Production for the season finally wrapped in March of this year.
Yes, there's the usual pandemic angle to that, but production was also delayed for several months after Cho suffered an injury on-set, which required him to fly from the show's shooting location in New Zealand to Los Angeles for surgery. This live-action adaptation of Cowboy Bebop was first announced nearly three years ago, but its road to completion has been troubled. It drew critical acclaim and became a cult hit thanks in part to its striking visual style and its strong thematic elements. It is a space western about a group of bounty hunters on a spaceship called the Bebop. Also returning from the anime is score composer Yoko Kanno.Ĭowboy Bebop originally premiered in 1998. The director of the original anime series, Shinichirō Watanabe, is a consultant for the new show.
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He previously worked as a writer and producer on sci-fi TV series Alias and Zoo, plus the 2014 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie. The series will also star Alex Hassell ( Suburbicon), Daniella Pineda ( Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom), and Mustafa Shakir ( Luke Cage), among others.Īndré Nemec will be the series showrunner. The images show actor John Cho ( Star Trek, Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle) as the series' lead character, Spike Spiegel. The streaming service also released the first images from the show, giving fans some sense of what to expect from a live-action series based on an animated one famous for its visual flair.
Further Reading Netflix’s anime announcement frenzy, capped off by live-action Cowboy BebopNetflix has announced that its long-delayed, live-action adaptation of the influential and popular classic anime series Cowboy Bebop will premiere on Friday, November 19.
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