU DONT F' IT UP Which....currently you are garenteed to do ...know the current success of the prior projects. Sincerely Peter Williams Anime Fan

Well, I don't think it's a bad idea, of course, IF they really remain faithfull to the real animation and not doing faggie versions of it just for nowadays youth (sorry for that, but they're all retarded) like it (pretty much like what they did in spider-man 3 movie, argh! or are doing with the dbz movie).

It's all about the Director and script the cast you can get some up and comers and 2 -3 stars . Keanu has paid his dues when it comes down to these blockbusters Keanu brings it ...

Here are some ideas who can play the role(s) for these characters: Aaron Lazar or Keanu Reeves as Spike Spiegel Kate Beckinsale as Faye Valentine AnnaSophia Robb as Ed A trained Welsh Corgi/CG as EIN Ving Rhames or Ron Pearlman as Jet Black Charlize Theron as Julia Hiroyuki Sanada as Vicious (Kelly Hu as Grencia Mars Elijah Guo Eckener/Gren) now if Hollywood producers/writers starts to cast the character Grencia Mars Elijah Guo Eckener, Kelly Hu can play the role as Gren (just teach her to play the tenor sax), although the character is a male, but i believe she pull it off as the character, because she got a sexy figure, nice long silky hair, and when i saw her pic on google sengine (search + engine) images, i said, "Yes!" Any ideas? What you think?

This is a terrible idea...In the Words of charles barkley ..."just terrible"

let quentin tarantino direct it n it will be perfect guaranteed cowboy is the best anime ever and should be taken very seriously fox please dont ruin it

As a fan of the anime, I am both 'excited' and slightly disturbed at this news. I'm excited at the 'possiblity' that a live action movie would actually work and be almost as cool as the anime is. I am disturbed at the fact Hollywood is lacking so much creativity that it wants to attempt to 'butcher' one the 'Anime Greats'. Either way Anime fans need to begin to embrace for the onslaught of other potential titles that will eventually be looked into for feeding the beast called Hollywood; Full Metal Alchemist (cringes at the thought!), Eureka 7 (which might actually work somewhat decently), Karas, Fate/Stay Night, Samurai Champloo, Pokemon, possibly Tenjho Tenge, Outlaw Star, Blood + (especially if Twilight does well), Trigun, Reruoni Kenshin, Naruto, Bleach, Inuyasha, Wolf's Rain, Speed Grapher, Cyborg 009, Hellsing, Trinity Blood, Gunslinger Girl, Desert Punk, Saiyuki, etc.

Personally, I'm hoping this story involves Vicious. He wasn't in the animated movie, and I'd REALLY like to see more history between him, Spike, and Julia. No idea who would make a good Vicious...but there's a villain that needs more love.

Ok, why not have Nicholas Cage (Bangkok Dangerous) as Spike Spiegel. Out of All Hollywood men in the business, or other men who're tryin to get into the business please give someone else another chance to play the role. This is the 21st century, new roles, new genres, new ideas (which means FRESH ideas, fresh baked bread outta oven!) I would love to see anime into live-action done right! If i hear another anime title and see a promo disaster like Speed Racer (which i heard pathetic line, and a F'd up cheesy scenes (4 example: they try to make Speed Racer actors do drama, then turn this genre action as an action which looked like an ABC child story for 3 year old to love, but adults were probably like....eeeww!) ill go rent Barney the dinosaur, to see this crap. Anyways, i have an idea, if Hollywood writes/creator decides to put Gren in it (which will be all out of sync), why not put Jeff Lorber (smooth jazz artists to turn to actor) to play as Grencia Mars Elijah Guo Eckener, Why?! I have a pic of Jeff Lorber from his 1991 cd Worth Waiting For, on the cover he looks exactly like Gren in the face and hair. (dunno jus a thought!) I am not gonna say anymore til the film comes out then you'll hear from me. Til then......i bet not see any disasters of an anime live, just think i went to Walmart and they have still a boatload of Speed Racer DVD on shelves while everything else selling, NOW u know that's terrible.

Fuck Hollywood! Anime should stay animated.

live action adaptations of anime are rarely good even when the japanese do it. all this western influence on the anime is just going to make it that much worse. ghost in the shell, dragonball, and now cowboy bebop will, without doubt, just be dumbed down into action movies with lots of special effects and no connection to the original works other than the license. anyways if i keep my expectations ultra-low i wont be disappointed but it will really damper the experience for those who have not seen the original works and their first glimpse into these licenses be from the westernized point of view

i think whats important is that Erwin Stoff actually manages to come good with the atmosphere and demeanors of all the characters, i mean look at the way it all ended in the series, the final scene with Spike walking in and casually kicking a grenade, absolutely brilliant. Whilst reading this article i asked myself if this guy could deliver the same level of coolness, style, emotion etc. some things are better left alone although i think this could work, could be something great, but it just as easily could be rubbish. I agree, Yoko ftw making the soundtrack!

you know what tho' i have seen the most,....ahem! i mean THE MOST TERRIBLE talked about vampire film which really made me felt like someone just drugged my drink at a concession bar, while im watching this...this.. **sighing heavily** *damn* i'm still recovering from this trauma which i saw it 3weeks ago, but... i felt like my manhood was cut off along with my intestins, liver and all except my heart and lungs, and............aw forget it, i have seen some chick flick in my past life, and all i know 'twilight' was THE MOST PAINFUL, (body stricken) DRY, HUMULIATING....i even hate chick films but this was... *sighing in disgust** ok, ill make it simple, ....damn the movie was so horrible, i felt like i lost $8.00 which seemed like the closest best friend in the world that died, and 2hours of my life, seemed like 2000 years, (well ok, id exaggerated, 20 years gone), i felt like.....i won the lottery and and got broke the same day and went to jail, and got bummed hardcore, and and.... it made the flop Speed Racer look really good on film and DVD. My friend loved it, and he laughed so hard at my reaction, i gave him a look like someone "stanked in their pants" then sprayed men's cologne to cover it up. I didn't even had the energy to get mad and cuss at the film, all i kno i thought i was in a mental facility seeing vampires/slash love mooshy stuff, jus in my head seein dead people tryin to act. I know some of you people are wondering what's this got to do with Anime live action of cowboy bebop, excellent film or flop future flim of live action bebop, it'll be better than the movie i suffered though, i felt a part of me is gone, i just hope some real good films are being made between now and next year.

please, please don't go through with this. keep in mind, if dragonaball bombs they'll probably put this on hold.

This is far and away my favorite anime and I was horrified to find out that Keanu is going to play Spike. Cowboy Bebop is an incredible, artful, and touching anime. It's not that I hate Keanu as an "actor", but he just doesn't have it in him to really become Spike. Whoever thought of him right off the bat needs to be kicked in the head. This pick just goes to show that the developers for the live-action movie have no idea what they have in their hands. They're going to destroy everything about Cowboy Bebop that makes it amazing.

Smartwentcrazy, I think the main problem you have with the movie is this: we've built Cowboy Bebop up to such tremendous heights in our mind, that the idea of ANYONE portraying some of our favorite characters gives us all pause. I'm sure the Japanese fans felt the same when the anime was being dubbed for English. "Oh no! Not THAT voice actor! They'll RUIN it!" But stop and think just how great this will be for Cowboy Bebop (and anime in general) if the movie does get made with Keanu Reeves, and it performs well in the box office. Keanu has tons of dedicated fans who will probably go and see the movie just for him. Likely there will be other actors/actresses that can inspire the same in people that get cast in the movie. More than likely, most of these people won't be avid anime watchers. Also likely, some of them will be so fascinated with the movie that they want more, and they go searching around to watch the anime the show was based off of. This is GREAT exposure, not just for Cowboy Bebop, but for anime in general. Why? Suppose that many of the people that then watch the series find they LIKE anime. That it's not all Sailor Moon and Dragonball Z (not to bash, I know some people really like these shows), and that it can cover riveting, adult-themed storylines. Now they're likely to want to see more. And America, to meet the demand, will likely begin importing more shows over from Japan. Cost on anime dvds and paraphernalia will likely go down, since it's no longer being supported mostly by teenagers that can't afford it. I think it goes without saying that almost nobody can live up to Spike Spiegel. But I don't think they'll do such a bad job trying, and I think it will be great for us all in the long run.

Please Erwin Stoff, PLEASE don't mess this up. I don't want to see one of the best anime of all time BOMB. I saw the dragonball trailer (not a fan, but used to watch it when I was a kid) and I could tell it's going to suck. Don't mean to offend any Dragonball fans by the way. My birthday is in a couple of days and when I blow out the candles, I'm going to wish for this live action film to be good or almost as good as these big movies. Once again, PLEASE Erwin Stoff, don't mess this up.

Hey every1!!! Have you noticed Tom Cruise's new film's preview Valkyrie?! Ya'll know what Tom Cruise's character looks like in resemblence of?.... (ya'll know where i am goin' with this one), *The Flame Alchemists Roy Mustang (FMA movie: Conqueror of Shamballa), i can honestly say that they may not make a Full Metal Alchemists live-action. Oh well! [shrugs] Sorry bout that, i got carried away, i just had to throw that one in here, cuz one day i was doin somethin' and looked up at tv for a glimpse, and my reaction was....Roy Mustang (they finally came out with a FMA film unexpectedly), and on another day, i saw the whole preview, and i am goin to see it. The last time i saw a Tom Cruise film was Michael mann's Collateral that was awesome film and in my collection. Back to Bebop live, i really am irritable, and very impatient, please announce the BIG FILM's cast and who's legit to play the roles and ready-2-do-tha-damn-thang!!!! It's like We're starvin' ready 2 devour a good home-cooked meal of a film betta be done right, dats aww we kno'! All i know you got 2 box-office flops of anime live-acts, and 1 real good one (Deathnote). So... i am just w8in' 4tha BIG NEWS!!!

I wish people would stop complaining. You're going to go see it. It may be at the theaters, on dvd, or on tv you're going to see it. And you're going to like it, maybe not the plot, the characters, or any singular part, but it will at least make you happy seeing it in live action. Eragon was steaming crap but it was still nice seeing what it translated to rl

HAY GUYS I JUST GOT OUT OF THE MATRIX,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, IM PERFICT FOR THIS MOIVE WHOA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IM THE COOLEEIST TRINITY ALWAYS SEYS SO... ILL SHOW YOU ALL ILL BE THE BEST SPIPKE EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The most important thing is that they keep the music intact...I don't want some crappy Hollywood symphonic orchestra playing some bombastic tune whenever action looms. They better use jazz and they better use jazz created by Yoko Kanno. I like Thelonious Monk and Charlie Parker, but if they want to have any credibility at all, they should keep the music intact. Else they could just as well give Spike red hair and the ability to teleport.

The Dragonball Trailer is awfullll..... it's made for the tween crowd, I cringed. Cowboy bebop I a sure will be aimed at the same age demographic, instantly ripping out all the grittyness that the anime pulled me in with. Is hollywood so drained for new ideas? When will the remakes stop!

Keanu Reeves is a horrible choice for Spike!!!

I think i good actor to play spike is sean from eastenders the only thing he'd need to do s change his hair colour and his accent

I am at this point and time torn on this issue....I'm not excited they're making this into a live action movie nor am I angry about it... If you think about it there has been a few good cartoons turned live action movies that have came out ie: Resident Evil and such, but then again some of them have indeed sucked it up hardcore!! I believe that they could've chosen a better actor to play Spike, not that I have anything against Keanu but I just don't think he is made for this part! All together I can say that i'm not all that thrilled about them trying to make an already exquisite show into what they think will be a smash hit but I will still end up paying the 8.75 it costs to go see it!

craig, yea i just heard...one of my buddies told me about it. i guess all i can do now is hope it doesnt suck...or that it gets shelved. to chickwithsticks, bottom line is that bebop is an anime and (in my mind) should never be turned into live action. if anything go full cg like ninja turtles (which could have been better), but i really dont see it working with live action. i will say that i'm hoping to be proven wrong.

Keanu Reeves is gonna be spike for sure....the movie is dead

Ok, everyone's yelling about the casting, and I admit, Reeves is not my first choice for Mr. Spike. There are so many other great actors, known and unknown out there that can play the part mjuch better. Now, what I'm worried about is the casting for Radical Edward, and Ein. I agree with # 59, someone childish, yet mature in some odd, computer game freak way. Be true to Edward! Also, if they use a CG Corgi, I'll just scream. There are talented Corgis out there that would be perfect for the part. Now, as for the anti-gravity scenes, I can understand CG, but please, use a real dog!

I hope Fox Reads these!! This was a very scary thought to me that Hollywood is taking the wonderful story telling of the Japanese and choosing to make profits out of several anime but if you add Mr. Reaves into the mix it makes it a complete NIGHTMARE!!! I don't know if anyone could do Bebop justice in a live action. I love Bebop as an Anime. Even Yokko Kanno did the music for Bebop and Ghost in the Shell live actions that would be the only good thing to come out of it. She's awesome! I wonder if Wantanabe will watch the live action of Bebop. Fox if you do decide to finish this film please, PLEASE, PLEASE get some no-names to play the parts. I couldn't watch Keanu destroy my beloved Spike!!!!

It'll be hard, very hard for someone to get the character of Ed spot on. The others, Im not so concerned about right now. But Ed I am. She's ace, she's such a lovable nut job!

Let's start with this anyone who likes any part of Dragonball and still thinks they are intelligent enough to leave a comment here should do the world a favor and suck on an exhaust pipe. Dragonball is the worst piece of shit ever conceived and thank you assholes for making it popular. As far as Bebop, yeah they are going to piss all over it. Its probably going to suck goat balls. I love producers who are like, uh... I don't really like the anime but...you know I can make a lot of money. We are supposed to trust that jackass, and if Keanu Walking Autism Reeves is Spike, it may be neccessary to take drastic action. To those of you whining, however, about "keep anime as it is..don't make a movie!" Get over it! Almost all good movies are adaptations or books, plays, short stories, folk tales, or some other pre-existing concept. Anime is no different. Just please don't screw it up by thinking you know better!

At this point, I'm just hoping that it gets cancelled. What a terrible idea. They will not do the series or the characters justice. Please, no. nonononono.

why live action? if they want to make another movie make it anime and keep keanu Reeves as far away as possible.

I'm worried big time about this. Bebop is one of my favorites, and I truly hope that they don't alter any parts of the plot. Perhaps my biggest concern is the casting; Keanu better not play a stiff, expressionless Spike, or I'll puke all over the theater. The women? Faye better not be played by someone who isn't a big fan, and if they cast anyone I've ever heard of in my entire life for Ed, I'm not even going to bother seeing it. Surprisingly enough, I'm excited about Ein (the cute little dog with a higher IQ than the average computer geek). I'll cry if they CG Ein, but if they use a trained dog and lots of talent, luck, and doggy treats, then they should be able to get a convincing act! All of these things would have to fall together in order for me to approve of this live-action of the anime. I'll just have to hope it all works out.

You know... i agree with others who have said similar thing, but ANIME should be ANIME!!! I would rather see more Anime movies come to the big screen and shown here in the states rather introduce morphed Live Action anime. I admit, some of our comics have come to the big screen in live action and were successful, but again, these comic books are usually american, so the transition from comic book to live action movie works. But Anime is something completely different from our comics and American cartoons. I really wish they'd just bring more Anime to the theaters, and leave them as anime. Heck, i'd love to see Anime movies on the big screen in parts of a series. But seriously, who can play Spike Spiegel? I heard Keanu! Please dont!!!!!!!!!! Ghost in the SHell? Please please please don't!

There are very few things as cool as watching guys in cheap suits, cigarettes dangling off their lips, streetfighting, ala "Enter the Dragon", with toothless old mexican gangsters in sombreros (complete with ponchos) on freaking MARS, and then zipping around in junker spaceships fighting the chinese mafia in space, all the while set to slick, cool jazz. I'm sorry, but that's just so fucking cool on so many levels that it's almost easy to conclude that you cannot in anyway go wrong with this concept. one of the great charms of 'Bebop' was it was set within a semi-believable future. Mankind had expanded beyond earth to find.... they're actually alone in the galaxy. They have high technology, enough to make interplanetary travel possible, but people are still driving beat up, dirtballed cars, everything still looks shabby as hell, and the mafia is alive and well. The characters were all relatable, despite their semi- fantastic backgrounds: An jaded ex-mob assassin, A washed up ex-cop, A snarky gambling addicted amnesiac, and a wildly spastic child prodegy. Oh, and a dog with human level intellegence that's still treated like a dog. perpetually broke, they travel through space taking on any odd job that will put food on the table, all the while wrestling with personal demons. Everyone was hopelessly flawed, and vastly entertaining. Cowboy Bebop was an unapologetic, genre-bending, Sci-fi Spaghetti Western masterpiece, which changed the face of the animation industry forever. So with that said, it's a pretty sure-fire hit if adapted into a film, right? Wrong. Unless it's handled properly, it will be STUPIDLY EASY to dick up this movie. Part of it's appeal was it's music. All we need is some top 40 "my-chemical-system-of -a-timberlake-rusted-hootie-&-the-blowjob-travellers" bullshit and they will completely fuck everything up. on another note: Dragonball is a guaranteed bomb. It looks terribad already. Just the idea of adapting it into a live action movie is laughable at best, simple because it's simply just too big/long to adapt into a film of any recognizable quality. I mean jesus, at it's heart is based off an adaptation of "journey to the west", a central theme that's pretty crucial, and instead they chose to leave it out. Watching lizard men fly through the air and punch holes in mountains is one thing. Watching a bunch of asians hit each other in bullet-time is another. No thanks, I'll pass on that one. I'm pretty much just holding out for James Cameron's Live action 'Battle Angel' adaptation. One of the biggest plusses is that it's james cameron, and that he is a -HUGE- Yukito Kishiro fanboy. Well.. who isn't really in this day and age. That's like saying "Who is masamune Shirow?". Riiiight.

Keanu Reeves is the absolute worst person to play Spike. He is not only the worst living actor today, but he is also over twenty years too old for the role. According to the show and the manga Spike is twenty-six years old. Joseph Gordon-Levitt, James Franco, and Josh Hartnett would be much more appropriate choices. They have the look, build, and they can actually act. Spike is quiet and sometimes stoic, he's not a semi-retarded android. Reeves is the black hole of acting and if they go through with casting him in the film I think that all loyal Bebop fans should boycott the film. Hollywood needs to learn that they can't keep shitting on smart, rich material by throwing it to the Keanu's of this world. I can see the rest of the cast now; Megan Fox as Faye, Common as Jet, Miley Cyrus as Ed, and a horribly CG Ein, compliments of George Lucas and voiced by Mike Myers, even though Ein does not speak in the show. This is the movie they want to create and I think it's bullshit. If fans go see this film then it will make money and Hollywood will keep making this kind of trash because we'll still show up for it. I encourage everyone to voice their anger about this and maybe we'll get lucky and they'll pull him from the film. I don't want to live in a world where Keanu Reeves as Spike gets into a Matrix rip-off gunfight with Gerard Butler as Vicious. You know it will happen.

To those that are saying that we should'nt react without seeing it first. You guys are not a fan of cowboy bebop. cowboy bebop is the best ever period. The storyline, characters, music all are perfect. This anime has many lessons to be learned from.... Its been my favorite for more than 10 years now... And now its going to be ruined... Its impossible not to be affected when you're a biggest fan... And i'm sure there many of us... For those who will say that I should have a life... Let me just say that I have a wonderful life... I grew up watching this anime... I have repeated watching it many times and still i have'nt got tired of it... I really hope that the movie will be canceled. If that happens then I will pray that fox will get millions or billions of money cause they're so greedy in every projects that they will make....

Something tells me this it's already in a stage of failure. Take the fact that Keanu Reeves is supposed to be Spike.... wtf?! I always imagined Spike to be more of the Bruce Lee style character, (especially considering that was what he was based off of,) and the current actor doesn't even come close to fitting that role. Also taking into account that they have basically fucked up the Dragonball project, I can confidently say that it's going to be a horrible adaptation. Examples of fail: Resident Evil x 3 Speed Racer

Okay, here is who I think they should cast: Faye - Kelly Hu - She's got the hairline, asian backround, body, and heartshaped face with cute lips Ed - Ellen Page - She won't get older, she has the face and body, and she tends to play young kids. she could pass as a young boy/girl [just like ed] Jet - Gerard Butler - He is barely taller than keannu reeves, but he's a lot bulkier, and has a great voice What do you guys think?

The way I see it is if they wanted it to have any success they should have cast it with unknown or less known actors for the characters. Otherwise we're just going to look at it and say whoever is chosen is wrong... Also, they'll have to get all of the actors right or it's not going to work. Oh, well. I'll probably watch it when it comes out on video, but unless it looks really good there's no way I'm going to see it in the theater.

The sad thing is it has such huge potential to be a good movie if it's done well, but you're right. There's probably going to be way to much CG... I read somewhere that it was going to be set early in the series (like around episode one). If that's the case, then Ed won't even be in it, right? She doesn't show up until later in the series.

oh and the pick of Robert Downy Jr. for spike was inspired, Cerberus

That and Ed's comic relief. Without her the show would just be the same thing over and over again. (That and if you get rid of Ed, there's no reason to have Ein either.)

ok here it is. kyana (or however you spell it.) is a fucking terriable actor. he has no emotion at all. fucking c3po had more emotion in his ASS than reeves. plus, hollywood has no good actors anymore, so knock it the hell off please. it was made as an anime for a god damned reason. if it was ment for live action it would be a live action movie. ao akira, DB, Bebop, death note, what is next? BLEACH? come on hollywood. the reason it was made into an anime to beguin with is because no actor could possibly portray spike, jet, faye, ed or anyone else just right. what about ein huh? are you going to make one of the beverlyhills FUCKING chiwawa's play ein? or viscious? will that be billy bob thorton? WELL!!!?!?!?! STOP IT NOW!

DEATH TO FOX! Why do they think they can touch on anime subjects? Do they not have any original ideas of their own? Of course we would want to see a live action Cowboy Bebop, but we want the feel of the original anime....NOT with keanu monotone reeves...*sigh*

It is possible to make a bebop movie just because its an anime that is not over the top cartoonish. I think if done right it could translate well into live action. By the way Vicious has to be in it.

Keanu Reeves? As Spike? Like we haven't let him ruin enough classics already, like The Day the Earth Stood Still. Listen, Hollywood, Keanu Reeves does NOT know kung-fu. And he's not humorous or intrepid enough to pull off a Spike. You could pump him full of all the cocaine and heroine in the world without ODing him, and he still couldn't pull off a Spike. He just doesn't have it in him. Cast someone else.

To be honest, Bebop MIGHT work if they do it right. DB already looks stupid, sorry, Jojo, but it does. I mean yes, changes are necessary when taking a book or series and bringing it to the big screen but not when those changes are so drastic as to change the main character into a non-seiyan and make piccolo look similar to Xehanort in the KH:Birth by Sleep trailers. Yes, I've seen the series and I was a fan of it for a while and I've seen a trailer for the movie and right now, it looks like a waste of time and money. Keanu Reeves as Spike Spiegal? Are you kidding me?! Keanu Reeves over does his parts, he's not a laid back enough guy for it and I hold a vast amount of doubt that he'd be able to learn Spike's moves to a passable degree. I'm almost scared to see the rest of the cast if Reeves does Spike. And I'm scared to see what changes they're going to make in the movie and plot line itself, what with what I've already seen in the DB trailer and all. Hopefully they listen to the fans, research the series well and take this seriously instead of screwing the whole thing over. I guess we'll just have to wait and see.

I really don't want to see Keanu fucking Reeves as Spike... I really really hope they either pick someone else or more preferably not do it at all... Don't turn Cowboy Bebop into another money mongering whore for some piece of shit Hollywood people... As far as I'm concerned Spike died in the last episode end of story. The only continuation I would even consider watching is if they returned to ANIMATED series and just followed what happened to the other characters after Spike died... Seriously if they cast Keanu Reeves its gonna ruin cowboy bebop for me!

Jeff Bridges should DEFINITELY be Jet, especially after his performance in Iron Man as the sort of tough, mysterious guy. He totally looks the part.

well... as long as Keanu ain't Spike it's ok... But apparently the film is going to be based around Asteroid Blues, the first episode. So if Hollywood has anything to do with it... it'll more about the drug than the characters. Think CSI... but the 'C' stands for Cowboy. Jet would probably turn into a Grisham type character, Spike will become Horatio... and Faye, I dunno... But I see a pattern forming here. Either way, I don't think Keanu has the acting ability to pull off spike... he can do the whole "I'm emotionless to make myself seem mysterious and aloof" thing quite well... but I've never seen Keanu be funny with a cool, sarcastic dry wit... and why? Because he's just not capable of playing anyone but himself... an emotionless lump of wood.

Spike is skinny as hell, what action actor is skinnier then reeves? A buff spike would be awful. Reeves chain smoked in constantine and pulled it off. If he can just get the cocky attitude down, he is the perfect choice for sure. And anime fans have to accept some some changes for the movie to fit a mainstream audience, or else no "normal" people would enjoy the movie. If the DBZ movie was exactly like the anime or manga, nobody that was not an DBZ anime or manga fan would enjoy it. Catch my drift? Count your blessings people.

haha as strange as it sounds your right 180 vin desiel would make a bomb Jet. He would look badass with the goofy beard and metal arm.

How about they stop making live action animes because all they do, especially fox, is mess the whole thing up. Come on Dragonball was the biggest peice of shit i have ever seen. And same goes for The fantastic 4. I swear that they come up with ways to ruin the series for the younger generations who will go see this garbage. And I hear tht there make Keanu Reeves as spike. WTF what crack smoking retard decided to put surfer boy as one of the most bad ass lazy guys in anime. but no they just have to ruin it. And if james wong is the director, well then its doomed to fail.

ok guys, lets face it. cowboy bebop may be the greatest anime movie ever. the show was incredible too. i don't support the changes to dragonball, it WILL be good, but you have to watch it as a new movie. pretend the series doesn't exist. its a separate experience.. i hope we don't have to do that with the bebop movie. i'm not a hXc anime fan, but i do love bebop and inyusha. i hope they could get to making that into a movie as well. gooo bebop! oh yeah, stop you're damn bitching. get a life. <333

Sunrise is trying hard to ensure Fox won't screw it up. I sure hope the former succeeds as Sunrise threatened a bad script will result in no Cowboy Bebop Live Action...

...Though I can't think any real person who could live up to the character of spike.

NO!!! FOX JUST RAPED COWBOY BEBOP!! NO LIVE ACTION MOVIES!!! THEY ALWAYS FAIL!! AND DEFO NOT KEANU REEVES! HE CAN'T EVEN ACT FOR HEAVENS SAKE!!! MAKE A STOIP TO THIS SHIT!!

Thoughts? yah, THEY BETTER NOT FU*K THIS UP!!! THey already crapped all over Dragon Ball this better not a be a TRAVESTY like that was! IF you're going to an anime, even consider it YOU BETTER DO IT RIGHT!!!!

they should just dub the movie

When something is as good as Cowboy Bebop you don't fuck with it. The name has such a good connotation prior to this live action flick... afterwards it'll be like, Oh yeah, Cowboy Bebop. It's all good, except for the live action. I can only pray that they won't screw it up too badly.

oh no........this is awful. Not just awful but truly upsetting to me. When you have a piece of artwork as good as Cowboy Bebop you really shouldn't even consider trying to do something to it like alter it into a live action film. C'mon Fox please hit the breaks on this one before its too late.

No way. It better not suck like i heard the Dragon Ball Z movie did.

hmmmm, I'm I little doubt about it. I think cowboy bebop has of al animé's the best change that it will a good real life movie. Because the characters and the story are more realistick it is easyer to make. I mean, compromise cowboy bebop with dragon ball. and maybe if people see the real life, they maybe go watch the originall to. esspecialy for people with prejudice on animés its a good thing. I hope fox will be prepared to spend enough the money for it to make it a good movie. ps I LOVE cowboy bebop

DANIEL HENNEY is more suitable for SPIKE

Dudes all I got to say is only in dreams by weezer for the theme song just like the amv

Fuck Fox and fuck Keanu Reeves! You have ruined a masterpiece

Keanu Reeves? what the hell is wrong with hollywood? this guy has butchered every role he has been in. Cowboy Bebop is fucked. Proper fucked.

Let's hope they don't screw it up...

I don't have vary high hopes for this, after the Dragonball mess there's no way they can pull off a highly futuristic space film with so many detailed levels of character development and layered personality. It's already a risk taking a good manga and turning it into anime the final live-action step just wouldn't work out. But if we're all lucky I'm vary, vary mistaken and Cowboy Bebop will be the big hit everyone's waited for.

I think this could be done well. i mean Cowboy Bebop isn't like dragon ball... spike isn't gonna shoot kamehamehas out his hands or anything.. lol and if anyone seen Star Trek then you know they can do future movies pretty good. so overal i guess it CAN be good as long as they make spike/ect. look like real plp and not dress them to look like they do on the anime. im sceptic about it being good, but its not like itll be "impossible" like dragon ball was oh ya, whats up with all this Keanu Reeves bashing lol have u seen spike next to him???? if u ask me he's a perfect match ...well as perfect as you can get...

I swear to god, If Keanu Reeves is Spike. This movie will burn in hell. I'm anxious to see what they do with it. Some-what.

everytime i see clive owen, i cant help but to see him as Spike. just ANYBODY but keanu reaves!! i really really hope the studios keep tabs on what fans here and on other boards have to say about the much rumored casting. it seems that hollywood is acting completely without accountability and is perfectly fine making shitty movies with a big title (i.e. Transformers, Terminator) because they know theyre going to collect big on opening weekend, regardless of the quality of the movie. NO KEANU!!!!!

WHY!!! It seems that they cant leave well enough alone. The best anime of all time is going to be defiled by K. Reeves(fag), playing Spike,why. Now they have announced Bebop, Akira, and Ghost in the Shell live action movies. Next it'll be Halo, Gears of War, and God of War. Hollywood will keep making this trash as long as those few jackasses keep buying into it. "Take the best and trash it" the new Hollywood motto.

Seriously? Can Hollywood for one second stop turning good things into steaming piles? Reeves? Really? How about really just smaking the fans in the face and have Eliza Dushku play Faye and have the Wachowski Bros direct.

I do believe the best anime to create for the big screen would be Gundam Wing. It would blow transformers away!!!!

If they give the score work to Yoko Kanno like they should I'll be MORE than happy. Some details I hope will change just a bit...okay, just Spike's hair. I hope it's not green and perhaps a fitting brown. I love anime hair styles and colours but I never liked the chlorine pool green Spike has. I wonder if they'll have a new story line set or will use the Julia story. Luckily, the name will stay that same, I have faith in that much. I've yet to see a good adaptation of any live action film version of an anime, in ANY country, so I have my hopes. I have my hopes.

Okay, #242. the reason for so much Reeves hating is that can you actually see him not saying "Dude, I know Kung Fu!"

Have Yoko Kanno develop the music for this!

Well to be honest I think this will go one of two ways with an anime like this, one way being it will be complete an utter crap (this unfortunately being the more likely turn out) or the other way it could be absouloutly brilliant cowboy bebop is one anime that is realistly do able with the right cast, budget director etc. I dont know how much cash their throwing at this project but i think it will have to be a fair amount for it to be believable. i completly agree with NO. 49 if quinten tarantino got in on this film he would be perfect cowboy bebop is a very slick programe and i think its got the same kind of pace and atomosphere to it that pulp fiction had thats why i think quinten would be great for this movie. Personaly i dont think having keanu would make a bad spike, but the negative side to having such a big name would mean that if the film is shit people will assume the anime was crap aswell, but on the other hand if its good the attention he would draw to the film would surely make people give the anime a chance aswell.

they should get james franco to play spike

Yeah... no... i really don't like this new hollywood trend of making animes in to movies.... Us anime fans like them because THEY ARE ANIMES!!!!! and those who don't like anime don't want to see them either...so why why do they keep producing this crap? And i love to stare at keanu reeves and drool as much as the next girl but can you imagine..."Faye...... Look into.... my eyes....one of them is real....the other...i lost... in a bar fight...."

The bebop crew is Asian, so, maybe you could CAST KEANU AS SPIKES NEMESIS. It might be good for his Career to pull a Villain, instead of always playing the hero, which seems stoned in every role he takes up. He could play something like, a ex military test subject, who smoked weed and took red eye while being genetically modified like pier de le fu. His mind became more like a stoned child, a child that knows KUNG FU and can float. The entire time he seems stoned, sort of like an actor I know named Keanu Reeves. Keanu would make an awesome Pier De le Fu. Seriously though, Ridley Scott and Quentin Terantino, are the perfect directors for this film. Spike: I Don’t think Keanu is the Man for the job, even if he was similar to Spike in Johnny Menatomic. (Btw Mr. Director and Keanu who I am sure haven’t watched cowboy bebop, you should watch Pier de le fu, it’s an episode in the cowboy bebop series) Keanu would make an awesome Pier De le Fu. Please I ask you to let me pick the actors and directors to help you make this film possible and of masterful quality. This film needs real art, not Hollywood parasites sucking away at the great modern art of our time.

I don't get it. Hollywood thinks they're giving anime fans a treat by doing this? Or more likely, they just figure'll it's a fast buck. But ask anybody who's actually a fan of anime. We HATE to see this stuff become live action. It's disgusting. Anime and manga aren't just some cheap form of story telling that needs to be graced by live action film. They're perfect the way they are, which is why they have such a loyal fan base. If I'm not really clear, just watch this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYltu4usfXk

Wow... this will either be epic. Either an epic win, or an epic fail, but either way... epic. (I'm heartened to hear Spielberg will do Ghost in the Machine, since he has the oomph to back up what should be a really amazing translation.) This could all come down to if Fox learned from its last mistake, Dragonball. I wish there could be some homage paid to the original English voice actors; it was partially their help that made Cowboy Bebop the hit it is today. Even the Japanese creators and staff have commented that the dub is favored above the original Japanese voice work. Does this trend mean that Evangelion will NOW be greenlighted into existence, or do we have to wait indefinitely? And what's next? ....Naruto? (Which, like most anime adaptions, needs to be downright faithful to attract the older, die hard fans.) I've heard Death Note is in works, as well.

I hope you're already aware (@ Rose Koneko) Death Note live-action films are already out on dvd there are 3 of 'em, i'd just bought the 3rd installment at walmart (or to some peeps out there call it) Wallyworld. Anyways, (L change the world) the unwritten chapters of death note, did come out in theatres last year for only a 2day promotional thing, and i never had the opportunity to see it, but yes, it is out and i am going to see it as soon as i finish my laundry, clean my apartment, and other projects, but trust me.... All Death Note live action IS WAY BETTER, far out the BEST films than Fox/Hollywood could ever ruin all anime live action masterpieces put together. I cant stress that enough about it, love it! All i know is that Leonardo DiCaprio is in Akira (which for some reasons keeps getting pushed back) in another date, Or maybe already came and went, dunno, but i guarantee im not seeing it. Ok, I heard Dragonball revolution came and went quickly like a ninja in running in the trees, what else?, umm,.. Speed Racer, oh yeah, it went so fast off the tracks and got yellow flagged into red flag flopped, i mean hell you can even see the previews and knew it'll be a disaster film. Hey ya'll something just came on like a light bulb in my head and realized, Hollywood still never got the hint for making the First disaster STREET FIGHTER movie, and come up with another sequel Street Fighter : the story of Chun-Li, it is on Dvd and all i can say is that..... Isn't Chun-Li suppose to be Asian?, so if anyone look at the cover on the dvd, she....umm look nothing like Asian, or nowhere look close to being Chun-Li look-a-like, oh well that's just me. That's funny though, now Fox/Hollywood try to use the video game storyline and make it into a film, uh?, yeah ok whateva...anyways who cares, it was a disaster, period! IF anybody want their money's worth, in spite of economy downsizing, or recession, go rent, and/or own a copy of Death Note (live action series) directed by Hideo Nakata. Speaking about Hollywood films and so forth, Hollywood is trying to use some of anime ideas (whether being clothing design, characters, character look alikes, and styles and throw it in any action movie and try to make it a hit, or have some audiences think that's cool). Now i am not much of a moviegoer but ill get to the point, in the film Valkyrie, Tom Cruise as a solider, compare Full Metal Alchemists: the night of the Shamballa movie with Roy Mustang, the whole WWII era, uniforms (although it's not blue but u get the picture), and Cruise had that Mustang look to identical, and the reasons I'm mentioning all this because there's rumours of a live action FMA. G.I. Joe : The Rise of Cobra which came out this summer, it was decent, i kinda expected more action or sumthing, but anyways, there's a fighting scene with Baronness and (dayum brain fart) anyways, one of the soldiers was wearing a stealth (invisible) uniform, and of course, you know where i am going with this.....Ghost In The Shell, and there's rumours about doing a live action on it too. (All i can say it'll be like The Matrix series. Now, Fox/Hollywood should NEVER ever, never never touch anymore anime masterpieces, unless you really want to piss off someone (other than all anime die hards including myself), if you really insisting on offending people, i dare Fox do a live action fairy tale of 500 years ago feudal era of Inu Yasha, or do another typical vampire movie Trinity Blood or Blood +, and you'll really have lotta hate. But then again, i just realize too, the more Fox and Hollywood think they're trying to be brilliant and do more live action animes, they're the ones are losing money, just taking a match and to their cash and losing dollars, cuz Hollywood don't seem to listen to what the anime audiences want. I know, i am talking alot, as you can tell i am bored and haven't slept yet and wired on coffee, ONE more thing, i have heard that James Cameron is doing Avatar, now that looks awesome, I will go see it for sure, that IS what Hollywood need is go get real Hollywood heavyweight directors, and let them analyze the scripts and so forth and make it work. Go get John Woo, James Cameron, JJ Abrams, Stephen Speilberg, great musican composers like Yoko Kanno, Seat belts, Michael Kamen, and so on.....come on, get with the program Fox/Hollywood your live action animes stinking beyond like a rotten corpse and surrounded by gallons of chitterlins, and just got sprayed by a 13 skunks and no shower for months. Just stop, you're in too deep in your grave; more like the bottomless pit of sulfur acids.

WHAT!?!?! why! Why would they do this. They are gonna trash it more then any other anime live action movie could ever be trashed! Who are the going to get to play ED, huh! tell me that. This is horrible, just awful. Yes i do have to admit i want to see where it leads to. But Cowboy Bebop is a legendary anime, and their is no way on this earth that it could become a live action movie. The people they will get to play the parts is going to be awful. ED is one of my of my main concerns. How on earth are they going to find a girl to play her? and play her well enough to. This is the dumbest idea i have ever heard. Fox you fuckers, how dare you.

I'd just had an epiphany, i just realized why Fox/Hollywood are running out of ideas, and snatching up ALL of the coolest masterpieces of the East; namely Japanime/manga, and putting it into their Western-style genre of a live-action (which they create into their masterpiece)? ..yeah more disasters (Western version). Fox and Hollywood are hatin' hardcore; hatin the fact that Anime/Manga Masterpieces, along with great voice actors/actresses and the audiences are viewed from all ages namely appeals to an adult generation, not to forget it's so widely phenomonal that in Japan, everyone's welcome to dress up as their favorite anime character in cosplay, or If that's not the case scenario, Hollywood and Fox wants a piece of the (key lime, apple, sweet potato, pumpkin, cherry, and/or money) pie and bring ALL the die hard anime fans back to see it in the Western - style anime live-action genre to bring more of a Universal appeal to it. If that is the case, then Fox/Hollywood should allow all rights reserved given to where it is and was ORIGINATED from Japan, and get all the actors, writers, creators, and also directors and elaborate with other the directors, and writers from Hollywood, and...AND let the die hard fans, and japanese casts handpicked and choose which actor should play for the part of ...whatever anime that's in development. InuYasha Akira Ghost In the Shell (this should be a rated R film, ya kno nudity, jus my opinion) Ninja Scroll Afro Samurai Cowboy Bebop just to name a few, but hey, if Cowboy Bebop live action fails in the movies/box office, they should do a re-boot like The Incredible Hulk (ang lee's version), Edward Norton did an exceptional role for Hulk, and that's why i have it in my movie collection, so... Hollywood/Fox take notes you can learn ALOT from the fans, (voicing our opinions), and as well as learn from ALL the other anime masterpieces, besides,... Hollywood/FoX you're not looking too good, and that's on the real. Deuces

I am really excited about this movie. I have loved Cowboy Bebop since it's debut air in the US. I think Keanu fits the part well. He kind of has the same personality as Spike, but let's hope he acts as well as he can and not try to over-do it, which is usually what causes him to screw up a roll. As for the other characters, I think Angelina Jolie would be good for the part of Faye, but there are others who could potentially pull it off. For Jet, I came to the decision that Ron Perlman would be great for the roll. I know he's white Jet is black, but Ron has his entire body painted red for Hellboy, and coincidentally, Red looks a lot like Jet. Ein needs to be a real dog, and Ed needs to be played a young playful/goofy actress. There may be some possibilities available, but a new name might actually work if one comes about. I kind of see Vicious being played by someone like Robert Patrick (The bad cop from Terminator 2) if you are looking for an American to play the roll. But in my personal opinion, Vicious has a very calm, clean, smooth appearance with a bad-ass temper, so a Japanese actor like Oguri Shun would work wonders.

Post 257....I second your thoughts....Post 274...Angelina Jolie?...Keanu? gimme a break. Ron Perlman however can do no wrong.

WHY does fox not learn they suck at this leave the anime alone.

If the original creators are involved... I'm there. Ideally I'd love for this to be a Japanese film. That's not going to happen. Keanu Reeves... I like him but NOT as Spike and NOT in this film. So I guess I'm going in expecting it to be horrible. If there's SOMETHING good about it then I guess I'll be pleasantly surprised. A sucky hollywood version of Cowboy Bebop won't hurt the fantastic original show and animated film at all. So whatever.

This would be easy casting Keanu could play spike average but i saw a comment earlier that said Adrien Brody Cowboy bebop is more based off of a 1930s jazz atmosphere...king kong also the subtle effects that events have on humans amplified by melodramatics....Darjeeling Unlimited For Faye I say Uma Thurman the action from Kill Bill's...and she is used to and capturing the artistic value of film is something she does well... Edward and Ein Would be tough to fill...Ein would have to be such a small character Ill be back in a minute to finish

THIS IS INSANE.. its ruined what is left of my night. FIRST i find out about GHOST IN THE SHELL on G4, and now THIS WTFFFFFFFFFFF.. two of my favorite anime's being turned into hollywood trash. Its too terrible for words.. but ill continue anyway. THESE no talent having script writers who arent even fans of the japanese culture are going to ruin these artist's work. THERE LIFE WORK is going to be ruined in a freaking 90 MINUTE MOVIE. with godawful CGI and terrible acting EX( KEANU REEVES) ARE THEY SERIOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! COME ONE PEOPLE AFTER ALL OF THE WORK THAT YOKO KANNO put into for the OST's HER LIFE WORK DOWN THE DRAIN JUST DO THAT people like keanu reeves can make some more money even though they should stop! HOW CAN THEY SLEEP AT NIGHT!!!!!!!!!

highly upset, you're just a little fanboy crying that other people are going to see your show. Wait till the movie comes out before you start lamenting its failures.

NapalmSanctuary please just shut up it's obvious you have no idea what the f*ck you are talking about when i first heard about the cowboy bebop live action movie which was very recent i thought oh no really? then i saw the text "fox" i gasped THEN i read keanu reeves was attached F*CK! i blurted i could not believe what i read keanu is nearly f*cking fifty! anyone who knows cowboy bebop KNOWS spike is NOT middle aged! i don't like to rant so i will wrap it up quick to all who assist in the destruction of an iconic title knowing full well the atrocities they will be committing i convey to you my ill will towards you and those you love with this entry i truly hope for your sufferance both physical and mental i wish for you to have much success and to procreate plenty fore my wish to tear you asunder transcends mere physical agony therefore it is required you produce offspring and when you reach the apex of contentment you are diagnosed with aids and upon further investigation you discover your life partner and all your children are infected as well and as your partner contemplates the impossible it is realized that you molest your children! and as you fall from grace you are shunned and detested by all those you love AND as you prepare for a voluntary ending you are apprehended by the law and sentenced to life in hell (prison) where you will spend the rest of your agonizing life terrified raped and beaten brutally and as you suffer through one of these anal massacres... epiphany! this must be what "they" feel! no! to those who think i have gone too far i have not to put things in perspective the value of human life to me is...insignificant in comparison to the exquisiteness in around and far from us but i do NOT! wish misery upon the world it is miserable enough i am simply trying to convey my utter disgust for these sleazy grimy devils in human clothing who would cut your throat for a nickel i think a beautiful creation like cowboy bebop outweighs the lives of a few of these (not for lack of a better word) fucks! who threaten the integrity of an entire genre final thoughts...i am no otaku kudos if they happen to make a good CB live action movie f*ck those who mock my lack of punctuation my sincere apologize to all the cutthroats i may have offended i am now bored BYE BYE ^ ^

I have to completely agree with the above two posts.

Leave it to fox to fuck this movie up... I don't care who plays the secondary roles... I just want Adrian Grenier to play Spike Spiegele, and Bruce Willis to play Jet.

I'm honestly excited for the live action film. I just hope they dont fuck it up like they did the dragonball movie. that movie was horrible. MAKE THE ACTORS LOOK LIKE THE CHARACTERS. and stick with the goddamn story line. and please, get good actors.. keanu reeves does not fit the part of spike..

Well it is really....weird, to watch a Cowboy Bebop live action. Honestly im looking forward to it since the plot is really good and is a nice way to make more people intrerested in the original anime. But I have to be honest and dragonball was a big fail (if you're a fan, my dad thought it was a nice movie), if fox is really going to do the movie, they should follow the original storyline (one or two changes al cool if the story remains the same) because is a really good story, besides, it would be easy to deal with the transaltion from anime to live action because the drawing gives you this posibility (more realistic backgrounds an characters... unlike dragonball). Ohh an anothe thing, If the movie is called "Cowboy Bebop" at least they should make something alike or based in the real thing (like a tribute) iI mean what would people have said if the GI Joe live action was turned into a western.....

i think that it could be good, maybe if they got the kill bill director. i really wanted to see a cowboy bebop live action but it has to be done right because it will totally ruin it if fox fucks this up. the 3 animes i always thought could be live action were cowboy bebop, trigun, and deathnote but if they do it wrong it would totally ruin them all. Deathnote already has a successful Japanese live-action movie, so if they do this right it'll be great if they do this wrong it'll be the worst thing since the dragonball movie.

You know besides Serial Experiments: Lain and Hellsing Cowboy Bebop has to be one of my all time favorite anime series. And...Just the thought of Keanu Reeves playing Spike kind of makes my skin crawl. I suppose he could do a good job. But I think Johnny Depp could do good as well. And considering Dragonball was a train-wreck from what I've heard (personally I haven't seen the film nor care to) this one will only follow suit. On another note the Zelda movie comes out on April 1st. So it seems that animes aren't the only thing that are being picked up to have movies made out of them.

Are directors and writers in Hollywood so dull minded that they have no other choice but to steal and ruin the works of others? all for the pursuit of profit? I am not watching any hollywood adaptation of anything anymore, all they touch turns into crap, multi-million dollar crap that only serves to further stupidify the population so they cant think actual significant and intelligent thoughts. Time for Hollywood to move on and be creative for once. Cowboy Bebop will stay in my mind as it is right now, which is a great anime series and thats that.

This is the worst news ever. Literally.

I cried without meaning to when I read this. I'm beyond upset.

This had so much potential, right up until they casted Reeves as Spike. Odds are this film is doomed.

Ben, the script writer of Dragon ball live action movie, has destroyed all credited amount on the black communities. the work of such activists and talents such as Dr. Martin Luther King and Michael Jackson has now been tarnished in the wake and aftermath of this fiasco called a movie. I pray to God every night that he will erase the memories of what i witnessed via, watching this movie. My childhood and many others as well has been destroyed and sunk to the bottoms of the endless void of emotion and strife. I try not to issue any ill will towards others, but i think now is an exception. I will ask for bad luck and misery to follow the script writer for DB movie. thank you.

K so. 1. Dragonball sucked big... 2. All other live action conversions sucked...(except the first death note..i liked that) 3. The only directors that would do a decent job would be imo Peter Jackson George Lucas or Michael Bay (only problem is all he cares about are graphic effects...:/) 4. They have Reeves to play Spike...huh...i wonder if he can actually pull it off...i doubt it. Seriously need i go on? I spose all other live actions were made in japan with japanese directors. ALL I HOPE...is that they get Mr.Watanabe (original director) and dont ignour him. If mr Reeves reads this. Please watch the original series and see what kind of character Spike really is.

Let the Japanese handle all the anime live action films, they do it right, Hollywood stop fuckin around with classics just to make money.

I think that this movie could actually be pretty good given they actually go about it right. Like several people have said the show itself is more about human interaction then anything and aside from the few space battles in the series there isn't much that would make it particularly hard to bring out in a live action flick (as long as they don't screw the story up and or get terrible actors) As far as if it sucks i have a solution for that... DON'T WATCH IT. Wasn't that easy?

PLUS, you have an awesome female character. Yes, she is a bit unrealistically buxom, BUT she is courageous, has heart, and can kick some major butt! LOVE HER!

cowboy bebop is the greatest anime ever so don't fuck this shit up

Um, Did you all forget about “Johnny Mnemonic”???? It had gun play and some fighting! It was alright in my eyes! I think Keanu can pull this off (have faith). But what about every body else??? You need that right mix and chemistry! Like Jet, do you go with Mr. T, or Bruse Willas?? Miss valentine, Anglia jolie, or Megan Fox?? ED<–I got no IDEA for ED! Julia, Jeri Ryan?, or I don’t know I think Jeri Ryan is hott! There is still a hand full of others maybe George Tikai and James Hong as leaders of that triad gang thing was going on. um what about dohan (Not sure of the name but the guy that gave spike the swordfish) T.C. and “zeros”??? It has been a while so I may be a little off on who is who but Keanu is in it already so let us stop fussing about it! Lets do our best to help fox….um for lack of a better word, NOT SUCK! maybe even get that “REAL-D” company involved, make the space seens in 3-D or something?

Keanu Reeves is sexy. But Spike is so much sexier. He's like on a whole other level. Love Keanu but as far as Spike goes, he can not touch it!

Just play Knockin' on heavens door in American theaters and we'll never speak of this again. And no it wouldnt ruin the series if they made it, it would just give a very bad impression to people who have never seen the anime. The movie will suck and more people will think the anime sucks, anime sucks in general.

Wow, the level of whining in here has pegged my "Whiny-Baby Meter". I am a big fan of Cowboy Bebop, it its in my top-5 all time favorites right along side of Trigun (which I think could be an outstanding film if handled correctly). Anyways a little advice to the "Big Talkers" and Bashers of anything that deviates from their little bubble of understanding that they cling to, quit crying and/or throwing tantrums over a trivial matter such as a movie. If and when Fox totally fraks this movie up, no matter how bad they mess it up, they CANT RUIN BEBOP unless they somehow magically track drown all copies of the Anime and make changes to those too. All Fox can do is mess up their version of Bebop, and if that ruins all the past Bebop in your mind then I feel bad for you. For Crap's sake DONT go on YouTube and see any fan made films of any show you like, it will ruin those too, possibly bringing the world to an end!!! So sit back, chill out and quit making yourselves look like bitter spoiled 10 year-olds. And do like the rest of us, wait for it to fail and when it does, then simply post "OMG Fox pwnt themselves hard! haha fox is teh noobiz!!" or something a bit more refined. But please stop the tantrums, its hard to watch.

To: LaughingAtNoobz, and Mr. "Well..." THANK YOU! and now my soap box I still have a glimmer of hope to be honest. I mean just look interviews of Keanu when he is not acting. He has personality when he is not trying to act. Also I leave you with a line from a movie where he acted well (for 5 seconds) "I WANT ROOM SERVICE! I WAnt the cold Mexican beer! I want the $500 a-night hooker! I want my shirts laundered, like they do, at the Imperial Hotel, *sigh* in Bejegin. I think if he tries to be himself more, as spike,and act less like spike he could be interesting. Not exactly an exact match; but worth a look.

Spike the dude from Entourage.Start training dude! Faye NOT! Angelina Jolie too old.Some young mixed asian babe that OOZES Sex! And Must!and this is the most important she must have a sexy voice like Wendee Lee. Jet easy one for the pukes in Hollywood.Edward WOW.

LOL because they forgot how to have an original idea! ILD and reel D need to work together on this movie! But that means Lucas would have to touch it at some point. I dont know how everyone would feel about that.

Why should anyone stop crying, throwing tantrums, or doing whatever it is they're doing? It's not like anything gonna happen if they don't. Someone's comments under some little article on the web is even more trivial a thing then a movie. To go complaining about a trivial thing by telling people to stop complaining about a trivial thing is called hypocrisy. So I'm gonna whine a bit about this trivial matter myself. OMG!!!! I can't believe Fox is doing this. And Keanu??? WTF were they smoking!?! What pisses me off the most is that there may have been some very slim chance of a true continuation of this series, in some way, shape or form. But Fox just comes along and shits all over any future it might have had by making this bane on it's existence. FUCK THEM!!!! Is that a good enough tantrum? Am I clinging adequately to my bubble of understanding? I know you said to quit, but I'm not and you know what's gonna happen... nothing. Nothing at all. At the most, you're annoyed, and since I'm not and I'm saying whatever I want... I guess I win. Unless you're into indignation. So I hope you enjoyed the multiple paragraphs I wrote there. Must have really struck a nerve with me, right? Golly, I'm so sensitive. I just get carried away, don't I?

Wow, the level of whining in here has pegged my "Whiny-Baby Meter". I am a big fan of Cowboy Bebop, it its in my top-5 all time favorites right along side of Trigun. I enjoyed reading about this.

i cant see america losing translation with this... to me its the first anime that seemed half westernised... it will probably feel like bladerunner hopefully

I read that the screenplay already drafted up is fantastic; the problem is this: the movie would cost over half a billion dollars. lol so they're going back and rewriting it. xD

HELL NO! They can do thousands versions of comics and games but Cowboy Bebop is too good to be f**ked by Hollywood. HELL NO!

All of you seem to be forgetting, they did this story already. A misfit crew of bounty hunters just trying to survive in the universe? Anyone ever heard of a little show called Firefly? No, I realize its not exactly the same, but the idea is. And that was awesome. I think if they get the right writer, a better cast (not including middle-aged men playing late 20/ early 30-somethings), and the right vfx teams, this could work. And before you flame me, I love the anime. I bought the "Perfect Sessions" dvd set, and the movie. I've even cosplayed as Spike (and did rather well, or so I was told). And besides, like Matthew commented before me, you know you're going to go see it regardless of how it comes out.

Joseph Gordon Levitt (GI Joe) is a good choice for spike. Very skinny build, right age, similar facial features, and he's an ok actor.

I am very worried about this movie for the simple fact that Fox screwed up Eragon very VERY badly. If they ruin another one of my favorite things, I am going to boycot them so hard they still probably won't care because I'm just one person but still... and btw the DB movie blew balls and this is coming from someone who's been a fan of Dragon Ball since he was like 9.

fuck trigun! and im gonna be pissed if this movie sucks!

With Reeves as Spike, that role's already ruined. I just wanna see what the Bebop and the Swordfish II look like in CG and hear some new tracks from The Seatbelts. I'd also like to see a good Bebop game (that I actually get to play). One based on the anime, having nothing to do with the movie. It'll happen people. Just wait and see.

Its in the hands of Fox. They genuinely enjoy screwing up anything that is doing well or has potential. Look at Family Guy and Futurama. The same people who stand by Rush Limbastard no matter what he says or does. They will screw it up, its what they do best.

FOX will fuck this up. and i WILL be driven to murder.

#5 and #14 LOL YOU AND YOUR DBZ MOVIE FAILED.... i watched it online (thank god for me not wasting my $) only about 30 minute into the film... this isnt dbz, just some people with the same name as the character from dragon ball. the dbz movie should'nt CHANGE, WHAT THE FUCK were you thinking, oh wait thats right YOU WEREN'T THINKING... both your comments = failed mother fucker. so whiteboy go shove a peddle up ur ass.... thank you, no encore pls. ps the anime and manga was beast.

I'm not too bothered what it turns out like, whether it comes out crap, shit, good or maybe even brillant. I'll like it no matter what, because I love Cowboy Bebop enough to worry but not enough to freak out about it. I think their doing these Animes as live action moives because their running out of ideas, and it will introduce a new crowd of people to anime itself. I, personaly ,am looking forward to it, and I hope it comes out ok, but to me anything Bebop gets full marks =D And yeah, Reeves does look like Spike. (If only less...hmm...cuter ) I guess the only thing I'm actually worried about, is Fayes costume XD

This is a pretty long comment thread... Is the director of the original Anime series Wantanabe going to be involved in this? I heard he is the producer or something. This movie can be good but FOX really took the essence out of Dragonball and I am kind of expecting the same from FOX this time. However, if they get Reeves in as Spike then I will expect it to be really good because I have not really seen a Reeves movie that wasn't decent. I don't think he will sign on to something that doesn't have potential to be epic, especially at this point in his career when he can pick and choose.

This has potential but if you're bitching about them ruining it, just be thankful for what you did see and the fact you have appreciation for... THE ANIME. Yes it one of the few animes that people in the US seem to like and can stand watching but it is critically aclaimed as one of the best animes ever made with notable the best soundtrack ever for an anime. Yes Shinichiro Watanabe is going to be heavily involved along with the 2 other execs... It has potential but even if the movie sucks, take it with a grain of salt that you knew of and watch the anime/manga long before the movie ever came out.

I can't bear to watch this movie if Keanu plays spike. Adrien Brody as Spike, with Jeff Bridges or Laurence Fishburne as Jet, Kate Mara as Faye, and someone we've never seen as Edward. Kate Mara is a MUST !!