Hollywood Reporter reports that 2011 will bring us a Cowboy Bebop live-action movie, with Keanu Reeves as Spike Spiegel the bounty hunter. Let me pause while the anime nerds scream. Now, if Keanu channels his old Ted "Theodore" Logan and My Own Private Idaho energy, and takes a shitload of Jeet Kune Do lessons, this could work. I'm actually zaidi concerned about his fighting skills than his uigizaji chops for this one. He at least looks the part, being a lanky black-haired chain smoker.The good news is they have the original director Shinichiro Watanabe on board as associate producer. Hopefully they'll realize the muziki was an important part of the onyesha and bring the Seatbelts along for the soundtrack. The onyesha was one of the best written series I've seen, animated au not; weaving story and character arcs among single throw-away episodes with homages to everything from blaxploitation films, spaghetti, tambi Westerns, film noir and the French new wave. If wewe watch one animated series from Japan, this would be my suggestion. It can make a great movie- and did, with the animated feature Cowboy Bebop: Knockin' on Heaven's Door, which even made it to theaters stateside. A live-action remake of that wouldn't be the worst idea, but hopefully they'll give us something fresh. Maybe Keanu can kickstart a new franchise.