Home Cool News Coaxial Reviews Zone Chat Contact Us Sign in

Keanu's COWBOY BEEBOP Movie Too Expensive To Make!?!?


Merrick here...


This was mentioned over in Scott Green's Anime column (HERE), but I thought the news warranted a separate article...plus there's now video to support the details.

MTV sat down with Keanu Reeves to discuss his upcoming THE PRIVATE LIVES OF PIPPA LEE.

During their chat, the status of Reeve's COWBOY BEEBOP adaptation came up.

Here's what he had to say:

There's a draft of the script, but the writer did such a great job...in order to make the movie you would need half a billion dollars.
[EDIT]
The studio kinda just went: 'This script is fantastic - and it would cost half a billion dollars!

...Reeves told MTV.
You can hear it for yourself via the embed below:





Reeves also indicates the script is currently being reworked into something more producible.

If the movie ever happens, Reeves would play BEEBOP protagonist Spike Spiegel (wearing the blue jumpsuit in the clip below):





AddThis Social Bookmark Button
Click for previous story Talk Back More on this story Click for next story

User login

Reader Talkback

Ben Affleck would be a better Spike
by Phil Connors
Sep 23rd, 2009
10:32:06 AM
Keanu's too old to play Spike
by Tacom
Sep 23rd, 2009
10:33:02 AM
Canoe Reeves
by SoylentMean
Sep 23rd, 2009
10:33:45 AM
They should have just made the damn thing.
by Sardonic
Sep 23rd, 2009
10:33:48 AM
JGL would be a way better Spike....
by TheWaqman
Sep 23rd, 2009
10:34:58 AM
Keanu is just too bland for this role, he won't be cool enough
by TheWaqman
Sep 23rd, 2009
10:35:15 AM
Keannu says, "Whoa!"
by ZombieHeathLedger
Sep 23rd, 2009
10:37:43 AM
What, Scott Green's article wasn't enough?...
by FlickaPoo
Sep 23rd, 2009
10:41:06 AM
Fuck. That.
by Zahaladeen
Sep 23rd, 2009
10:41:34 AM
Faye
by Demon_Style82
Sep 23rd, 2009
10:41:47 AM
Beebop?
by cymbalta4thedevil
Sep 23rd, 2009
10:42:15 AM
so what if it costs that much....spend that shit
by water_shit_anderson
Sep 23rd, 2009
10:44:52 AM
If the script's that good, could they . . .
by Royston Lodge
Sep 23rd, 2009
10:46:38 AM
Re: Faye's boobs...
by FlickaPoo
Sep 23rd, 2009
10:47:27 AM
Perhaps my favorite anime...
by HarryCalder
Sep 23rd, 2009
10:47:35 AM
If Reeves would just behave in..
by LastOfTheV8Interceptors
Sep 23rd, 2009
10:48:57 AM
...on second thought, the casting search for Faye...
by FlickaPoo
Sep 23rd, 2009
10:52:29 AM
The fuck? They managed to pull off Chronicles of Riddickulous
by the Green Gargantua
Sep 23rd, 2009
11:05:20 AM
Christina Hendricks = Faye Valentine
by robogeek.com
Sep 23rd, 2009
11:06:34 AM
No...it does not HAVE to cost $500M...
by conspiracy
Sep 23rd, 2009
11:08:04 AM
Green Gargantua
by LastOfTheV8Interceptors
Sep 23rd, 2009
11:09:50 AM
Half a billion? WTF? Did he not see Serenity?
by lex romero
Sep 23rd, 2009
11:11:52 AM
oh and Diora Baird for Faye Valentine.
by lex romero
Sep 23rd, 2009
11:12:42 AM
Still with the Beebop?
by slone13
Sep 23rd, 2009
11:14:18 AM
And there is no woman on earth that could play Faye...
by conspiracy
Sep 23rd, 2009
11:14:24 AM
Maybe If He Didn't Demand 20+ Millin a Picture
by Crow3711
Sep 23rd, 2009
11:16:22 AM
Don't make this movie. There, I said it.
by Bones
Sep 23rd, 2009
11:23:32 AM
You know how you lessen the budget?
by IAmLegolas
Sep 23rd, 2009
11:28:16 AM
Keanu just wants to have fun
by Toilet_Terror
Sep 23rd, 2009
11:31:27 AM
The Joker, Spike... just leave everything to Levitt...
by Neosamurai85
Sep 23rd, 2009
11:33:28 AM
Lex: Yeah... Was Thinking Serenity
by Media Messiah
Sep 23rd, 2009
11:35:27 AM
Joss Whedon can't direct an action picture
by Toilet_Terror
Sep 23rd, 2009
11:37:29 AM
Half a Billion? aw, hell naw.
by Stalkeye
Sep 23rd, 2009
11:40:46 AM
Can't believe no one has pointed out...
by Life Proof
Sep 23rd, 2009
11:40:53 AM
Keanu would be fine for the role
by bullet3
Sep 23rd, 2009
11:43:23 AM
Ron Perlman for Jet
by Robstar
Sep 23rd, 2009
11:45:35 AM
what happened to that other fliq
by Meadowe
Sep 23rd, 2009
11:50:45 AM
Life Proof
by slone13
Sep 23rd, 2009
12:01:14 PM
GO PERFORMANCE CAPTURE!!!!
by kgerm
Sep 23rd, 2009
12:01:37 PM
I like Keannu
by SmokingRobot
Sep 23rd, 2009
12:04:57 PM
Serenity cost $40 million, and looks like it was made for three
by Hammer2Fall
Sep 23rd, 2009
12:10:33 PM
In a post Sky Captain world why would any movie cost that much?
by boogel
Sep 23rd, 2009
12:10:41 PM
I meant "...three TIMES THAT MUCH."
by Hammer2Fall
Sep 23rd, 2009
12:11:22 PM
i hope this gets made
by theneonsamurai
Sep 23rd, 2009
12:12:08 PM
"HEY ITS A GREAT SCRIPT! NOW LET'S MAKE IT SUCK!!"
by HaterofCrap
Sep 23rd, 2009
12:15:44 PM
Animate it!
by Domi'sInnerChild
Sep 23rd, 2009
12:18:36 PM
D9 cost $30m Avatar $250m
by Charlie_Allnut
Sep 23rd, 2009
12:19:15 PM
Serenity...
by Charlie_Allnut
Sep 23rd, 2009
12:22:54 PM
I SMELL BULLSHIT.
by RedHorseVector
Sep 23rd, 2009
12:26:13 PM
Bebop fans
by yesiamaplant
Sep 23rd, 2009
12:27:32 PM
How many times will you fall for this?
by Dapper Swindler
Sep 23rd, 2009
12:29:51 PM
STOP! THIS! FUCKING! ABOMINATION!
by ricarleite2
Sep 23rd, 2009
12:30:43 PM
And no news about the 3D re-release of Titanic
by ricarleite2
Sep 23rd, 2009
12:31:08 PM
Who Cares
by BloodFart
Sep 23rd, 2009
12:36:02 PM
You misspelled Bebop every time.
by DanielPlainviewOnVacationInBos ton
Sep 23rd, 2009
12:37:33 PM
Keanu Reeves is dead Jim.
by Doctor_Leonard_McCoy
Sep 23rd, 2009
12:37:51 PM
I forget which one of you thought of it...
by ebonic_plague
Sep 23rd, 2009
12:39:32 PM
WTF?! Half A Million?!
by Deviant Apex
Sep 23rd, 2009
12:43:10 PM
Half a million?
by BlueHawaiiSurfer
Sep 23rd, 2009
12:51:10 PM
Reeve give the script to Cameron
by ominus
Sep 23rd, 2009
01:00:56 PM
Btw as much as i hate to say this about Reeve
by ominus
Sep 23rd, 2009
01:03:03 PM
It's not too expensive
by PowerRing
Sep 23rd, 2009
01:07:11 PM
@Robogeek & Ms. Hendricks...
by Zahaladeen
Sep 23rd, 2009
01:09:25 PM
Pee-Wee Herman as Spike
by Trannyformers_Apologist
Sep 23rd, 2009
01:15:17 PM
Actually...
by DigitalBeachWar
Sep 23rd, 2009
01:17:23 PM
Finding someone for Faye is easy
by ominus
Sep 23rd, 2009
01:18:08 PM
MTV - Kiss My Pucker
by FloobyNooby
Sep 23rd, 2009
01:27:12 PM
Half a billion, eh?
by Mr. Nice Gaius
Sep 23rd, 2009
01:30:48 PM
It'd be cheaper if they drop that extra 'e'
by tonagan
Sep 23rd, 2009
01:39:22 PM
The character in the anime is young.
by Toilet_Terror
Sep 23rd, 2009
01:41:29 PM
RE: And there is no woman on earth that could play Faye...
by Mr. Nice Gaius
Sep 23rd, 2009
01:41:30 PM
CGI breast augmentation doesn't seem below Hollywood standards.
by Toilet_Terror
Sep 23rd, 2009
01:43:18 PM
BTW Faye is probably the worst-designed anime character I've see
by Toilet_Terror
Sep 23rd, 2009
01:46:18 PM
How can anything be "too expensive" anymore?
by MattmanBegins
Sep 23rd, 2009
01:57:08 PM
Toilet_Terror, I hope I never see a granny wearing
by MattmanBegins
Sep 23rd, 2009
01:58:41 PM
Half a billion? Give it to Neill Blomkamp.
by Chuck_Chuckwalla
Sep 23rd, 2009
02:00:04 PM
Since when did money ever stop Hollywood?
by Kikstad
Sep 23rd, 2009
02:14:09 PM
District 9
by enderandrew
Sep 23rd, 2009
02:20:35 PM
Faye is easy to cast
by thelordofhell
Sep 23rd, 2009
02:23:10 PM
Sometimes, I don't get how movies cost so effin' much
by Pop_aristocrat
Sep 23rd, 2009
02:27:41 PM
And what the hell is "BEEPOP"
by MattmanBegins
Sep 23rd, 2009
02:36:08 PM
What ever it takes to not get this
by Phategod2
Sep 23rd, 2009
03:04:20 PM
Take that $500M and spend it on acting classes.
by anonymoose
Sep 23rd, 2009
03:07:42 PM
"BEEBOP," Merrick? Really?
by anonymoose
Sep 23rd, 2009
03:12:30 PM
Joseph Gordon Levitt?
by Killah_Mate
Sep 23rd, 2009
03:39:59 PM
FOX
by Rollofpennies
Sep 23rd, 2009
03:44:59 PM
Ok, so lets cast this turkey. Tarantino directs...
by boogel
Sep 23rd, 2009
03:46:51 PM
This is based on the 1st ep so Ed Faye and Ein don't need to be
by Geomancer21
Sep 23rd, 2009
03:57:03 PM
No Ed!
by boogel
Sep 23rd, 2009
04:00:59 PM
Pop_Aristocrat: They Are Falsely Inflated Costs...
by Media Messiah
Sep 23rd, 2009
04:06:35 PM
I repeat the problem is not with Faye
by ominus
Sep 23rd, 2009
04:10:29 PM
money generally doesn't equal quality
by TakingScorpiosCalls
Sep 23rd, 2009
04:21:35 PM
keanu would have been great... in the 90s... if he could act
by TakingScorpiosCalls
Sep 23rd, 2009
04:24:05 PM
I hope this never happens.
by Jesus of Suburbia
Sep 23rd, 2009
04:34:28 PM
"Half a billion? Give it to Neill Blomkamp." YES. Amen.
by felwithe
Sep 23rd, 2009
04:40:50 PM
wtf do you mean "Keanu's Bebop"?
by punto
Sep 23rd, 2009
04:41:52 PM
er guys is it half a million or half a billion?
by ominus
Sep 23rd, 2009
04:44:27 PM
I want the club sandwich, I want the cold Mexican beer
by Marduk
Sep 23rd, 2009
04:46:28 PM
Man Faye should have a bit part in this.
by kronos6948
Sep 23rd, 2009
04:48:56 PM
Should just leave the script and make it over seas
by methosb
Sep 23rd, 2009
05:27:40 PM
Get Joseph Gorden Levitt for EVERYTHING
by StarchildAD
Sep 23rd, 2009
06:20:12 PM
Pronounced Jogol'e if overseas
by StarchildAD
Sep 23rd, 2009
06:21:00 PM
Here's how to save money on this...
by ebonic_plague
Sep 23rd, 2009
06:48:00 PM
How can the script dictate the amount of $ required
by estacado1
Sep 23rd, 2009
07:06:42 PM
Stupid Budgeting
by RainesMaker
Sep 23rd, 2009
07:16:35 PM
why so expensive?
by Messyjoe
Sep 23rd, 2009
07:25:25 PM
Editors still asleep on correct spelling of movie.
by RockMSockM
Sep 23rd, 2009
07:36:31 PM
My vote for Faye Valentine is...
by gundamMeister
Sep 23rd, 2009
07:51:13 PM
I'm suing God.
by ebonic_plague
Sep 23rd, 2009
08:22:09 PM

by hillvalley
Sep 23rd, 2009
08:26:24 PM
Woaaaaaa...
by cheyne_stoking_DMS
Sep 23rd, 2009
08:31:29 PM
Will They CGI Edward? What's with the $$$
by Annie The Pod Racer
Sep 23rd, 2009
09:16:10 PM
Did these fools not see DISTRICT 9!?!
by MaxTheSilent
Sep 23rd, 2009
09:35:10 PM
Keanu had to factor in his Coke habit and Hookers
by theycallmemrtibbs
Sep 23rd, 2009
09:48:37 PM
Are you serious there ebonic_plague?
by TakingScorpiosCalls
Sep 23rd, 2009
09:52:25 PM
I got one!
by Annie The Pod Racer
Sep 23rd, 2009
10:04:58 PM
TSC, I shit you negative.
by ebonic_plague
Sep 23rd, 2009
10:37:13 PM
James McAvoy
by one_with_gun
Sep 24th, 2009
12:36:33 AM
They will cast Kirsten Dunst as Faye
by tradeskilz
Sep 24th, 2009
09:22:29 AM
James McAvoy?
by Killah_Mate
Sep 24th, 2009
10:29:40 AM
A Ron Perlman Jet is a given.
by Killah_Mate
Sep 24th, 2009
10:31:35 AM
Just Make Another Anime Cowboy Bebop Movie
by Shadowcat_664
Sep 24th, 2009
10:33:58 AM
I know why it'll cost so much...
by boogel
Sep 24th, 2009
01:55:39 PM
Lee Pace for Spike
by MurderMostFowl
Sep 24th, 2009
10:46:21 PM
I would love an unknown
by dfinch01
Sep 25th, 2009
07:58:43 AM
Wow, glad I'm not the only person that thought Ed should be Elle
by dfinch01
Sep 25th, 2009
08:02:50 AM

Quick Talkback

Please login to post talkback.