The intro closely mirrored the style of the anime's opening which included the original theme song Tank! acting as the show's opening theme. On September 25 during Netflix's TUDUM fan event, Netflix debuted the opening credits along with a brief introduction from John Cho. Daniella Pineda announced the first season finished filming in an Instagram post on March 10, 2021.
A couple of months after production resumed, Netflix announced the addition of Geoff Stults, Tamara Tunie, Mason Alexander Park, Rachel House, Ann Truong, and Hoa Xuande to the series playing Chalmers, Annie, Gren, Mao, Shin, and Lin respectively. Production officially resumed in September 2020 after receiving border exemptions from the New Zealand government following the country's COVID-19 shutdown. Later, Cho revealed that he suffered a torn ACL and had to have surgery and rehab his knee. After the first few episodes, production was put on hiatus following an injury from John Cho. įilming for Cowboy Bebop took place around summer 2019 in New Zealand. A few months later, it was announced that Elena Satine was cast as Julia. In April 2019, Variety first reported the casting of John Cho, Mustafa Shakir, Daniella Pineda, and Alex Hassell to play Spike Spiegel, Jet Black, Faye Valentine, and Vicious, respectively. It was also revealed later that original Cowboy Bebop composer Yoko Kanno would be scoring the music for the series. In November 2018, it was announced that Netflix picked up the distribution rights to the show and that original anime director Shinichiro Watanabe would be acting as a creative consultant. Christopher Yost developed the show and was also announced to write the initial plot.
Tomorrow Studios teamed up with André Nemec, Josh Appelbaum, Jeff Pinkner, and Scott Rosenberg of production company Midnight Radio to act as executive producers and showrunners for Cowboy Bebop. No.ĭevelopment on the live-action Cowboy Bebop series began in June 2017 after a partnership was announced between Marty Adelstein of Tomorrow Studios and Sunrise Inc., the producer of the anime. Sessions Main article: Session List (Netflix) Season 1 Ep. But can they outrun Spike's past? Cast and Characters Main article: Character List (Netflix) Live-Action Cast Long on style and perpetually short on cash, bounty hunters Spike, Jet, and Faye trawl the solar system looking for jobs.