E! online is reporting that Keanu has signed on to play Spike Siegel in 20th Century Fox’s big-screen adaptation of the acclaimed Japanese Anime series Cowboy Bebop. Cowboy Bebop is one of the most famous Anime’s to make it to the mainland United States. The Anime is set in the year 2071, fifty years after a massive lunar explosion destroys Earth’s population and leads to the colonization of the entire solar system. As issues arise during the colonization, an elite team of bounty hunters (i.e. cowboys) is needed to keep the peace. E! Online reports that:
Per the Hollywood Reporter, Reeves is attached to play Spike Siegel, a reformed criminal turned space cowboy and copilot of the Bebop, who, like a character from the actor’s past, is well-versed in kung fu and other combat skills but is toting around quite a few personal demons. No word yet on who’s in line to play Spike’s copilot, Jet Black, a onetime Inter-Solar System cop with a mechanical arm, but so far we’re liking the whole Firefly-Battlestar Galactica-Bill & Ted vibe.
Well, Keanu did redeem himself with the Matrix trilogoy so maybe he can not screw up this Anime for those devout purists who love the series so much.
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[...] said, I am still not sold on him as Spike. Pretty decent tidbit of information on this topic in this blog entry. We shall see how it all pans out. I think their choices for the rest of the cast will determine [...]