Netflix's "Cowboy Bebop" live-action series may be delayed for 9 months due to injury of John

The Netflix live-action drama "Cowboy Bebop", which is adapted from the classic Sunrise animation, suddenly announced recently that the production of the TV series has been suspended due to the injury of the lead actor John Cho during the filming. The filming will be postponed for 7 to 9 months. Fans who are looking forward to this drama will have to wait patiently.

"Cowboy Bebop" is a TV animation produced by Japan's SUNRISE Animation Company. It was broadcast in 1998 and won the Best TV Animation Award of the Third Kobe Animation Award in the same year. It also won the Nebula Award at the Japan Science Fiction Convention in 2000. The story is set in 2071. It depicts a group of "bounty hunters" traveling between the stars. The protagonists Spike and Jet encounter all kinds of people and things during their travels.

The live-action adaptation of "Cowboy Bebop" is scheduled to have 10 episodes, and the animation screenwriter Shinichiro Watanabe will serve as a consultant. The cast is led by John Cho, a Korean-American actor from "Star Trek" and "Searching", who plays the protagonist Spike Spiegel; Daniela Pineda ("Jurassic World 2") plays Faye Valentine; Mustafa Shakir ("Luke Cage" Season 2) plays Jet Black, etc.