A live-action Samurai Champloo is in the works

Source: The Verge

Overview

Though the live‑action Cowboy Bebop was a big disappointment, Shinichirō Watanabe is ready to give it another go with one of his other iconic pieces of IP.

Variety reports that Watanabe has given his blessing and agreed to work on a new live‑action Samurai Champloo adaptation from Tomorrow Studios—the same production house behind Netflix’s Cowboy Bebop (which Watanabe wasn’t directly involved in) and the streamer’s surprisingly excellent take on One Piece. The project is in its earliest stages of development and is not attached to a distributor. After Cowboy Bebop, this all feels a little iffy, but Tomorrow Studios heads Marty Adelstein…

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