THE BORE
General => The Superdeep Borehole => Topic started by: Himu on December 18, 2008, 02:20:43 PM
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Actor Keanu Reeves (The Matrix, A Scanner Darkly
, Johnny Mnemonic) told the MTV Movies Blog that he hopes to play the lead role in Twentieth Century Fox's proposed live-action film adaptation of Sunrise's Cowboy Bebop multi-genre action anime series. Erwin Stoff, a film producer who worked closely with Reeves on The Matrix and A Scanner Darkly, told the IFMagazine.com entertainment website in July that a film development deal was signed. Stoff and Reeves both emphasized a desire to remain faithful to the original work.
Reeves said that Cowboy Bebop's "Western film noir aspect, […] that kind of Old West, bordertown, low-tech science fiction aspect" attracted him to the project. He added that Stoff and the development team have already hired a writer who is penning a scene outline. Right now, the outline includes a drug, developed by the military, that is partially based on an element from the anime. Reeves explained, "We're taking the Red Eye [story], the beginning part of the series." He acknowledged that the episodic nature of the story will be difficult to adapt into a feature-length work: "[…] It's got so much of an origin-story obligation; you've got to get people up to speed, but you don't want to do much of that. There are a lot of things to take into consideration, but we think we can do something good."
Reeves is self-professed fan of anime and science fiction. He personally attended the opening day of the first (and last) North American branch of Japan's ANIMATE store chain in Los Angeles on December 23, 2000. He also reprised his Neo role from The Matrix in the Japanese-animated "Kid's Story" segment of The Animatrix video anthology. Not coincidentally, "Kid's Story" was directed by Cowboy Bebop director and co-scriptwriter Shinichiro Watanabe.
Watanabe's original Cowboy Bebop series follows the motley crew of the spaceship Bebop as it travels throughout the solar system in search of the next job. The anime distributor Bandai Entertainment and Cartoon Network's Adult Swim programming block released the 1998 television series in the United States, and Sony Pictures Home Entertainment released the subsequent 2001 animated movie. The anime was also adapted into two separate manga series, and Tokyopop released both manga series in North America.
omfg
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-12-17/keanu-reeves-hopes-to-star-in-live-action-cowboy-bebop
Day one.
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I can see that.
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Fuck YES!!!!! I could see cowboy bebop as being awesome. Just dont have Spike talk so much.
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day fucking one
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I heard Johnny Depp was going to play Ed. :shh
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That just makes no sense considering Ed is a GIRL and also a LITTLE KID
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But it makes sense because I WAS FUCKING KIDDING.
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Well, with Johnny Depp, everything seem possible!
JOHNNY DEPP TO PLAY EIN
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Shut up.
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red eye :(
I was hoping it would be the spike vicious arch. guess that leaves no room for a squeal though.
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red eye :(
I was hoping it would be the spike vicious arch. guess that leaves no room for a squeal though.
Red Eye was manufactured by the syndicate. It could very well end up being a Vicious arc.
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more important: who will be faye
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I'm pretty shocked that everything he said made sense and sounded like it came from an animu fan.
Yeah, at first when I read the title I was all "NOOOEEEZZ" but now, I'm pretty interested. Here's to hoping it's awesome and gets more awesome sci-fi projects lit.
*cough*
SERENITY 2
*cough*
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Get Yoko kanno, the seatbelts, and those new york musicians to do the soundtrack.
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red eye :(
I was hoping it would be the spike vicious arch. guess that leaves no room for a squeal though.
Red Eye was manufactured by the syndicate. It could very well end up being a Vicious arc.
If there is no Jupiter jazz or real folk blues I'll be angry.
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I have Cowboy Bebop ost 1, No Disc, and blue on my zune. I bump them regularly and have for about the past six years.
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red eye :(
I was hoping it would be the spike vicious arch. guess that leaves no room for a squeal though.
Red Eye was manufactured by the syndicate. It could very well end up being a Vicious arc.
If there is no Jupiter jazz or real folk blues I'll be angry.
The Real Man.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_T91wT4NyVE
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I meant those story lines, though they can cut the transsexual guitarist, but ya I'll be be pissed if they don't have the music either. Is anyone from the anime involved with the movie?
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He was a transsexual saxophonist!
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:bow (http://www.absoluteanime.com/cowboy_bebop/gren.jpg) :bow2
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:( i knew that.
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the song blue is great
good ending music
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The amount of times I have watched that show...
I probably know every line :(
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8wWa3O9cUo
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If they could somehow merge Keanu Reeves' looks with Robert Downey Jr.'s charisma and young Clint Eastwood's presence, I could see it working. But Keanu on his own is just way too wooden.
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Asimov: Tomato Juice.
Bartender: I'm sorry but I'm fresh out of tomato juice.
Asimov: I'm sure there's some cans in the back. *flashes bar tender with bloody eye*
Bartender: I'll check.
*they both go to the back*
Asimov: You're a buyer, you know the score right?
Bartender: Is that...real bloody eye?
*Syndicate approaches*
Bartender: First, let's have a test. (I'm not sure about this line)
*Asimov sprays in his eyes*
*everything gets red*
*a silhouette approaches the door*
Asimov: Yeah...KEEP THOSE EYES OPEN!
*cat meows*
*bartender shot in the face*
Yeah, I know every line :(
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Not only do I know every line, I know the name to every episode. Cowboy Bebop is the only tv show, anime or otherwise, I can do that with. :( :'( i'm so ashamed.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeQJqf3ykT4
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Then again, it helps that all the episode names in Bebop are named after famous songs.
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Cowboy Bebop > EVA.
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If they do make the movie, they need to write Ed out of the script or significantly change the character, like make it an AI program only. It would be disaster any other wya.
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Cowboy Bebop is the best anime tv series of all time.
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If they do make the movie, they need to write Ed out of the script or significantly change the character, like make it an AI program only. It would be disaster any other wya.
I agree. Ed has no importance to the main story anyways.
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Cowboy Bebop is probably the best overall, but it's not my personal favourite.
That would be FMA. :heartbeat
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Cowboy Bebop > EVA.
Real Talk.
Though my personal favorite is Kino's Journey.
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Kino's Journey is awesome. Ever since watching it I've been wishing that someone would make a video game similar to that. Just a huge world with different cultures you can explore and all that.
and my absolute #1 favorite anime is FLCL. After that it's all a mishmash
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Kino's Journey is awesome. Ever since watching it I've been wishing that someone would make a video game similar to that. Just a huge world with different cultures you can explore and all that.
There are actually some Kino's Journey games, but they're just visual novels.
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Kino's Journey is top 10 material.
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Cowboy up! :lol
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If they do make the movie, they need to write Ed out of the script or significantly change the character, like make it an AI program only. It would be disaster any other wya.
What's wrong with Ed? Is it that she's comic relief, or do you think she wouldn't translate well to live action?
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If they do make the movie, they need to write Ed out of the script or significantly change the character, like make it an AI program only. It would be disaster any other wya.
What's wrong with Ed? Is it that she's comic relief, or do you think she wouldn't translate well to live action?
I don't think she'd translate well.
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If they do make the movie, they need to write Ed out of the script or significantly change the character, like make it an AI program only. It would be disaster any other wya.
What's wrong with Ed? Is it that she's comic relief, or do you think she wouldn't translate well to live action?
wouldn't translate well to live action
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keanu reeves is nearly 45 years old and looks every bit of it
when will these middle-aged actors stop trying to play young hipster roles
keanu reeves as spike = nicolas cage as johnny blaze
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Robert Downey Jr. as Spike.
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too old
get a dude around 30, 35 tops
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Hmmm. Let's do a Cowboy Bebop live action movie draft.
Faye:
(http://aycu13.webshots.com/image/35652/2002860505592757446_rs.jpg)
Who's playing Jet?
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i don't really keep up with younger actors, what younger actor would make a good spike
cowboy bebop is one of the few animes i like
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I want Michael Ironside to play Jet
It's a known fact that Michael Ironside is perfect for 99% of movie roles.
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Jet:
(http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z141/ZT5423/Goldberg.jpg)
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i don't really keep up with younger actors, what younger actor would make a good spike
cowboy bebop is one of the few animes i like
i don't keep up with younger actors either
No, this is a better Jet:
(http://www.thehollywoodnews.com/artman2/uploads/1/jason-statham.jpg)
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he'd be pretty good, he can act when he wants to
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I could see Vin Diesel as Jet.