Netflix released the first look photos for the highly anticipated live-action adaptation of the critically acclaimed sci-fi anime series, “Cowboy Bebop.”
Teaser: The teaser pictures featured John Cho as the charismatic Spike Spiegel, Mustafa Shakir as Jet Black and Daniella Pineda as Faye Valentine, Gizmodo reported.
Whatever happens, happens.
Meet Spike Spiegel (John Cho), Jet Black (Mustafa Shakir), and Faye Valentine (Daniella Pineda) in Cowboy Bebop, premiering November 19, only on Netflix. pic.twitter.com/nmapVDUZvJ
— Cowboy Bebop (@bebopnetflix) August 23, 2021
- The second set of teasers only highlighted Cho’s character, Spike.
Spike Spiegel: Just a humble bounty hunter.
Meet Spike Spiegel (John Cho), Jet Black (Mustafa Shakir), and Faye Valentine (Daniella Pineda) in Cowboy Bebop, premiering November 19, only on Netflix. pic.twitter.com/sYGfdCcsL7
— Cowboy Bebop (@bebopnetflix) August 23, 2021
- Cho has been teasing fans of the ‘90s anime series/film created by Hajime Yatate, the collective pseudonym for Sunrise animation studio and its staff, since 2019.
Other details: The series follows the story of Spike and his group of bounty hunters as they travel throughout the solar systems catching criminals, Variety reported.
- The series’ production had to be delayed for seven to nine months in 2019 after Cho suffered a knee injury from a “freak accident” while filming.
- “Cowboy Bebop” will run for 10 episodes and is scheduled to be released on Nov. 19.
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