According to iF Magazine, Hollywood producer Erwin Stoff is working with 20th Century Fox to develop a live-action film adapted from popular Japanese anime “Cowboy Bebop”. [via Shrine]
Seems like Hollywood are really into making live action movies adapted from Japanese anime recently… first there was “Speed Racer”, then the “Dragon Ball” and now “Cowboy Bebop”. I wonder if the Hollywood film makers are really short of ideas or whatever… hmmm, writers’ strike perhaps.
I don’t really like the idea of adapting Japanese anime to live action movies… but if it’s becoming a trend, Cowboy Bebop is probably one of those few anime that should look great in live because of the real-to-life characters.
There are rumours that Keanu Reeves will be involved, but the speculations are probably based on the fact that Stoff is Reeves’ agent. Not many details are available yet… the production is still in early stage obviously.
I was given the chance to talk (on phone) with Korean star Rain last Friday (April 25). The phone interview was arranged by the Warner Bros as part of their promotion activity for movie “Speed Racer”.
The interview was done with the help of an interpreter. The only English words Rain had said were “Hi, I am Rain” and “Thank you, thank you. Nice to be hearing from you”… but I’ll take it as an honour regardless.
“Mach Go! Go! Go!” is a 1960s Japanese anime, which is aired in US as well under the title “Speed Racer”. The live action film adaptation of Speed Racer, directed by the Wachowski brothers of “Matrix” fame, is set to premiere in May 2008.
Three videos below… the intro of the original Japanese anime, opening of the US anime, and one of the official trailers of the 2008 movie…
4.30am in the morning… just completed a phone interview with Korean superstar Rain, who is in Los Angeles to promote his Hollywood debut movie, the “Speed Racer”.
The interview was arranged by Warner Brothers. I somehow thought that it was going to be a conference call alongside other medias, but it turned out to be an exclusive interview… luckily I made enough preparation to fully utilise the 8 minutes.
I know lots of you are eager to hear what Rain has said during the interview, but you will have to wait until Monday to read the whole story (as requested by Warner Bros).
To be frank I feel a bit gay right now… never thought that I would be so excited talking to a guy… my heart is still beating in joyous mode and would probably last that way for another few good hours.
Thanks to Warner Bros for the arrangement, and thanks to Rain for accepting the interview. My female friends are going to be really jealous about this :)
Korean pop star Rain has launched his official site on April 8.
A screenshot from Rain’s official website
Frankly, the introductory flash animation sucks. The loading is slow, the dances are not cool, and the image looks poor with Rain’s face looking distorted. It’s cheap.
Set that aside, the site has a nice gallery and shares some decent information about Rain. Some of the links (discussion and English language etc.) are not working at the moment… perhaps they are launching the site to match the promotion of movie “Speed Racer” with Rain as the co-star, and thus chose to ignore some of the details.
