Live Action Cowboy Bebop

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    "The IFMagazine.com entertainment website reports that film producer Erwin Stoff (The Matrix, A Scanner Darkly) is developing a live-action adaptation of Sunrise's Cowboy Bebop multi-genre action anime series for Fox. Stoff told the website that the project is "in the really early stages" since the parties "just signed it the other day." Shinichiro Watanabe's original anime follows the motley crew of the spaceship Bebop as it travels throughout the solar system in search of the next job. Stoff promised "a real degree of faithfulness," and added, "When I met with them in Japan, one of the first things that I brought up was the experience that we had on A Scanner Darkly, and how hard we worked to remain faithful to Philip K. Dick, and that was our big concern here."

    The anime distributor Bandai Entertainment and Cartoon Network's Adult Swim programming block released the original 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. A Bandai Entertainment representative was unable to publicly comment on this report."
    Source: AnimeNewsNetwork

    I'm sure that'll be... different.
     
    My friend told me about this last night, I can't wait.
     
    hmm....who knows if it is going to be good or not...depends upon the casting
     
    I'd probably go to see it, but I'd keep my expectations low. One of the reasons why animation to live action conversions rarely work is because most of the atmosphere created by animation comes from the fact that it's moving drawings instead of moving photographs.
     
    Yeah I remember hearing about this on G4 's The Feed a long time ago. I still don't think that it will be that great because I cant see them casting anyone that would actually look good. I would rather a new animated movie. who knows it might surprise us and be good. (same with DBZ live action)
     
    Oh wow, that is interesting. I loved the anime very much. I think the live action movie will be very good. I can't wait. As long they put scenes that makes sense, and it follows along the anime.
     
    I really want to say this will be terrible... but I dunno, there's plenty of potential if they get the casting right.

    Jessica Alba as Faye imo.
     
    I loved Cowboy Bebop!
    It's still one of my favorite anime of all time. However, I really don't know how this is going to work out in live action. Death Note wasn't bad, however; that show is a lot more realistic-like than Cowboy Bebop. I suppose we're just going to have to wait and see what the future holds. :\
     
    Illyria said:
    I really want to say this will be terrible... but I dunno, there's plenty of potential if they get the casting right.
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    Casting will definitely be the problem. It's just too hard to get used to seeing an animated character as a normal person. I personally would rather see a new anime movie, like what they're doing with Evangelion.
     
    As with most live action movies, I'm pretty hopeful. Mostly because this is a series that can actually translate pretty well to live action, I always got the idea that Firefly, an old sci-fi show that was canceled a few years back, felt very much like a live action Bebop. Casting is a worry, but there are good actors out there that would do the roles justice.
     
    You know what'd be fun to watch? If the actors simply opened and shut their mouths like in anime, and the dialogue was dubbed over by the original voice actors! xD
     
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