This is strictly one for the file marked “Rumour: Do Not Believe Until Confirmed. Twice”, but two news stories have sprung up🃏 recently about plans to bring beloved anime action adventure Cowboy Bebop to the big screen.

The tale of Spike Spiegel a former crime syndicate member haunted by his days of bad 💫behaviour, has been a favourite in Japan and across the pond for a while, and a mo🃏vie has long been in development. Now, apparently, The Day The Earth Stood Still remake producer Erwin Stoff has been trying to get to turned into a live action film.

Firstshowing.net has the full story , though all credit to iF Magazine f😼or digging up the first indications.