{"id":8510,"date":"2021-12-10T11:13:13","date_gmt":"2021-12-10T10:13:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1535147"},"modified":"2021-12-10T11:46:07","modified_gmt":"2021-12-10T10:46:07","slug":"cowboy-bebop-cancelled-by-netflix-cast-and-creatives-react","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/cowboy-bebop-cancelled-by-netflix-cast-and-creatives-react\/","title":{"rendered":"Cowboy Bebop cancelled by Netflix \u2013 cast and creatives react"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Flora Carr\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Friday, 10 December 2021 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>Netflix has cancelled its anime adaptation <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/cowboy-bebop-season-2-release-date\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Cowboy Bebop<\/a>, and the cast and creatives have expressed their disappointment that the \u201ccool s**t\u201d they had planned for a second season won\u2019t come to fruition.<\/p>\n<p>The space Western was released in November and followed a group of bounty hunters, Spike Spiegel (John Cho), Jet Black (Mustafa Shakir) and Faye Valentine (Daniella Pineda), alongside the super-smart \u201cData Dog\u201d Ein.<\/p>\n<p>Reviews for the live-action series were mixed, however, with\u00a0<a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/cowboy-bebop-netflix-review\/&quot;\">our Cowboy Bebop review describing the show as a \u201cpale imitation\u201d<\/a> of its source material.<\/p>\n<p>In response to the show\u2019s cancellation (first announced by <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/tv\/tv-news\/cowboy-bebop-canceled-netflix-1235060256\/&quot;\">The Hollywood Reporter<\/a>), co-executive producer Javier Grillo-Marxuach expressed his sadness that there wouldn\u2019t be a season two.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI truly loved working on this,\u201d Grillo-Marxuach <a href=\"\/\/twitter.com\/OKBJGM\/status\/1469089225987395584&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;nofollow noopener noreferrer\" noopener=\"\">wrote on Twitter<\/a>. \u201cIt came from a real and pure place of respect and affection. I wish we could make what we planned for a second season, but you know what they say, men plan, god laughs. see you space cowboy\u2026 #CowboyBebop #whateverhappens.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He later added: \u201cHad so much cool s**t planned for s2.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"&quot;twitter-tweet&quot;\" data-dnt=\"&quot;true&quot;\"><p lang=\"&quot;en&quot;\" dir=\"&quot;ltr&quot;\">i truly loved working on this. it came from a real and pure place of respect and affection. i wish we could make what we planned for a second season, but you know what they say, men plan, god laughs. see you space cowboy\u2026 <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CowboyBebop?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">#CowboyBebop<\/a> <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/whateverhappens?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">#whateverhappens<\/a><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/t.co\/iAcphDkE0M&quot;\">https:\/\/t.co\/iAcphDkE0M<\/a><\/p>\u2014 javier grillo-marxuach (@OKBJGM) <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/OKBJGM\/status\/1469089225987395584?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">December 9, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async=\"\" src=\"&quot;https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js&quot;\" charset=\"&quot;utf-8&quot;\"\/><p>However, the producer did apparently find a silver lining, writing: \u201cthe one nice thing about tweeting about the cancellation of bebop is that it\u2019s one more bite at the \u2018block toxic fans with extreme prejudice\u2019 apple!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, in the wake of the cancellation news, series star John Cho took to Twitter to post a GIF of Richard (played by Tom Selleck) from Friends, from the scene where he bobs his head and repeats \u201cI\u2019m OK\u201d following his divorce.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"&quot;twitter-tweet&quot;\" data-dnt=\"&quot;true&quot;\"><p lang=\"&quot;und&quot;\" dir=\"&quot;ltr&quot;\"><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/t.co\/4xnUaQYU1u&quot;\">pic.twitter.com\/4xnUaQYU1u<\/a><\/p>\u2014 John Cho (@JohnTheCho) <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnTheCho\/status\/1469099377298132992?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">December 10, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async=\"\" src=\"&quot;https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js&quot;\" charset=\"&quot;utf-8&quot;\"\/><p>Meanwhile, his co-star Daniella Pineda posted a <a href=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CXR_h5jv8oV\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;nofollow noopener noreferrer\" noopener=\"\">meme to Instagram<\/a> of a couple accidentally smashing their tankards of beer during a toast, before following up on her Instagram Stories with further glum memes, including a depressed bear, a trampoline fail, and a picture from the film Carrie, specifically of the anti-heroine covered in blood and screaming.<\/p>\n<p>Pineda concluded: \u201cToday has been fun!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Head writer Christopher Yost previously revealed that he had several storylines planned for a potential season two.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAcross the lore of Bebop, there are certain episodes and stories that are just slam dunk, no-brainers to tell. And I would certainly love to tell more of them,\u201d he told <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/hollywood\/2021\/10\/cowboy-bebop-netflix-john-cho-interview&quot;\">Vanity Fair<\/a>.<\/p> <ul><li><strong>Read more:<\/strong> <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/cowboy-bebop-netflix-ed\/&quot;\">Where\u2019s Ed in Netflix\u2019s Cowboy Bebop?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><p><strong>Cowboy Bebop is streaming on Netflix now. <\/strong><strong>For more, check out our dedicated <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/&quot;\">Sci-Fi<\/a> page or our full <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/tv-listings\/&quot;\">TV Guide<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p><\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Flora Carr Published: Friday, 10 December 2021 at 12:00 am Netflix has cancelled its anime adaptation Cowboy Bebop, and the cast and creatives have expressed their disappointment that the \u201ccool s**t\u201d they had planned for a second season won\u2019t come to fruition. 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