Keanu Reeves to Do the Bebop (Maybe)
Posted at 11:03 AM Jul 31, 2008
A few weeks ago, the news that a live-action movie of the hit anime series Cowboy Bebop set nerd hearts a-tizzy, despite the fact in it's only in development and hasn't been greenlit and thus its chances of actually coming to fruition are only abut 20% at best. First Showing has some Bebop movie rumors of note: one, that Fox is fast-tracking the film for a 2010 (unlikely, but possible); two, that is has a huge budget (I don't believe this for a second); and third, that Keanu Reeves has been attached to play Spike Spiegel for months.
I was ready to go off on a huge rant about what a terrible thing this would be, but the more I think about, the more I actually don't mind. Spike's a lanky, quiet guy, which falls in Keanu's limited range. Admittedly, Spike's also sly and hints at a broad range of experiences and emotions underneath his aloof exterior, which isn't exactly Reeves' forte, but still. Basically, I assumed Hollywood would have cast someone ridiculous like Nic Cage, so while I may not be thrilled to the core of my being, I can deal with Keanu. Also, I really don't think the movie's going to happen, especially after Dragonball tanks and everyone in Hollywood assumes that it's anime's fault.
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I'm fine with this.
Assumign it's true of course, which I would assume the odds right now are something like 3% good, 97% bad.
Posted 07/31/2008 at 08:25:16 AMlimited range my ass!!!
who else could pull off Neo, Johnny Utah, John Constantine, and the creepy redneck dude from The Gift?
Posted 07/31/2008 at 10:08:28 AMIm telling you, Dragonball is going to print money. Every anime nerd and his mom are going to go whether its a good movie or not.
Were going to see an ocean of anime live action movies. Ill put money on it.
Posted 07/31/2008 at 10:56:53 AMIf he has faith in the script, the budget and the director, it's a smart move. It's probably my favorite animes. Maybe they can make a couple of sequels.
But I still want my NGE movie. FOllowed by Shonan Bakusozoku.
Posted 07/31/2008 at 02:22:48 PMAfter seeing Reeves in Constantine, I believe he can pull off the quiet, reserved emotions of Spike.
Posted 07/31/2008 at 09:44:45 PMThe scary thing is, I actually felt the exact same way when I read that... I -hate- Keanu Reeves in most everything, but as Spike, I just kind of looked at his face and faltered a bit. D: WHAT HAVE I BECOME.
He needs a deeper, richer voice. None of that 'whoa' stuff... Too bad if this happens, that's all I'll be getting. They should just overdub his talking bits.
Posted 08/01/2008 at 12:00:01 AMI agree with some of the other commentors, I think Keanu would be perfect. I also wouldn't mind if they made slight changes to Faye and Jet. For me, the parts that would suffer would be Edward and... the dog. Too bad the dog from Frasier died, he had a lot of character.
Posted 08/18/2008 at 09:17:37 PM