It feels like forever now that
Netflix announced their plan to adapt iconic 1998 anime series “Cowboy Bebop”
into a live-action series. The year 2019 saw the introduction of the major cast
members, as well as the start of production for the show. After that there has
been little noise about “Bebop” except for some accidents on the set that
caused things to grind to a halt. And then the year 2020 and all the bad things
associated with it rolled by. Just when the memory of this series in the making
was ready to fade, a lead star announced great news: it is done.
Screen Rant tells us that the Netflix streaming series adaptation
of “Cowboy Bebop” has completed its inaugural season production. This was
revealed on social media by cast member Daniella Padilla (“Jurassic World:
Fallen Kingdom” and the upcoming “Dominion”) as of last week. Her Instagram
post confirms the wrap-up of season 1 of the series, which also stars John Cho
(J.J. Abrams’ “Star Trek”), Mustapha Shakir (Marvel-Netflix “Luke Cage”), Alex
Hassell (Prime Video’s “The Boys”) and Elena Satine (Fox’s “The Gifted”).
The original plan was for “Cowboy
Bebop” to premiere on Netflix sometime in 2020. Unfortunately Cho injured his
knee while shooting in October 2019, holding up production by about eight
months. That led to the 2020 COVID pandemic which shut down much of
entertainment production in general. Six episodes’ worth of footage was filmed
before Cho was injured, with three of them completed. Production was resumed by
September last year. Film, animation and comic-book writer Christopher Yost (“Thor:
Ragnarok”) serves as executive producer and principal writer of the series,
with original anime producer Shinichiro Watanabe as creative consultant, and
even original composer Yoko Kanno being engaged to do the soundtrack.
Netflix looks to be slotting in
their “Cowboy Bebop” adaptation to premiere sometime this year. Fans of the
original anime have been somewhat apprehensive of this remake following the
streaming giant’s live-action take on “Death Note” which Americanized the
characters and setting to mixed reception. Scripts for a planned second season
have also been mentioned.
Image courtesy of GameSpot
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