Buichi Terasawa is my absolutely favorite manga and anime artist and his Space Pirate Cobra is my second-favorite title (my favorite would have to be Takeru) so color me happy-camper when the international issue of Variety features some preview art for Alexandre Aja‘s upcoming live-action adaptation of what they are titling Space Pirate Cobra!

Sure, this only hints at the character and doesn’t give us any indication of what the final film may be like (from Aja’s work so far, it could go either way as schlock or masterpiece) but it’s still freakin’ Cobra!

Don’t know Cobra?

Actually, I think the manga (comic book) is actually better than the anime (cartoon) but I know there are those who disagree with me on that score so I’ll just happily agree to disagree.

Here’s a collider interview with the director as he discusses the original material and his project at http://collider.com/alexandre-aja-cobra-the-space-pirate/71465/.

Brian