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Live-Action Cowboy Bebop Proposal Officially Announced (Updated)
posted on by Egan Loo
The Japanese animation studio Sunrise has officially announced the plans for a live-action film adaptation of its Masahiko Minami (former Sunrise producer and Bones studio co-founder) are both acting as production consultants.
Stoff first The Animatrix animated video anthology.
Watanabe's original Cowboy Bebop series follows the motley crew of the spaceship Bebop as it travels throughout the solar system in search of the next job. The anime distributor Tokyopop released both manga series in North America.
Source: Mainichi Shimbun, animeanime.jp
Image © Sunrise Inc.
Update: The Daily Variety entertainment trade newspaper's website reports that Peter Craig has signed onto the project to write the screenplay. Thanks, Joshua Noble.
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