Editing Cowboy Bebop (section)

===Film===
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An anime film titled {{Nihongo|''Cowboy Bebop: Knockin' on Heaven's Door''|カウボーイビバップ 天国の扉|Kaubōi Bibappu: Tengoku no Tobira|}}, known in English as ''Cowboy Bebop: The Movie'', was released in Japan in September 2001 and in the United States in August 2002.

On July 22, 2008, ''[[If (magazine)|If]]'' published an article on its website regarding a rumor of a live-action ''Cowboy Bebop'' movie in development by [[20th Century Fox]]. Producer [[Erwin Stoff]] said that the film's development was in the early stages, and that they had "just signed it".<ref>[http://www.ifmagazine.com/new.asp?article=6571 IF Magazine: Live-Action 'Cowboy Bebop' Movie Is In The Works] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080723215231/http://www.ifmagazine.com/new.asp?article=6571|date=July 23, 2008}}, IF Magazine.</ref><ref>[http://www.firstshowing.net/2008/07/22/fox-developing-cowboy-bebop-live-action-feature-film/ FirstShowing.Net] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080725104548/http://www.firstshowing.net/2008/07/22/fox-developing-cowboy-bebop-live-action-feature-film/|date=July 25, 2008}}, Cowboy Bebop Movie</ref> [[Keanu Reeves]] was to play the role of Spike Spiegel.<ref>{{Cite news|date=December 17, 2008|title=Keanu Reeves Hopes to Star in Live-Action Cowboy Bebop|work=Anime News Network|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-12-17/keanu-reeves-hopes-to-star-in-live-action-cowboy-bebop|url-status=dead|access-date=January 7, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081221042556/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-12-17/keanu-reeves-hopes-to-star-in-live-action-cowboy-bebop|archive-date=December 21, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|first=Elisabeth|last=Rappe|date=January 16, 2009|title=Keanu Reeves To Play Spike Spiegel In Live-Action 'Cowboy Bebop' Movie|url=http://splashpage.mtv.com/2009/01/16/keanu-reeves-to-play-spike-spiegel-in-live-action-cowboy-bebop-movie/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150915100454/http://splashpage.mtv.com/2009/01/16/keanu-reeves-to-play-spike-spiegel-in-live-action-cowboy-bebop-movie/|archive-date=September 15, 2015|access-date=December 6, 2015|publisher=MTV}}</ref> ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' confirmed on January 15, 2009, that production company Sunrise Animation would be "closely involved with the development of the English-language project". The site also confirmed Kenji Uchida, Shinichirō Watanabe and series writer Keiko Nobumoto as associate producers, series producer Masahiko Minami as a production consultant, and [[Peter Craig]] as screenwriter. This was lauded by various sources as a promising move for the potential quality of the film.<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Siegel|first=Tatiana|date=January 15, 2009|title=Keanu Reeves set for 'Bebop' Actor to star in live-action adaptation of anime|url=https://variety.com/2009/digital/markets-festivals/keanu-reeves-set-for-bebop-1117998641/|url-status=live|magazine=Variety|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090203181800/http://variety.com/article/VR1117998641.html?categoryid=13&cs=1&query=Cowboy+Bebop|archive-date=February 3, 2009|access-date=January 21, 2009}}</ref> At the time it was slated to release in 2011, but problems with the budget delayed its production. The submitted script was sent back for rewrite to reduce the cost and little has been heard about it since an interview with producer Joshua Long on October 15, 2010;<ref>{{Cite news |author=Zac Bertschy & Gia Manry|date=15 October 2010|title=Longview - ANNCast 54|work=Anime News Network|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/anncast/2010-10-15|url-status=live|access-date=September 28, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004133213/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/anncast/2010-10-15|archive-date=October 4, 2013}}</ref> the project currently languishes in [[development hell]]. On October 25, 2014, series director Watanabe was asked about the live-action film at the [[MCM Comic Con London|MCM London Comic Con]]. He stated: "I'm afraid I don't know what they're thinking in Hollywood. Apparently the project hasn't come to a stop but I don't know how it's going to progress from here on. I hear that there are a lot of 'Hollywood' problems."<ref>{{Cite news|date=2014-11-03|first=Lynzee|last=Loveridge|title=Cowboy Bebop Director Discusses Proposed Live-Action Film, Hypothetical Anime Sequel|work=Anime News Network|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-11-03/cowboy-bebop-director-discusses-proposed-live-action-film-hypothetical-anime-sequel/.80626|url-status=live|access-date=December 6, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150917183410/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-11-03/cowboy-bebop-director-discusses-proposed-live-action-film-hypothetical-anime-sequel/.80626|archive-date=September 17, 2015}}</ref>