Cowboy Bebop (2021 TV series)

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Cowboy Bebop
Cowboy Bebop Logo.png
GenreScience fiction[1]
Based onCowboy Bebop
by Hajime Yatate
Developed by
Written byChristopher Yost
Starring
ComposerYoko Kanno
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producers
Production companiesTomorrow Studios
Midnight Radio
Sunrise Inc.
DistributorNetflix
Release
Original networkNetflix
Original release2021

Cowboy Bebop is an upcoming American science fiction streaming television series. It is a live-action adaptation of the Japanese anime series Cowboy Bebop. The series is set to be developed by André Nemec and Jeff Pinkner, written by Christopher Yost, and stars John Cho, Mustafa Shakir, Daniella Pineda, Alex Hassell, and Elena Satine. The first season will consist of 10 episodes.

It is scheduled for a fall 2021 release on Netflix.[2][3]

Premise[]

The series focuses on the adventures of a ragtag group of bounty hunters chasing down criminals across the solar system.[4]

Cast and characters[]

See also: List of Cowboy Bebop characters

Main[]

  • John Cho as Spike Spiegel: A bounty hunter born on Mars with a history of violent gang activity. For the role, Cho grew his hair in an attempt to replicate Spike's look from the anime.[5]
  • Mustafa Shakir as Jet Black: Spike's ex-cop bounty hunter partner who has a cybernetic arm from an awry investigation.
  • Daniella Pineda as Faye Valentine: A woman in debt from excessive gambling fees who spent 54 years in suspended animation after a space shuttle accident.
  • Alex Hassell as Vicious: Spike's nemesis, a power-hungry gangster from the Red Dragon Crime Syndicate who was Spike's partner before their falling out.
  • Elena Satine as Julia: A beautiful and mysterious woman from Spike's past who has a complicated romantic history with both him and Vicious.

Recurring[]

  • Geoff Stults as Chalmers: A detective in the Intra Solar System Police (ISSP) who is Jet's ex-partner.
  • Tamara Tunie as Ana: The proprietor of an underground jazz club on Mars who acts as a surrogate mother to Spike.
  • Mason Alexander Park as Gren: A jazz musician working for Ana who is also her right-hand person. The character was reimagined as non-binary for the show.
  • Rachel House as Mao: A crime boss who leads the Syndicate's "White Tigers" family.
  • Ann Truong and Hoa Xuande as Shin and Lin: Twin siblings employed as Vicious' enforcers.

Additionally, Blessing Mokgohloa will play Santiago, Molly Moriarty will play Kimmie Black,[6] and Lucy Currey will play Judy.[7] James Hiroyuki Liao has been cast in an undisclosed role.[8] The characters Edward "Radical Ed" Wong Hau Pepelu Tivruski IV and Ein will appear in the show; the latter is played by a Welsh Corgi dog actor.[9][10]

Episodes[]

No.TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal release date
1TBATBAChristopher Yost2021 (2021)

The series will consist of 10 hour-long episodes with Alex Garcia Lopez and Michael Katleman each directing five episodes. Hajime Yatate, creator of the original Cowboy Bebop, will write episodes in the series.[6]

Production[]

Development[]

On June 6, 2017, it was announced that an American live-action adaptation of the series was being developed for television by Tomorrow Studios, a partnership between Marty Adelstein and Sunrise Inc., which also produced the original anime.[11] Christopher Yost is poised to write the series.[12] On November 27, 2018, Netflix announced that the live-action series would be heading to its streaming service.[13][14]

Casting[]

On April 4, 2019, Variety reported that John Cho, Mustafa Shakir, Daniella Pineda and Alex Hassell were all cast in lead roles as Spike Spiegel, Jet Black, Faye Valentine and Vicious in the series.[15] On August 22, 2019, it was announced that Elena Satine was cast as Julia.[16] On November 19, 2020, Deadline Hollywood reported that Geoff Stults, Tamara Tunie, Mason Alexander Park, Rachel House, Ann Truong and Hoa Xuande have been cast as Chalmers, Ana, Gren, Mao, Shin and Lin.[17] James Hiroyuki Liao had joined the cast by August 2021,[8] along with Blessing Mokgohloa as Santiago and Molly Moriarty as Kimmie Black.

Filming[]

In October 2019, Cho sustained a knee injury, which set back production by about eight months.[18] On April 17, 2020, further news was provided about the project, that episodes would be one-hour in length allowing for more in-depth storytelling, and second season script has been noted.[19] On May 19, 2020, while doing an interview with SyFy Wire, Adelstein revealed that there are currently three finished episodes and that they shot at least six episodes before Cho's knee injury. During the same interview it was revealed that Shinichirō Watanabe, the director of the anime series, would be involved with the series as a creative consultant.[20] Production resumed on September 30, 2020, after the New Zealand government gave the green light to continue following the nation's COVID-19 shutdown.[21] Filming officially wrapped on March 15, 2021.[22] In August 2021, it was revealed that original show creator Hajime Yatate were interested in writing episodes of the series and would likely have writing duties for the majority of the 10-episode first season.[6]

Marketing[]

A first look was released by Netflix in October 2019 from the point-of-view of Ein showing off some sets and the main cast. It also used music from the original series and the trademark phrase "See You Space Cowboy..."[23] Netflix resumed the show's marketing campaign in June 2021 with a new teaser set to the original show's opening theme, "Tank!" to announce that Yoko Kanno would be scoring the series after having previously provided the soundtrack for the 1998 anime.[3]

Release[]

The show was originally slated to release in 2020,[24] but was delayed due to Cho's injury and the COVID-19 pandemic. It is currently set to be released in the fall of 2021.[25][26]

References[]

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