Keanu Reeves to Play Spike In the Live-Action Adaptation of Cowboy Bebop

According to those guys over at ScreenRant:

First Showing is reporting that Keanu “Whoah” Reeves is adding another straight-faced hero to his resume, playing intergalactic bounty hunter Spike Spiegel in the live-action adaption of anime cult-favorite, Cowboy Bebop.

According to First Showing’s “inside source” at Fox studios, Cowboy Bebop has long been buried in the list of movies waiting to be green lit, with Reeves attached to the project for some time now. That bit of star-power, plus some early fan buzz, has motivated Fox to fast-track Cowboy Bebop for a 2010 release; though currently there is no director, writer, or script for the film.

I have been a Cowboy bebop fan since it's American release, And to finally hear that they have decided to make this is a fans dream. And I couldn't have picked a better actor to play as Spike Spiegel.

Now whether this movie will be based on the TV series or the Movie that came after it, I do not know. I Sure hope they do it on the TV series or maybe after the events of the movie. To be honest I wish that the American Studios would work more and more with the actual creators of the show instead of going on their own to create something (I mean look how Speed Racer turned out). If the writer of the Manga and TV Series came together and worked with the american directors to come up with something that both the japanese fan and American fan audience can enjoy will be the great collaboration in Anime to Movie History.