COWBOY BEBOP SF SERIES
PHOTOS & AIRING DATE REVEALED
A treat from
Netflix this Monday: they have published first photos and airing date for their new science fiction series
COWBOY BEBOP, the live action adaptation of popular game which is coming to the streamer November
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The series will stream on Netflix November 19th
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19th with
John Cho in the lead role. Beside him as Spike Spiegel in his famous blue outfit, first photos also reveal
Mustafa Shakir as Jet Black and
Daniella Pineda as Faye Valentine together with the spacecrew's little Corgi,
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The series features his cult blue suit known from the anime series
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Ein. The ten episode series was shot down in New Zealand with long delays due to Cho's injury at the set. The cast will also include
Alex Hassell as Vicious, and
Elena Satine as Julia.
Geoff Stults will play Jet Black’s former
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The series will stream in ten hourlong episodes
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co-detective Chalmers and
Tamara Tunie will be Ana, the owner of a Mars based convenience store and a particularly insightful informant.
Yoko Kanno who was behind the cult soundtrack of the original anime series, will compose music for this one as well.
COWBOY BEBOP CENTRES ON
a rag-tag group of bounty hunters on the run from
their pasts, as they hunt down the most dangerous criminals in the solar
system.
John Cho is Spike Spiegel, as an impossibly cool "cowboy," aka
bounty hunter. He rocks a deadly
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John Cho had a rather nasty injury during the shooting
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smile and a wry wit, with style to
spare. Spike traverses the solar system with his ex-cop partner, Jet,
pursuing dangerous bounties, with his signature charm, charisma and
deadly Jeet Kune Do. Jet was one of very few honest
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Mustafa Shakir is Jet, the captain of Cowboy Bebop
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cops in the solar
system before a devastating betrayal robbed him of everything he loved.
Thus, he started a new life as a vagabond chasing down bounties to put
food on the table. Jet loves jazz and serves as Captain of the
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Daniella Pineda takes the female lead as Faye Valentine
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Bebop.
Daniella Pineda is Faye Valentine, a bold, brash and unpredictable
bounty hunter. She suffers from amnesia thanks to years of being
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John Cho takes the lead role in the new series
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cryogenically frozen. She does whatever is necessary to survive, be it
lying, stealing, or just being a thorn in the side of Spike and Jet.
Alex Hassell stars
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The series will feature tons of cool music like the original anime
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as Vicious, a man who enjoys a good kill, probably
too much. He's the Syndicate's most infamous hitman, in addition to
being Spike Spiegel's ex-partner and arch-enemy.
