Spike Spiegel from the animated "Cowboy Bebop" (left) and the forever typecast Keanu Reeves. (File)

In other sci-fi TV news, Keanu Reeves has been cast as Spike Spiegel in an upcoming live-action movie adaptation of the inanely cool Japanese anime series "Cowboy Bebop," according to Variety.

"Bebop" found its way to America via Cartoon Network's Adult Swim block a few years ago. The show follows the adventures of three bounty hunters aboard the spaceship Bebop in 2071.

Sigh. They'd better not "Aeon Flux" this one.