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Originally Posted by jerf
I hope they're not serious about a Cowboy Bebop movie  |
On 22 July 2008,
IF Magazine published an article on its website regarding a rumor of a live-action
Cowboy Bebop movie in development by
20th Century Fox. Producer
Erwin Stoff said that the film's development was in the early stages, and that they had "just signed it".
[17][18] Keanu Reeves has been confirmed as playing the role of Spike Spiegel.
[19][20] Variety confirmed on 15 January 2009, that the production company Sunrise will be "closely involved with the development of the English language project." The site also confirmed Kenji Uchida, Shinichiro Watanabe, and series writer Keiko Nobumoto as associate producers, series producer Masahiko Minami as a production consultant, and
Peter Craig as screenwriter.
[21] It is currently slated for release in 2011.
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