{"id":50564,"date":"2019-04-04T14:46:25","date_gmt":"2019-04-04T21:46:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.trektoday.com\/content\/?p=50564"},"modified":"2019-04-04T14:46:25","modified_gmt":"2019-04-04T21:46:25","slug":"cho-to-star-in-netflix-live-action-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/2019\/04\/cho-to-star-in-netflix-live-action-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Cho To Star In Netflix Live-Action Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>John Cho<\/strong>, <em>Star Trek Beyond<\/em>&#8216;s Sulu, will star in Netflix&#8217;s <em>Cowboy Bebop<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Cowboy Bebop<\/em> is &#8220;the 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&#8217;s most dangerous criminals,&#8221; working from their spaceship, Bebop.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Cho will take on the role of Spike Spiegel, &#8220;an impossibly cool &#8216;cowboy&#8217; (bounty hunter) with a deadly smile, a wry wit and style to spare. 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