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Keanu Reeves Eager To Do ‘Something Good’ With ‘Cowboy Bebop’ Movie
Published by Larry Carroll on Wednesday, December 17, 2008 at 1:05 pm.
'Cowboy Bebop'It’s no secret that Keanu Reeves loves anime – a main influence on the “Matrix” series. It’s also common knowledge that the actor holds a place in his heart for sci-fi, as evidenced by films like “A Scanner Darkly,” “Johnny Mnemonic” and the currently-tops-in-theaters “The Day the Earth Stood Still.” It’s no surprise, then, that Reeves’ latest passion project revolves around his desire to make a live-action “Cowboy Bebop.”
“Oh yeah, cool,” he said when I asked him about the flick recently. “We’re trying to do that.”
As fans of the Japanese classic TV series know, “Bebop” follows a crew of bounty hunters traveling around the universe in the year 2071. Reeves hopes to play Spike Spiegel, one of these futuristic cowboys forced to pick up the slack after a population crash and hyperspace gateways have left law-enforcement unable to capture many of the galaxy’s most ruthless criminals.
“It’s got a Western quality, a Western film noir aspect to it,” Reeves said of why he’s such a big fan of Shinichiro Watanabe and Keiko Nobumoto’s groundbreaking series. “It’s got so much style to it, and that’s part of its appeal. That kind of Old West, bordertown, low-tech science fiction aspect.”
Take a look at this clip and you’ll get an idea of why Reeves is not only a perfect-looking fit for Spiegel, but also why he thinks the most important person on the set will be the one trying to translate the series’ unique look. “I think that would be a production designer’s dream,” Reeves said of the flick. “I think you just need a good production designer.”
The flick is currently being put together by Erwin Stoff, a producer who has spent the last two decades working almost exclusively on Reeves projects, and recently set the film up at 20th Century Fox. “We’ve got the rights, we’ve got a writer,” Keanu explained. “He’s putting together a scene outline.”
Reeves revealed that this outline for the flick is currently focusing on the origins of the fictional “Bebop” drug developed by the military, which provides its users with a brief surge of superhuman reflexes and awareness. “We’re taking the Red Eye [story], the beginning part of the series,” he explained, “and then we’ll deal with the end of the series. We’re trying to figure out [the time frame]. We’re looking at the story right now.”
里维斯透露这个电影的大纲目前正在集中精力在“Bebop”故事的起源，一种成熟的军用药剂，能让使用者简单快捷地拥有超人般的反射能力和感知能力。“我们正谈论这个Red Eye（影片情结），这是这个系列故事开始的一部分。”他解释道：“然后我们要处理这个系列故事的结束部分。我们正在尝试构建（时间框架）。我们现在正在审视这个故事。”
Since the beloved 26-episode show (as well as the feature film) didn’t necessarily maintain a linear style of storytelling, Reeves said that somewhere between the Red Eye origins and the “Bebop” conclusion, they’ll be picking out various highlights for their own use.
因为这个备受喜爱的26集影片（像长片一样）不是肯定能维持住叙事上的主要风格，里维斯说，在“Red Eye”的开篇，和“bebop”的结局之间的地方，他们会挑选出各种各样的亮点来使用。
“Yeah, it’s so episodic and so disconnected. We’re trying to figure out what pieces to put together to tell one story,” he explained. “Because it’s such a short form, to make a 2 hour version [will be tough]. And it’s got so much of an origin-story obligation; you’ve got to get people up to speed, but you don’t want to do much of that. There are a lot of things to take into consideration, but we think we can do something good.”
“对，它很单元化而且不连贯。我们正尝试捕捉这些碎片，把它们放在一起讲一个故事”他解释道：“因为这是用一个很短的形式，来做一个2小时版本的东西（将会很棘手）。而且它应该有描述故事背景的责任；你必须用快节奏去振奋人们，但你并不想老是做这些。有很多的事情要考虑进来，我们认为我们能做好一些的。
With devoted fans all over the world, and a complex universe to depict on screen, Reeves knows that it won’t be easy to make a “Cowboy Bebop” movie. “Yeah,” he grinned when reminded of these facts. “But that’s why you want to do it.”
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