Cowboy Bebop Netflix Drama Announces Initial Casting!

Cowboy Bebop is getting the live-action treatment an a Netflix original drama.

Produced by Netflix and Tomorrow Studios, the series has revealed the main cast for the show: John Cho as bounty hunter Spike Spiegel, Mustafa Shakir as his partner Jet Black, Daniella Pineda as criminal and fellow bounty hunter Faye, and Alex Hassell as antagonist Vicious.

Hi amigos and all 300,000 bounty hunters in the star system! Happy to announce that https://twitter.com/JohnTheCho?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JohnTheCho, https://twitter.com/_mustafashakir_?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@_mustafashakir_, https://twitter.com/Maniella?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Maniella, and Alex Hassell have been cast in the https://twitter.com/hashtag/CowboyBebop?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#CowboyBebop Live Action TV Drama.

— NX (@NXOnNetflix) https://twitter.com/NXOnNetflix/status/1113837865861926912?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 4, 2019

Approaching its 20th anniversary, the franchise revolves around a gang of space bounty hunters as they fly through the galaxy chasing criminals and saving the world after extricating themselves from various dangerous situations.

After airing back in 1998 as a TV anime, Cowboy Bebop went on to become a hit title in Japan and overseas. In addition to several manga adaptations, an anime movie was also released in 2001.