Cowboy Bebop is a well-known name in anime circles and amongst anime fans. However, Netflix is prepared to take a mighty gamble with their spin.
Live-Action is a term we’re all too familiar with. Especially in the last 4-5 years, it has become a highly used term. And for those who’ve been living under a rock. This term means the movies that are adapted from animated originals to a regular film with live characters.
For all lovers of Disney, it has become a term too familiar. Meanwhile, the responses have been mixed at best. Some of the projects have also been successful, but those are rare.
For instance, “Detective Pikachu” and “The Jungle Book” have done well. All this shows us that it’s possible to film an adaptation to classic comics book movies. Although, there also have been a fair few hiccups like “The Lone Ranger” and “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice.” The genre itself is no barometer for the execution. If done well, there will be fireworks. If not, then the series be a disaster.
What’s the plan with Cowboy Bebop Live-Action?
Netflix will be producing this series that will consist of hour-long episodes for the season. However, the original anime used to put out 26 chapters, each 22 minutes long.
Showrunner, Javier Grillo-Marxuach, has officially confirmed that the adaptation starts streaming on Netflix in the Summer of 2024.
Casting is the most anticipated part of the production of these kinds of projects. For this show, John Cho will portray the character of Spike Speigel. Meanwhile, Mustafa Shakir will become Jet Black, and Alex Hasell will take on the role of Vicious.
What’s the Plot all about?
Cowboy Bebop was indeed a show ahead of its time. The themes were so modern-day and nuanced like some brilliant thrillers we see today. If you want to put it in a box, it might go under a Space Western.
But the show is not one to be type-cast like that. There are multiple layers of film neo-noir, mystical horror, dark humor, spy thriller, creature, mystery, and no one knows how many more. Almost every type of story we have seen appear in some way, shape, or form even until today, but especially in the 1990s.
For the fans who have stuck on since the initial years of the original, this is quite a treat. If they don’t like it or they do, it will undoubtedly be a fest of nostalgia.
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