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Cowboy Bebop shows first look at Ein the Corgi

By Wesley Coburn

BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND - MARCH 06: A Corgi yawns on the second day of Crufts dog show at the National Exhibition Centre on March 6, 2015 in Birmingham, England. First held in 1891, Crufts is said to be the largest show of its kind in the world, the annual four-day event, features thousands of dogs, with competitors travelling from countries across the globe to take part and vie for the coveted title of 'Best in Show'. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)
BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND - MARCH 06: A Corgi yawns on the second day of Crufts dog show at the National Exhibition Centre on March 6, 2015 in Birmingham, England. First held in 1891, Crufts is said to be the largest show of its kind in the world, the annual four-day event, features thousands of dogs, with competitors travelling from countries across the globe to take part and vie for the coveted title of 'Best in Show'. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images) /
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Netflix’s Cowboy Bebop has cast Ein the Corgi.

Netflix’s live-action Cowboy Bebop has cast everyone’s favorite chess-playing dog, Ein the Corgi.

This was previously reported by Nerdist.

A Netflix-associated Twitter account posted a dog’s-eye view of the table read.

The show is being described in a press release as “a jazz-inspired, genre-bending story of a ragtag crew of bounty hunters on the run from their pasts, as they hunt down the solar system’s most dangerous criminals. They’ll even save the world … for the right price.”

Ein is short for Einstein, and he is a genetically-enhanced Pembroke Welsh Corgi, or “data dog,” with an intelligence close to human level.

It seems highly likely that Cowboy Bebop influenced Joss Whedon’s cult classic space western series Firefly, as they are both space westerns set well into the future highlighting a crew of deeply flawed and engaging characters with a dubious respect for the law.

Set in 2071, humanity has largely emigrated into the solar system, where bounty hunters are legalized to assist the beleaguered police force in apprehending criminals.

This remake, which is speculated to drop in late summer or fall 2020, will consist of 10 episodes in its first season, about half as long as the total episode run of the original anime source material, which lasted 26 episodes from 1998-99, with a movie in 2001.

Cowboy Bebop will star John Cho (Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle, Star Trek Into Darkness, Flashforward) as Spike Spiegel, Mustafa Shakir (Luke Cage) as the jazz-loving former cop Jet Black, Daniella Pineda (Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom) as the amnesiac Faye Valentine and Alex Hassell (The Boys) as Spike’s gangster rival Vicious.

Elena Satine (Agents of SHIELD, The Gifted) will play Julia, the ex-girlfriend of both Spike and Vicious.

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Scriptwriter Christopher Yost (Thor: The Dark World, Thor: Ragnarok) will be an executive producer, and the creator of the anime series, Shinichiro Watanabe, will be a consultant.

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