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

Published at:  Sep 23, 2009 10:38:35 AM CDT


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):








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  • Sep 23, 2009 10:32:06 AM CDT

    Ben Affleck would be a better Spike

    by phil connors

  • Sep 23, 2009 10:33:02 AM CDT

    Keanu's too old to play Spike

    by tacom

    They should get somebody else(not Ben Affleck either)!

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  • Sep 23, 2009 10:33:45 AM CDT

    Canoe Reeves

    by soylentmean

    That's what I call him.

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  • Sep 23, 2009 10:33:48 AM CDT

    They should have just made the damn thing.

    by sardonic

    I've been hearing about this movie for way too long. Just make it already. Besides, a half-million dollar budget would compensate for Keanu Reeve's acting.

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  • Sep 23, 2009 10:34:58 AM CDT

    JGL would be a way better Spike....

    by thewaqman

  • Sep 23, 2009 10:35:15 AM CDT

    Keanu is just too bland for this role, he won't be cool enough

    by thewaqman

  • Sep 23, 2009 10:37:43 AM CDT

    Keannu says, "Whoa!"

    by zombieheathledger

  • Sep 23, 2009 10:41:06 AM CDT

    What, Scott Green's article wasn't enough?...

    by flickapoo

    ...Scott Green is going to write a three thousand word essay about you...carefully weighing the good against the bad...but ultimately concluding that you are a thieving bastard and deserve to die...

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  • Sep 23, 2009 10:41:34 AM CDT

    Fuck. That.

    by zahaladeen

    You lizard bitches had better make this fucking movie.

    That is all.

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  • Sep 23, 2009 10:41:47 AM CDT

    Faye

    by demon_style82

    Who would make a great Faye?

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  • Sep 23, 2009 10:42:15 AM CDT

    Beebop?

    by cymbalta4thedevil

    Is that jazz for Bees?

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  • Sep 23, 2009 10:44:52 AM CDT

    so what if it costs that much....spend that shit

    by water_shit_anderson

    entertain us!

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  • Sep 23, 2009 10:46:38 AM CDT

    If the script's that good, could they . . .

    by royston lodge

    . . . turn it into a novel?

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  • Sep 23, 2009 10:47:27 AM CDT

    Re: Faye's boobs...

    by flickapoo

    I've said this before...the only way to do them justice is to animate them like Davey Jones' tentacle beard. No silicone, no TOMB RAIDER falsies.Of course this shouldn't be happening in the first place...so never mind.

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  • Sep 23, 2009 10:47:35 AM CDT

    Perhaps my favorite anime...

    by harrycalder

    ...and they'd better not fuck this up. Which they prolly will, no matter how much they spend. So, in the end, I hope this dies in development hell.

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  • Sep 23, 2009 10:48:57 AM CDT

    If Reeves would just behave in..

    by lastofthev8interceptors

    .. movies the way he does in interviews I'd like him a lot more. Interviews show me that he is actually capable of emoting.. those, and Bill and Ted movies... and whoever plays Faye had better have some rockin' boobs.

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  • Sep 23, 2009 10:52:29 AM CDT

    ...on second thought, the casting search for Faye...

    by flickapoo

    ...would be reason enough to make the movie...search every corner of the globe...it could take years.Maybe even a lifetime...

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  • Sep 23, 2009 11:05:20 AM CDT

    The fuck? They managed to pull off Chronicles of Riddickulous

    by the green gargantua

    They cunt do this? Oh well, Captain Harlock is way cooler.

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  • Sep 23, 2009 11:06:34 AM CDT

    Christina Hendricks = Faye Valentine

    by robogeek.com

    If you've seen "Our Mrs. Reynolds" and "Trash" you know she'd be perfect.

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  • Sep 23, 2009 11:08:04 AM CDT

    No...it does not HAVE to cost $500M...

    by conspiracy

    but the way Hollywood is structured it will. Hollywood needs some Six Sigma, and JIT training...these production costs are just fucking silly and it is all because the industry is inefficient, CROOKED, and greedy. 8 figure salaries for leads, 7 figure directors, Union Meddling that requires 3 times as many people on set as is required..I bet there is an assistant for the monkey that places the cables. It really is out of control; and the worst thing about the out of control costs is that the studios are terrified of making anything that isn't a known quantity, anything that does not have a track record of success. I wonder how many good stories are not getting made so we can have Transformers 3, movie adaptions of TV shows, and remakes of movies that were hits 30 or 40 years ago.That said..too expensive or no...I really have no desire to see Hollywood mangle yet another wonderful Anime story...and you know they would..just look at the fucking casting decision...that tells you everything.

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  • Sep 23, 2009 11:09:50 AM CDT

    Green Gargantua

    by lastofthev8interceptors

    Harlock flick would rock! If done properly of course.

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  • Sep 23, 2009 11:11:52 AM CDT

    Half a billion? WTF? Did he not see Serenity?

    by lex romero

    Serenity was essentially what a Cowboy Bebop film should be and how it should look. That certainly wasn't made for a shit load of money. So really not sure why they think a CB film would need to be.

    Oh and as others have said, keanu way too old for the role. Need someone new and fresh and unknown for it, they essentially need to be as cocky as bruce lee with a brooding noir detective interior. Or just get Joseph Gordon Levitt for it.

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  • Sep 23, 2009 11:12:42 AM CDT

    oh and Diora Baird for Faye Valentine.

    by lex romero

    She's got the boobs for it.

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  • Sep 23, 2009 11:14:18 AM CDT

    Still with the Beebop?

    by slone13

    This should have been made a decade ago. I had completely forgotten about this show.

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  • Sep 23, 2009 11:14:24 AM CDT

    And there is no woman on earth that could play Faye...

    by conspiracy

    the sexiest cartoon character of all time. Don't believe me...go to Comic-Con, or the Anime Expo...you'll see a dozen very attractive girls all dressed as Faye...and they all FAIL.It would almost have to be a Victorias Secret model too LOOK like the character...and none of them can act I'm sure.Nope..not possible...put your faith in science. I'm sure, right now as I type this...there is a Japanese scientist working 24/7 to genetically engineer a real life Faye Valentine..., while his Mechanical engineering schooled brother is making a robotic version....can't wait to buy one.

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  • Sep 23, 2009 11:16:22 AM CDT

    Maybe If He Didn't Demand 20+ Millin a Picture

    by crow3711

    Not that his salary makes that huge of a difference if it really would cost 500 million, but still, the idea that Keanu believes he is worth that much, and won't even do a movie unless they pay up, baffles me. I don't even mind watching him in most movies, he finds roles that suit his barren emoting, but come on, to pay him like a top quality A-lister is just fucking absurd.

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  • Sep 23, 2009 11:23:32 AM CDT

    Don't make this movie. There, I said it.

    by bones

    The Anime is really rather perfect (except for the horrible cultural bias in Watermellon Man)--and cannot be improved upon by taking 24 episodes and a feature film and squishing it into a two hour bad film starring Keanu "I want laundered shirts" Reaves. Especially after the ABORTION that was Day the Earth Stood Stupid.
    Yeah, I made a Johnny Mnemonic reference. Deal with it.

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  • Sep 23, 2009 11:28:16 AM CDT

    You know how you lessen the budget?

    by iamlegolas

    Get rid of Keanu Reeves and use unknowns. Seriously, though. Sci-Fi movies have been made for less than a half-billion dollars. Heck, even AVATAR didn't cost 500 million.

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  • Sep 23, 2009 11:31:27 AM CDT

    Keanu just wants to have fun

    by toilet_terror

    I've turned around on this. As long as the film is an entertaining future-noir spectacle and features Keanu kicking lots of butts I don't give a shit. Just make the fucking thing before he's geriatric!

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  • Sep 23, 2009 11:32:22 AM CDT

    Get Blomkamp to do it

    by blueimmortal

    give the man $500, a camera, and a case of beer, put him in the middle of nowhere, and he could direct the next star wars.

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  • Sep 23, 2009 11:33:28 AM CDT

    The Joker, Spike... just leave everything to Levitt...

    by neosamurai85

    ... OK! ;)

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  • Sep 23, 2009 11:35:27 AM CDT

    Lex: Yeah... Was Thinking Serenity

    by media messiah

    They better call Joss Whedon!!! I saw "Cowboy Beebop" and there is no way that a live acton version of that movie would cost a half a billion dollars--even a hundred million would be pushing it!!! They could easily do the film for 60 million dollars--including Keanu's paycheck.

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  • Sep 23, 2009 11:37:29 AM CDT

    Joss Whedon can't direct an action picture

    by toilet_terror

    so that's the worst suggestion yet.

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  • Sep 23, 2009 11:40:46 AM CDT

    Half a Billion? aw, hell naw.

    by stalkeye

    This is Cowboy Bebop not the fukkin Matrix; return of jesussupermanchristneo.leme guess, does reeve get a fraction of hal billion as his cut?if ya ask me, that lead actor from district 13 would make for a better spike..he looks just like him, plus his pakour/martial arts skills could come in handy.

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  • Sep 23, 2009 11:40:53 AM CDT

    Can't believe no one has pointed out...

    by life proof

    That "Bebop" only has ONE E.

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  • Sep 23, 2009 11:43:23 AM CDT

    Keanu would be fine for the role

    by bullet3

    Everyone is bagging on him unfairly I think. He's not THAT old, jesus you guys make him sound like he's 80. And the Spike character isn't very young either, I think Keanu's the right age for the part. And comeone, they should totally be able to do this movie for 100-150 million. No reason it has to be insanely expensive (Although serenity isn't a great example, it looks like a tv movie, but even 3 times the budget it would still be under 150 mil).

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  • Sep 23, 2009 11:45:35 AM CDT

    Ron Perlman for Jet

    by robstar

    And film on location in Akihabara- that place looks like it belongs in the Bebop universe anyway.

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  • Sep 23, 2009 11:50:45 AM CDT

    what happened to that other fliq

    by meadowe

    Where Keanu played an azn, it was some samurai fliq or something. That sounded kinda interesting. If a Hawaiian Chinese English (?) guy born in either Lebanon or Beirut but raised in Canada guy like Keanu could play a southern lawyer, I figured he'd do ok being an azn guy.

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  • Sep 23, 2009 12:01:14 PM CDT

    Life Proof

    by slone13

    It was pointed out. In the form of a joke in post # 11 by cymbalta4thedevil.

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  • Sep 23, 2009 12:01:37 PM CDT

    GO PERFORMANCE CAPTURE!!!!

    by kgerm

    Make it animated. You save money AND have a character that would emote more than Keanu ever would.

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  • Sep 23, 2009 12:04:57 PM CDT

    I like Keannu

    by smokingrobot

    But Hollywood needs to be A WHOLE LOT MORE CREATIVE in casting. This is so predictable, boring, ho-hum.

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  • Sep 23, 2009 12:07:24 PM CDT

    MIGHT HAVE TO DO WITH IT BEING A SHIT IDEA!!!

    by carlthormark1978

  • Sep 23, 2009 12:10:33 PM CDT

    Serenity cost $40 million, and looks like it was made for three

    by hammer2fall

    Is Fox seriously that bad at budgeting their films? Is there some sort of reverse psychology that demands they spend the most money for the least visual return? Wolverine costs $150 million, yet his claws look like leftover effects from Who Framed Roger Rabbit.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Really...is Cowboy Beebop going to be any bigger in scale than Return of the Sith? Unless they are planning on this thing being 14 hours long...

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  • Sep 23, 2009 12:11:22 PM CDT

    I meant "...three TIMES THAT MUCH."

    by hammer2fall

    Blasted character limit.

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  • Sep 23, 2009 12:12:08 PM CDT

    i hope this gets made

    by theneonsamurai

    Keanu is actually perfect for Spike. There are few other actors who can pull off quiet-cool the way he does.

    Also, emoting is not acting. See Al Pacino.

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  • Sep 23, 2009 12:15:44 PM CDT

    "HEY ITS A GREAT SCRIPT! NOW LET'S MAKE IT SUCK!!"

    by haterofcrap

    bebop needs to take place in cities and colonies that do not exist....if its filmed in fuckin vancouver on the cheap why even bother?

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  • Sep 23, 2009 12:18:36 PM CDT

    Animate it!

    by domi'sinnerchild

  • Sep 23, 2009 12:19:15 PM CDT

    D9 cost $30m Avatar $250m

    by charlie_allnut

    I'm sure it can't be nearly as expensive as Avatar...there is absolutely NO reason for this to cost over $100M as long as there is no crazy creatures. Hell just do all the space parts with models old school style, you'll save a bundle and it'll look better anyway! The script probably needs work, and this is most likely a cover to prevent bad buzz. And Keanu is 10 years too old, and too wooden for this part.

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  • Sep 23, 2009 12:22:54 PM CDT

    Serenity...

    by charlie_allnut

    My issue w/ Serenity was the overuse of LA as a location for "alien planets". Any one who has been to LA immediately can recognize the terrain - it pulled me right out of the movie. I'm sitting there thinking, "really? LA? As an alien planet??" Immediately made the movie look like a basic cable TV show ala SG1 or something.

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  • Sep 23, 2009 12:27:32 PM CDT

    Bebop fans

    by yesiamaplant

    will never be satisfied with anything you do with this movie so just fuckin ignore them. It's a futile effort trying to please people that say things like "This should be animated because it was an animated show!" and "Keanu Reeves is too old to play the skinny white guy who knows kung fu!". Just fuck 'em.

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  • Sep 23, 2009 12:29:51 PM CDT

    How many times will you fall for this?

    by dapper swindler

    Adaptations suck. An adaptation at its very best can only be redundant of the source material. Why do you keep falling for this?

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  • Sep 23, 2009 12:30:43 PM CDT

    STOP! THIS! FUCKING! ABOMINATION!

    by ricarleite2

  • Sep 23, 2009 12:31:08 PM CDT

    And no news about the 3D re-release of Titanic

    by ricarleite2

    AICN is so slow.

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  • Sep 23, 2009 12:36:02 PM CDT

    Who Cares

    by bloodfart

    Bababooey.

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  • Sep 23, 2009 12:37:33 PM CDT

    You misspelled Bebop every time.

    by danielplainviewonvacationinboston

  • Sep 23, 2009 12:37:51 PM CDT

    Keanu Reeves is dead Jim.

    by doctor_leonard_mccoy

    Or he's cardboard, or he's computer generated, but not alive in an actor's sense.

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  • Sep 23, 2009 12:39:32 PM CDT

    I forget which one of you thought of it...

    by ebonic_plague


    ...but if they do this, get Chris Evans (Sunshine, F4) for Spike! He can pull off that kind of calm cool demeanor, with little flashes of humor and tragedy, that defines Spike's character.

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  • Sep 23, 2009 12:43:10 PM CDT

    WTF?! Half A Million?!

    by deviant apex

    How the hell would it absolutely HAVE to cost half a mil? I seriously doubt it would have to. It just sounds kind of like a cop out to me.

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  • Sep 23, 2009 12:51:10 PM CDT

    Half a million?

    by bluehawaiisurfer

    Half a BILLion wasn't it?? Half a million, old Jonny Utah could stroke a check for that shit.

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  • Sep 23, 2009 1:00:56 PM CDT

    Reeve give the script to Cameron

    by ominus

    i am pretty sure he will have the patience to wait to make it after 15 years,when the technology and budget cost will be humanly accessible.

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  • Sep 23, 2009 1:03:03 PM CDT

    Btw as much as i hate to say this about Reeve

    by ominus

    i do find him perfect as Spike Spiegel.I wish him that he will finally be able to make this movie adaptation,even if it turns out crap us usually is these cases.

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  • Sep 23, 2009 1:07:11 PM CDT

    It's not too expensive

    by powerring

    They just know with Keannu it won't break even.

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  • Sep 23, 2009 1:09:25 PM CDT

    @Robogeek & Ms. Hendricks...

    by zahaladeen

    ...effing spot on mate.

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  • Sep 23, 2009 1:15:17 PM CDT

    Pee-Wee Herman as Spike

    by trannyformers_apologist

    Paul Reubens WTF

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  • Sep 23, 2009 1:17:23 PM CDT

    Actually...

    by digitalbeachwar

    ...It's too dumb to make.

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  • Sep 23, 2009 1:18:08 PM CDT

    Finding someone for Faye is easy

    by ominus

    just find an actress from Mediterranean,like italian,spanish,greek etc,there are many of these gals with natural big boobs or generally a latin woman if u want something more homemade for your american movie.
    the real problem with the movie is elsewhere.

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  • Sep 23, 2009 1:27:12 PM CDT

    MTV - Kiss My Pucker

    by floobynooby

    So, as per the way things are now in the UK, I'm forced to sit through a 26 second ad for Special K before being told I can't watch the thing I'm quite sure they know I wanted to see. They know this because I clicked on the link. And they know where I am at that moment in time.
    So exactly what IS downloading as I gaze at the screen that shows alternative content that MTV assure me we Brits may legally see and hear? You know, the stuff I don't give a flying fucking fuck about. That stuff.

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  • Sep 23, 2009 1:27:58 PM CDT

    too old for the role

    by melvin_pelvis

    I always figured spike for mid to late 20's, oldest maybe 32

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  • Sep 23, 2009 1:30:48 PM CDT

    Half a billion, eh?

    by mr. nice gaius

    They must want to make those stargate tunnel things for realz.

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  • Sep 23, 2009 1:39:22 PM CDT

    It'd be cheaper if they drop that extra 'e'

    by tonagan

    and call it Cowboy Bebop.

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  • Sep 23, 2009 1:41:29 PM CDT

    The character in the anime is young.

    by toilet_terror

    Characters are always young in anime. Half of them are about toddlers hunting cyborgs.

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  • Sep 23, 2009 1:41:30 PM CDT

    RE: And there is no woman on earth that could play Faye...

    by mr. nice gaius

    I disagree. All you need is someone with a healthy rack who is willing to cut her hair and show a lot of skin. Faye was never that complicated a character anyway.Now, if you were talking about Major Motoko Kusanagi from GHOST IN THE SHELL, then I'd have to say that there is no woman on Earth who could play her. The closest I think you could get would be to motion capture Diora Baird's body, have WETA do a full "photoreal" CGI rendering (based on the cartoon character's appearance), and use the American voice actress from SAC. It's either that or you give Tricia Helfer breast implants and color her hair dark purple. Her voice is pretty close to the Major's.All I'm saying is that Kusanagi, for a cartoon character, is hot. Which is weird.

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  • Sep 23, 2009 1:43:18 PM CDT

    CGI breast augmentation doesn't seem below Hollywood standards.

    by toilet_terror

    I bet Michael Bay will be the first to try it.

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  • Sep 23, 2009 1:46:18 PM CDT

    BTW Faye is probably the worst-designed anime character I've see

    by toilet_terror

    Ridiculous sixth-grader's vision of a HOTHOTHOTBABE. What's with the granny-sweater?

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  • Sep 23, 2009 1:57:08 PM CDT

    How can anything be "too expensive" anymore?

    by mattmanbegins

    Don't we have something called CG?

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  • Sep 23, 2009 1:58:41 PM CDT

    Toilet_Terror, I hope I never see a granny wearing

    by mattmanbegins

    what Faye wears. I'd have nightmares. And if you think Faye's the worst designed anime character, then you've had a poor sampling of anime.

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  • Sep 23, 2009 2:00:04 PM CDT

    Half a billion? Give it to Neill Blomkamp.

    by chuck_chuckwalla

    District 9 was made or what? Fifteen bucks?

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  • Sep 23, 2009 2:14:09 PM CDT

    Since when did money ever stop Hollywood?

    by kikstad

    I mean, it they can spend hundreds of millions of dollars on dreck like Wild Wild West, why not Cowboy Bebop?

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  • Sep 23, 2009 2:20:35 PM CDT

    District 9

    by enderandrew

    My first instinct was District 9 as well. Some directors don't screw around or waste money. Conversely, Kevin Smith has great stories about sitting around on the Die Hard set while they pissed away money not doing anything all the time.

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  • Sep 23, 2009 2:23:10 PM CDT

    Faye is easy to cast

    by thelordofhell

    Just find a young Monica Belucci

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  • Sep 23, 2009 2:27:41 PM CDT

    Sometimes, I don't get how movies cost so effin' much

    by pop_aristocrat

    All 3 LoTR films cost a total of $300 million, and they don't get much more FX intensive than that. D9 at $30 mill a great example of CG-laden movies not being burdened by the cost of A-list actors...

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  • Sep 23, 2009 2:36:08 PM CDT

    And what the hell is "BEEPOP"

    by mattmanbegins

  • Sep 23, 2009 3:04:20 PM CDT

    What ever it takes to not get this

    by phategod2

    made is alright with me.

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  • Sep 23, 2009 3:07:42 PM CDT

    Take that $500M and spend it on acting classes.

    by anonymoose

    Then you might make a good Spike, Keanu.

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  • Sep 23, 2009 3:12:30 PM CDT

    "BEEBOP," Merrick? Really?

    by anonymoose

    It's not like it's one of those animes with extremely long and difficult to pronounce Japanese titles. Fuck.

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  • Sep 23, 2009 3:39:59 PM CDT

    Joseph Gordon Levitt?

    by killah_mate

    Sure, it could work.

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  • Sep 23, 2009 3:44:59 PM CDT

    FOX

    by rollofpennies

    Did people forget that they are the studio behind this movie? Of course the budget is too big for them because they dont want to put money in movies. This is just another attempt to ruin a highly appreciated anime. Lets not forget the tragedy that was Dragonball Pollution. Here's the thing, just move the project somewhere else. FOX wants a 25mil budget with as little characters as possible. Count me out of this. FOX is like the only studio who has all these fuck ups before and after a movie comes out. Script rewrite because of budget? Get the fuck outta here

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  • Sep 23, 2009 3:46:51 PM CDT

    Ok, so lets cast this turkey. Tarantino directs...

    by boogel

    Tarantino directs (I always thought it felt like a QT series). Mr. Reeves as Spike (or else he'll hold his breath until he turns blue). Laurie Holden as Faye Valentine (she'll fit in the costume and always looks like she's about to kick your ass). Bruce Willis as Jet Black (because he needs the money). And now the hard one...who on Earth will play Ed? The only actress I could think of that would be the right age when this goes into production is Elle Fanning.

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  • It was said several times already this was a lengthened version of Asteroid Blues.

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  • Sep 23, 2009 4:00:59 PM CDT

    No Ed!

    by boogel

    That like making it without the jazz soundtrack. Ed's the best part.

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  • Sep 23, 2009 4:06:35 PM CDT

    Pop_Aristocrat: They Are Falsely Inflated Costs...

    by media messiah

    ...designed to rip-off investors. No film should cost more than 80 million dollars--ever!!!

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  • Sep 23, 2009 4:10:29 PM CDT

    I repeat the problem is not with Faye

    by ominus

    the problem is with the producers and Keanu.what if they want to have Spike resemble Neo,and make the whole movie ala Matrix style? Reeves hasnt done a remarkable hit since the matrix days,the american audience is more familiar with Neo than Spike,Bebop is a scifi genre (at least partly)and dont forget we are talking about FOX here,who will change anything in order to make the most commercial product possible.
    they are already changing the script with one cheap excuse,they dont even explain why exactly the movie needs 500m to be made,what were they going to film with such a big budget if it was possible?
    and another thing is that,Reeves claims that he is a geek and loves the Bebop anime but then again he is the guy whose career was saved by the Wachowski bros whose background has japanime influences.
    in other words,i wont be suprised if what happened is that Keanu discovered that pretty cool anime series with a large fandom,he does know from his matrix experience that the young american audience digs japanime and scifi,so he sees in this anime his new 'matrix' movie.I believe that the writer did make a good adaptation of the anime,but the producers wanted to make the movie feel more matrix like,something that Keanu agreed with at the end.
    I think thats the case here,not about ridiculous reasons like 500m budgets,and we must prepare for more bad news regarding this project in the future.mark my words.

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  • Sep 23, 2009 4:21:35 PM CDT

    money generally doesn't equal quality

    by takingscorpioscalls

    look at terminator 2, so much money went into it and yet the low budget terminator 1 is vastly superior.

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  • Sep 23, 2009 4:24:05 PM CDT

    keanu would have been great... in the 90s... if he could act

    by takingscorpioscalls

    currently though he is developing a 2nd chin.

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  • Sep 23, 2009 4:34:28 PM CDT

    I hope this never happens.

    by jesus of suburbia

    I am a super HUGE fan of Cowboy Bebop, but I am also a super HUGE proponent of bludgeoning Keanu Reeves dead in his sleep with one of those clawed meat hammers so we can be spared any more movies featuring his feeble attempts at acting.

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  • Sep 23, 2009 4:40:50 PM CDT

    "Half a billion? Give it to Neill Blomkamp." YES. Amen.

    by felwithe

    District 9 only cost 30 million to make and it looks like it cost 5 times that. Part of that may have had to do with Peter Jackson producing, but still. A little money goes a looooooooong way with people who know how to use it.

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  • Sep 23, 2009 4:41:52 PM CDT

    wtf do you mean "Keanu's Bebop"?

    by punto

    Keanu is just the actor hired to grunt monosyllables.. who is the writer they talk about in the article?

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  • Sep 23, 2009 4:44:27 PM CDT

    er guys is it half a million or half a billion?

    by ominus

    half a million is 500k dollars,500m dollars is half a billion

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  • Sep 23, 2009 4:46:28 PM CDT

    I want the club sandwich, I want the cold Mexican beer

    by marduk

    Personally, I don't have a problem with Keanu Reeves' involvement in yet another obscure modern classic.

    What could possibly go wrong?

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  • Sep 23, 2009 4:48:56 PM CDT

    Man Faye should have a bit part in this.

    by kronos6948

    Just sayin...

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  • Sep 23, 2009 5:27:40 PM CDT

    Should just leave the script and make it over seas

    by methosb

    Make it in Russia or Korea, with local production, FX and CGI teams. They will make the exact same thing American crews could make for 1/10th the cost.

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  • Sep 23, 2009 6:20:12 PM CDT

    Get Joseph Gorden Levitt for EVERYTHING

    by starchildad

    Or as we like to call him at the dinner table, JOGOL. Yea, Jogol is about ready to do just about anything if the moneys right. He tells me, in my dreams.

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  • Sep 23, 2009 6:21:00 PM CDT

    Pronounced Jogol'e if overseas

    by starchildad

  • Sep 23, 2009 6:48:00 PM CDT

    Here's how to save money on this...

    by ebonic_plague

    Forget Keanu, his paycheck is half the budget. Get Chris Evans for Spike, like I said earlier. Then cast Ron Perlman as Jet... he is genetically incapable of turning down a part, apparently, so I'm sure his fee could be negotiated easily. Then, for Faye, pull a Soderbergh and cast Faye Valentine the porn star... she'd fill out the granny sweater nicely, and with the recession hitting the valley, she would probably take a much lower rate than a "regular" actress. Get Leelee Sobieski for Julia... if Boll could get her, she can't be too expensive. And for Ed, just go to Youtube and splice together a bunch of Boxxy videos for free. The only role that would cost any money would be Vicious, because you'd need the gold standard in emotionless monotone growling... all hail Bale! (praise be his name). And Carrot Top for Cowboy Andy. Done. Film it in Hong Kong on the cheap, re-use all the effects shots from Serenity, then send me a check for the difference.

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  • Sep 23, 2009 7:06:42 PM CDT

    How can the script dictate the amount of $ required

    by estacado1

    If it's the number of CG shots, you can reduce the quality, and still get acceptably good effects. I don't remember Cowboy Bebop having any aliens in it, it's just spaceships in space, which doesn't require any state-of-the-art CG.

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  • Sep 23, 2009 7:16:35 PM CDT

    Stupid Budgeting

    by rainesmaker

    I can't see how this movie could be that expensive. Thats ridiculious. Keanu as Spike is fine for me. How about Vin Diesel as Jet? ScarJo as Faye. That Breslin girl as Ed and Jennifer Biel as Julia in flashbacks.

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  • Sep 23, 2009 7:25:25 PM CDT

    why so expensive?

    by messyjoe

    I have all the DVDs of this series, and I believe it would make a good film. The problem would be what is cut out as there several good stories to choose from. With CGI most everything is possible for effects, so I don't know why the estimate for such a high cost. I hope it's made. But Keanu would be a bit old for the part. I do hope the magic mushrooms story and the forgotten refrigerator story are included. This is a fun series.

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  • Sep 23, 2009 7:36:31 PM CDT

    Editors still asleep on correct spelling of movie.

    by rockmsockm

  • Sep 23, 2009 7:51:13 PM CDT

    My vote for Faye Valentine is...

    by gundammeister

    Katy Perry.

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  • Sep 23, 2009 8:22:09 PM CDT

    I'm suing God.

    by ebonic_plague

    I just found out that Christina Hendricks is engaged to the "Snozzberries taste like snozzberries!" kid from Super Troopers. I think this may turn out to be a class action suit.

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  • Sep 23, 2009 8:26:24 PM CDT

    no subject

    by hillvalley

    If only there were a way to make a movie based on a cartoon that didn't necessitate large, elaborate sets, mind-blowing (but still unconvincing) cg special effects, and established, marquee actors, they might be able to save some of those billions without compromising this allegedly amazing script.Hold on a sec, could this cartoon movie be... animated instead? Just a thought.

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  • Sep 23, 2009 8:26:50 PM CDT

    re: genetically incapable of turning down a part

    by melvin_pelvis

    spam jackson suffers from that affliction as well

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  • Sep 23, 2009 8:31:29 PM CDT

    Woaaaaaa...

    by cheyne_stoking_dms

    the man who single handedly destroyed 'The Devil's Advocate.'

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  • Sep 23, 2009 9:16:10 PM CDT

    Will They CGI Edward? What's with the $$$

    by annie the pod racer

    Sounds like all explosions and no character development, which is a big part of Bebop. Even for the bad guys or 1 story characters. Nobody wants a meaningless story, especially not w/ Bebop. Do it right. Fucking make it black & white or cut down on flying through the hyper gates, but don't make it a Ghost Rider or Daredevil. PLEASE!!!!!!!!

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  • Sep 23, 2009 9:35:10 PM CDT

    Did these fools not see DISTRICT 9!?!

    by maxthesilent

    That was made with $30 million and it wipes the floor with Cameron's SMURFS-meets-WoW nonsense.

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  • Sep 23, 2009 9:48:37 PM CDT

    Keanu had to factor in his Coke habit and Hookers

    by theycallmemrtibbs

    in his asking price to do this project.

    Don't hate the player hate the game!

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  • Sep 23, 2009 9:52:25 PM CDT

    Are you serious there ebonic_plague?

    by takingscorpioscalls

    Damn... i might have to David Carradine myself.

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  • Sep 23, 2009 10:04:58 PM CDT

    I got one!

    by annie the pod racer

    Get Eric from True Blood for Vicious. No???

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  • Sep 23, 2009 10:37:13 PM CDT

    TSC, I shit you negative.

    by ebonic_plague

    http://tinyurl.com/ydd3mdv

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  • Sep 24, 2009 12:36:33 AM CDT

    James McAvoy

    by one_with_gun

    If you're going to cast a live action Beebop movie, Mr. McAvoy is clearly the person you should be casting as Spike. Duh. He's a nerd, he looks like Spike, and he can act. Also, I agree with robogeek.com, that chick from Mad Men would make a good Faye.

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  • Sep 24, 2009 9:22:29 AM CDT

    They will cast Kirsten Dunst as Faye

    by tradeskilz

    You read it here first.

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  • Sep 24, 2009 10:29:40 AM CDT

    James McAvoy?

    by killah_mate

    I can dig it. He's a bit older-looking than Joseph Gordon Levitt, and also can act properly. I always saw Spike as being early-thirties. I mean, he has a lengthy backstory.

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  • Sep 24, 2009 10:31:35 AM CDT

    A Ron Perlman Jet is a given.

    by killah_mate

    Can you believe that he's nearly 60? The man just won't quit.

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  • Sep 24, 2009 10:33:58 AM CDT

    Just Make Another Anime Cowboy Bebop Movie

    by shadowcat_664

    I loved Cowboy Bebop the Movie. I am not sure if I like the idea of a live-action Bebop movie. If you are going to go there and do a live Bebop Movie, I guess Keanu Reeves would be a decent Spike. However James McAvoy would be an interesting choice for Spike. He is geeky and is a much better actor than Keanu. I have to agree that Diora Baird would make a good Faye. How about Paul Bettany (Priest)as Vicious and Scarlett Johannsen (sp) as Julia? They could cast an unknown child actor as Ed. Ron Pearlman or maybe Woody Harrelson could be cast as Jet.

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  • Sep 24, 2009 1:55:39 PM CDT

    I know why it'll cost so much...

    by boogel

    They're shooting it on Mars.

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  • Sep 24, 2009 10:46:21 PM CDT

    Lee Pace for Spike

    by murdermostfowl

    Never heard of the guy myself but someone on another board recommended him for Spike, and I gotta agree. He's got the lanky cool sexy thing down

    http://tinyurl.com/clzazd

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  • Sep 25, 2009 7:58:43 AM CDT

    I would love an unknown

    by dfinch01

    But if Hollywood HAS to use a known, I'd much rather it be Adrien Brody. To me he simply looks and acts far more like Spike. I have several images where he even DRESSES like Spike.

    I love Keannu, but we all know he has no emotion at all. He can't really play deep. Constantine could have been great, but he just simply looks bored or pissed off all the time. What happened to Ted?

    It's weird... same thing happened with Val Kilmer. Madmardigan... happy, funny and energetic... everything else ... miserable bastard

    I just think Brody could inject some heart into this and pull off being calm and collected.

    Also, after seeing Black Snake Moan, I'd love to see Ricci as Faye.

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