Analog-Theater 2.0

I would like to start out this post by saying that I have nothing personal against Keanu Reeves.  I haven’t even seen all of his movies, so he might have done very well in some of them.  However, I did see the Matrix and the Day the Earth Stood Still, based on those movies I would say his skills are medicore.  He did have some good fight scenes in the Matrix Trilogy and that is the little bit of hope I have for the live action Cowboy Bebop movie that he’s going to star in.  I am not convinced that Reeves is the best choice for the role, even though he can pull off acting aloof and has done some intensive action roles (2 things that the character of Spike would require).  Then again, off the top of my head, I can’t think of anyone who would be good for the role.  Maybe Edward Norton even though I haven’t seen him do much martial arts or gun fighting, but he does have good acting skills.

Actually, there is another bit of hope to draw from, Sunrise, Inc, the company that produced the originial anime is working closely with 20th Century Fox on this one.   Kenji Uchida and Shinichiro Watanabe from Sunrise, as well as the series writer Keiko Nobumoto has been confirmed to be associate producers and the series producer Masahiko Minami has been confirmed as a production consultant.  I’m sure that they will try to keep the movie true to the spirit of the original show.

The only other word I’ve heard about the movie is that Peter Craig, who I never heard of, is working on the script and Erwin Stoff from the Day the Earth Stood Still is going to do the special effects.  There has been no news yet on the director or the rest of the cast.

For those unfamiliar with the show, Cowboy Bebop followed spaceship Bebop and it’s crew Spike Spiegel, Jet Black, Faye Valentine, and Ed as they went around the solar system hunting bounties in the year 2071.

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