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'Luke Cage' actor Mustafa Shakir is also part of the crew in the series adaptation of the anime that will have its first two episodes directed by Alex Garcia Lopez.

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00:00Jon Cho is set to star in Cowboy Bebop, Netflix's live-action take on the influential

00:05space-western anime. The show also features cast members such as Luke Cage actor Mustafa Shakir,

00:11Daniela Pineda of Jurassic World Fallen Kingdom, and Alex Hassel.

00:15The 10-episode series is described as the jazz-inspired genre-bending story of a ragtag

00:19crew of bounty hunters on the run from their past, as they hunt down the solar system's

00:24most dangerous criminals, working from their spaceship called Bebop.

00:28Cho is coming off of an acclaimed performance in Searching, which earned him an Indie Spirit Award nomination.

00:33Now in Cowboy Bebop, Cho will play Spike Spiegel, which Netflix describes as an impossibly cool cowboy,

00:46aka bounty hunter, with a deadly smile, a wry writ, and style to spare.

00:50Shakir is playing his ex-cop partner Jet Black, who's described as one of the few honest cops in the solar

00:55system before an ultimate betrayal robbed him of all that he loved, forcing him into a vagabond life,

01:01hunting bounties to put food on the table. Meanwhile, Pineda is playing Faye Valentine,

01:05a thief and con artist, while Hassel is playing Vicious, Spiegel's ex-partner who is now out to kill him.

01:10For much more on this story, head to THR.com. Until next time, for The Hollywood Reporter News,

01:15I'm Tiffany Taylor.

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