Ok, these ‘live action anime’ announcements seem to be happening with a lot more frequency. iFMagazine.com just unleashed some news regarding a live action version of one of our favorite anime series…Cowboy Bebop:
When asked about other projects he (producer Erwin Stoff) is currently working on, Stoff, let slip some very juicy news about a very beloved anime franchise.
“I‘m developing COWBOY BEBOP for Fox, but doing it as a live-action film, so I’m working on that at the moment,” Stoff tells iF. “I’m really excited to be working on it, and it’s in the really early stages. We just signed it the other day.”
Special thanks to Scott at Anime AICN and ANN for the tips!
How do you feel about a live action, Hollywood-style Cowboy Bebop film? Who do you think should be in it? Who should direct?
October 4th, 2008 at 1:00 pm
Now, I have 4gotten, if they’re planning to do GITS: SAC
Ghost In The Shell Stand Alone Complex live action film?, please dont, i mean PLEASE DON’T!!!
I mean we all know it’s just like The Matrix Trilogy, even though i didn’t see the third Matrix, but it’s just identical.
Too much Matrix Trilogy, with AniMatrix, with all of the Terminator trilogy (including the 4th Terminator) coming out, the Sarah Connor Chronicles Tv, and of course the pilot and series of The Bionic Woman all combine, so i will tell ya right now, UNLESS you can make the film much more darker than The Dark Knight and if this film will be a really rated R almost NC-17 nudity of Major Motoko Kusanagi’s character every time she’s cloaked into a Predator-like mirage of a shield, all i am going to say to Hollywood….save your money for a better live action f/ an Anime idea.
All i am going to say in closing, is make it work, or don’t ruin a perfect masterpiece of Anime and remake it, you will cause a riot in all of Anime fans (and I’m one of them). ;D
October 4th, 2008 at 12:35 pm
I think it’s AWESOMELY COOL to do a LIVE ACTION Cowboy Bebop film, now i have heard that it is true that a live action Akira is coming to theatres next year and from what i have read/been told, Leonardo DiCaprio is in Akira, well….all i am politely will say is, he better pull it off.
Anyways, Cowboy Bebop ideas:
i am thinking either
John Travolta or Hugh Jackman to play as the cool Spike Spiegal, oh wait…Spike has a fighting style like Bruce Lee, so why not Jet Li, or Jackie Chan.
Faye Valentine (a woman who’s sassy, irresistible, great legs, and bod, and a little dangerous too, Kelly Hu (that’s all i can think of so far).
Ed (now i cannot think who can play the mysterious tomboyish character to make it work)
Ein (can be a real life dog/CG anim8ed),
and of course….Jet Black, now at first i was thinking Sir Sean Connery, but i was like eh? dunno (why not Michael Gregory?) who also did the voice of Gren.
Now some may agree/disagree i can understand, but it would be cool if they had some cameo appearences of the talented voice actors in the film, now as far as the story or plot of film, i will just sit back and wait and see what the writers and production crew do their thing, and i know sooner or later the franchise will be so Awesomely good, they need to do a sequel based off on Grencia Mars Elijah Guo Eckener (or Gren Chronicles), i dunno why my mind is rattling up there but just an idea, but as far as the CB:live action film….im all for it!
Just impress me when it comes to theatres!
August 10th, 2008 at 5:36 am
US LIVE ACTION NINJA SCROLL FILM.
Ninja Scroll would be a great live action by the team who worked on the Mortal Kombat films,Threshold Entertainment will still have the rights to Ninja Scroll so they will get into talks with Madhouse to work on the franchise and
Hollywood to financed the project with visual effects to be created by Threshold digital research labs.
Thresholds Josh Wexler will write the script for the film and the story centres around a ninja Jubei who hunts the evil eights devils of Kimon.
Ninja Scroll will have a Hollywood director to helm the film.
Ninja Scroll will produced by Lawrence Kasanoff/Threshold Entertainment.
Thank You.
BRUCE ACOSTA
AUSTRALIA.
August 8th, 2008 at 7:14 am
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August 1st, 2008 at 2:33 pm
No, Cowboy Bebop shouldn’t be made into a live action movie. They’ll ruin it. I’m cringing about the Avatar: Airbender live action movie not to mention the Dragonball movie. Just say “NO”!
August 1st, 2008 at 7:18 am
Helen - Hmmm…that’s a good question. Who would play Ed? What does everyone else think?
Naruto - I’d love to see it too - if done properly. I think it’s a very challenging project but could be very good if it’s true to the anime.
Caitlin - I agree that Cowboy Bebop isn’t ’screaming’ to be made live action, it would still be exciting to see what they do with it!
TP - You make an excellent point. I think danno! summed it up best in an earlier comment:
“They should’ve made a Cowboy BeBop movie like 10 freakin’ years ago.”
It had ‘critical mass’ back then, but I wonder how marketable the property is now…
jelmo - Firefly was a great example of ‘Space Cowboy’ but I wonder if he’d make it too similar to ‘Serenity’?
danno! - A Cowboy Bebop musical??? Shhhh…don’t tell Hollywood, lol!
dekap - I would hope that they use a visual effects company like ILM or Weta. They would keep it from looking cheesy.
Javakat - I agree, but be sure to add ‘great director’ to the list.
July 26th, 2008 at 1:27 pm
Okay, I am estatic and not worried at all…I think If this movie was given a hollywood budget and great casting this movie would be perfect to pull off.
July 26th, 2008 at 12:15 pm
i would watch it probably. the only thing that im concerned about is them going cheesy on the like the environment backgrounds and details of the spaceships
July 24th, 2008 at 11:10 am
jelmo- What’s the point of making a Cowboy BeBop Live Action Film if I can rent Firefly for the same thing? Oh wait, Whedon could make a Cowboy BeBop MUSICAL…