For those of you who can’t go to sleep at night without hearing the prince of monotone himself, Keanu Reeves, might have a chance to finally see him in action once more.  Keanu is expected to play the role of Spike in a movie remake of the Japanese animated series Cowboy Bebop.

Thanks to greater than usual logistical issues, an elite team of Old West-style bounty hunters, or cowboys, is needed to keep the peace.

Per the Hollywood Reporter, Reeves is attached to play Spike Siegel, a reformed criminal turned space cowboy and copilot of the Bebop, who, like a character from the actor’s past, is well-versed in kung fu and other combat skills but is toting around quite a few personal demons.

No word yet on who’s in line to play Spike’s copilot, Jet Black, a onetime Inter-Solar System cop with a mechanical arm, but so far we’re liking the whole Firefly-Battlestar Galactica-Bill & Ted vibe.

My honest opinion?  Screw Keanu.  I want to know who gets to play that really busty chick in the yellow short shorts.

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Keanu Reeves recently admitted he has been seeing a psychotherapist. A journalist inquired, “Why now,’ to which Keanu responded,

I guess it was just time. I had that classic moment of turning 40 and all of that kind of stuff. And working a lot. And it was just time to stand still for a second. But now I’m ready to go work.

It is about time someone finally admitted to seeing a psychotherapist to battle the anti-psychiatry propaganda from Scientologists. Keanu led the front against the machines and now hopefully he will lead it against the Scientologists. Now I am just waiting for a statement from Tom Cruise saying, “Keanu needs to find himself through Scientology and lack of medication because he is weak as he stands now.”

Some pictures of Keanu at Cannes:

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