Cowboy Bebop (2021 TV series)
Live-action adaptation of the classic anime, canceled after one season.
It follows a group of bounty hunters traveling the Solar System in the year 2071 aboard the spaceship Bebop.[1] The live-action space Western series "Cowboy Bebop" is an American production that adapts the 1998 Japanese anime and its 2001 film.[1] Netflix released all ten episodes of the series on November 19, 2021, and then canceled it on December 9, 2021, less than three weeks later.[2]
Quick Facts
- Genre
- Science fiction; Space Western
- Based on
- Cowboy Bebop, Sunrise; Cowboy Bebop: The Movie - Knockin' on Heaven's Door, Sunrise, Bandai Namco Arts and Bones
- Developer
- Christopher Yost
- Showrunner
- André Nemec
- Starring
- John Cho
- Mustafa Shakir
- Daniella Pineda
- Elena Satine
- Alex Hassell
- Theme music
- Yoko Kanno
- Opening theme
- "Tank!" by Seatbelts
- Country
- United States
Facts from the source article.
Making and release
Development of an American live-action adaptation was announced on June 6, 2017, with Tomorrow Studios and Sunrise Inc. producing and Christopher Yost as writer.[3] Netflix announced on November 27, 2018, that the series would stream on its service, with André Nemec as showrunner.[3][2] John Cho, Mustafa Shakir, Daniella Pineda, and Alex Hassell were cast as Spike Spiegel, Jet Black, Faye Valentine, and Vicious in April 2019.[4] Filming took place across 185 locations around Auckland, New Zealand, between July 2019 and March 2021.[5]
Production was delayed about eight months after Cho sustained a knee injury in October 2019.[6] The New Zealand government allowed production to resume on September 30, 2020, following the nation's COVID-19 shutdown.[7] Netflix canceled the series after one season on December 9, 2021, citing a balance of viewership and cost.[2] Yoko Kanno, who wrote the music for the original anime, created the score for this series, and the opening credits feature the original anime's theme song "Tank!".[8]
What the cited sources add
Costume designer Jane Holland told Insider she felt "resistant" to overtly sexualizing the lead female character, and the new outfit was designed by women for practicality.[9][10] Nemec told Polygon that his writing team examined films that had inspired the original anime's director, such as The Big Sleep, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, and Lethal Weapon.[11]
References
- Wikipedia, "Cowboy Bebop (2021 TV series)" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Eng, "'Cowboy Bebop' production designer Gary Mackay on building a spaceship that was 'the size of a basketball court' [Exclusive Video Interview]", GoldDerby, 2021-11-17; Motta Coutinho, "Cowboy Bebop: gravações do live-action na Netflix já foram finalizadas", TecMundo, March 16, 2021 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Cowboy Bebop (2021 TV series)" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Hibberd, "'Cowboy Bebop' Canceled By Netflix After One Season", Hollywood Reporter, December 9, 2021 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Cowboy Bebop (2021 TV series)" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Nyren, "'Cowboy Bebop' Live-Action TV Series in the Works", Variety, June 6, 2017; Andreeva, "'Cowboy Bebop' Cult Anime TV Series Gets U.S. Live-Action Remake By Tomorrow Studios, Midnight Radio & 'Thor' Writer", Deadline Hollywood, June 6, 2017; Valdez, "'Cowboy Bebop' Live-Action Series Coming to Netflix", ComicBook.com, November 30, 2018; Goldberg, "'Cowboy Bebop' Live-Action Series a Go at Netflix", The Hollywood Reporter, November 27, 2018; Romano, "'Cowboy Bebop' boss calls live-action Netflix series an 'expansion to en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Cowboy Bebop (2021 TV series)" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Otterson, "Cowboy Bebop: John Cho, Mustafa Shakir Among Four Cast in Netflix Live-Action Series", Variety, April 4, 2019; Petski, "'Cowboy Bebop': Elena Satine Cast In Netflix Space Western Series", Deadline Hollywood, August 22, 2019; Petski, "'Cowboy Bebop': Six Cast In Netflix Live-Action Remake Of Cult Anime TV Series", Deadline Hollywood, August 22, 2019; Del Rosario, "'The Dropout': Dylan Minnette, Bashir Salahuddin & Alan Ruck Among Nine Added To Hulu Limited Series", Deadline Hollywood, August 3, 2021 (original not en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Cowboy Bebop (2021 TV series)" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Cowboy Bebop lets NZ show its range", Radio New Zealand, November 23, 2021; Brooks, "The Auckland locations that turn up in Cowboy Bebop", The Spinoff, November 22, 2021 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Cowboy Bebop (2021 TV series)" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Andreeva, "'Cowboy Bebop': Netflix Series Shuts Down Production For 7-9 Months Following Star John Cho On-Set Injury", Deadline Hollywood, October 18, 2019; Romano, "Cowboy Bebop actor Mason Alexander Park on how Netflix series reimagines Gren as nonbinary", November 15, 2021 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Cowboy Bebop (2021 TV series)" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Andreeva, "Amazon's 'The Lord Of The Rings' Resumes Production In New Zealand, Netflix's 'Cowboy Bebop' Next", Deadline Hollywood, September 28, 2020; Peters, "Netflix's Cowboy Bebop Has Wrapped Shooting", ComicBook.com, 2021-03-15; Casserly, "Netflix is launching a live-action version of Cowoy Bebop this fall!", Tech Advisor, October 27, 2021 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Cowboy Bebop (2021 TV series)" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Jung, "John Cho Trained Like a Superhero for Cowboy Bebop, the Anime-Classic Remake", Vulture.com, 2021-08-30; Patches, "Cowboy Bebop aims to go deeper than a simple anime remake", Polygon, 2021-09-08 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Cowboy Bebop (2021 TV series)" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Augustin, "Netflix's Cowboy Bebop interview: Cast and crew want to do the anime justice", www.hardwarezone.com.sg, 12 November 2021 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Cowboy Bebop (2021 TV series)" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Adekaiyero, "'Cowboy Bebop' costume designer says she was 'resistant' to make Faye Valentine 'overtly sexualized' like her anime version", Insider (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Patches, "Cowboy Bebop aims to go deeper than a simple anime remake", Polygon, 2021-09-08. facts only, no text reused. polygon.com
Each numbered sentence above was checked against the source it cites before publication. Sentences citing Wikipedia adapt text from the English Wikipedia article Cowboy Bebop (2021 TV series) (contributors), used under CC BY-SA 4.0; this entry is available under the same licence. Other sources were used for facts only; no text or images are copied from them.
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