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I'm actually alright with this news :3 I'm curious to what he'll bring to the character :3

He *looks* the part. But I have my doubts whether he can pull of Spike well.

Though I'm more curious to see what parts of the anime (if any) will they use in the movie.

I'll save my judgments on Keannu as Spike until after I can think of someone better. But somehow I get the feeling that they'll be casting Samuel L. Jackson as Jet. Whether that would be good or bad remains to be seen.

If you want to know what he'll bring just watch the last dozen films he's been in, they are all the same! The only movie he actually showed different emotion in was "Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure"

They can definitely find a better actor for Spike Spiegel.

I love the guy, but he will never be able to pull it of.

If he can stop being tense all the time like he ussually is, he'll get it. Spike is just goofy and quite unique and carefree. Plus his style of fighting is very fluid (one might say he looks like a weakling when fighting).

I can see what the problem is if they try to put together the overall plot of Cowboy Bebop (which was barely there), but that's not what Cowboy Bebop is about. It's about 4 bounty hunters and their day to day antics trying to scrape a living. They can just take the same approach, similar to how the Animated film did, and just do an stand-alone "episode". If they want they can put in flashbacks and hints of everyone's past somewhere, but if they try to condense the overall plot of the TV series they are bound to fail.

I don't know whether or not to be happy or pissed off. I like Keanu, but I don't think he can pull this off, honestly. One can hope, though...

i noticed that apparently everyone forgot that Keanu played Ted in Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures. he was very laid back and relaxed in that movie, since it was a comedy. i think he will do a good job of playing Spike, if he does get the part. however, i would be more worried about who would play Faye and Ed...

I'd like Johnny Depp to play the role.

i cant picture it... keanu as spike.. i just cant see it
i really hate how hollywood is going into gaming/anime/comics because of their lack of originality... and although some are big hits.. most are just flops waiting to happen
gonna be lots of gunfights for sure, thx hollywood i guess

spike - ill see if he can pull it off
jet - i can see lawrence fishborne

Edit:
according to this
http://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=57922

it will center around this first episode.. so i dont think they will get to Faye/Ed let alone EIN!
looks like a 2hour movie about space bounty hunters with only 2 leading roles

Just put an afro on his head and he'll look just like the real Spike. LOL

I wonder at what point in the movie he'll say "whoa".

Depp would be interesting since his hair in Edward Scissorhands is kinda close...
Anyway, I'm sure the movie is going to suck regardless of who is casted. Sadly, movies adapted from tv shows usually end up that way. Usually end up being the writer or director's fault.

Noo, Keanu is slow. When Spike gets serious I won't be able to take Keanu serious.

Keanu... oh god why. This is the worst news I've heard in awhile, including the passing of a relative.

Seriously, to all of you who say "He's my favorite actor!!" or believe that he has a semblance of talent, I have one word for you.

Speed.

That's the 1994 movie, folks. Go watch it and weep.

This actually seems like a sort of good choice to me.
The two greatly remind me of each other.
Keanu's general acting types remind me of Spike Spiegel in personality.

there is a small chance it will be good but a huge chance it will be terrible

We need Ryan Gosling.

I believe I did mentioned it, but besides that he is garbage.

well... there goes another anime turned live-action that's gonna go bad... * Keanu Reeves... they knew to much ... "We know too much" *

Whoa