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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.”
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.
“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.”
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.” |
