Live-Action Cowboy Bebop Film in Development at Fox

**Gojyo** · 07-23-2008, 11:36 PM

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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.

Well I liked the anime series, so I hope the movie turns out good.

**Brandonel1** · 07-23-2008, 11:40 PM

wow their going to make a cowboy bebop movie if they screw this up i will never see another movie ever for as long as i live

**Darkwarzx** · 07-24-2008, 06:35 AM

They already have a cowboy bebop movie but it's not live action.

**Gojyo** · 07-24-2008, 07:33 AM

If you read the entire article, I believe it mentions that.

**Itachi** · 07-24-2008, 07:54 AM

well i wonder who they will get to play Faye lol

**Blaze7** · 07-24-2008, 07:55 AM

Cool I'll have to wait and see it!
Personally I think the best anime to make an awesome movie would be Black Lagoon.
EPIC WIN!
But I never thought of Cowboy Bebob, anyways awesome!

**Starstreaker** · 07-24-2008, 09:34 AM

I think the this movie will actually work out. I mean comparing this to the live action movie of Dragon Ball...its got a lot more chance in realism lol

**xXshinzoXx** · 07-24-2008, 10:04 AM

I loved the series.. but will the movie live up to its reputations? how would they comprehend with the mecha? the space scenes? the groovy hairstyles? >. <

**sÖph** · 07-24-2008, 04:11 PM

that'd be awsome =o

**Ghos7Soldier** · 07-24-2008, 07:50 PM

Hope they don't eff it up.

**luluthedarknight** · 07-24-2008, 11:48 PM

well hope it ends up good cause i will totally see it

**Benawolnow** · 07-28-2008, 02:39 AM

Live action means real life people right?

**FallOutXDisco** · 07-28-2008, 03:18 AM

Yes, it does.

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Originally Posted by Benawolnow

Live action means real life people right?

When will this come out..?

**Harry MacDougall** · 07-29-2008, 06:50 PM

Well it would be cool if they did it in the way the new batman movies are doing it more realistic and less fantasy like their hair and stuff like that I mean