Details about the live-action Dragonball movie have been few and far between. We’ve known that the Fox feature has a $100 million budget, and that it’s filming in Montreal, but that’s about it — until today.
Variety reports that Justin Chatwin (War of the Worlds, Traffic) will star as Goku, the powerful protagonist of Akira Toriyama’s insanely successful manga-turned-anime franchise. James Marsters (Angel, Buffy the Vampire Slayer) has been cast as the villain Piccolo.
James Wong (Final Destination, The One) will direct from a script he wrote. Wong is probably best known as a writer-producer for the TV series The X-Files, Millennium and the short-lived Space: Above and Beyond.
Shooting will begin later this month, with Dragonball set to premiere on Aug. 15, 2008.
November 14th, 2007 at 8:04 am
Yup. He looks just like Goku.
November 14th, 2007 at 8:59 am
this is the stupidest thing i have ever heard this year. pure SHIT.
November 14th, 2007 at 9:01 am
wooooh dragonball! bilat! ako pa tani teacher nila rheedan OS ba
November 14th, 2007 at 9:31 am
dragonball!! justin chatwin daw BILAT! inagi na ya, inagi kamo tanan! ara gid ang sa babaw ho, pareho kuno muak, GAGO KA! BAYOT! BAYOT!!!!!!
November 14th, 2007 at 9:49 am
Looks like Chatwin’s got the hair for it.
I’m a little surprised the headline wasn’t “Spike to Play Piccolo,” though. Irresistible pun aside, Marsters is surely a bigger name in this community than Chatwin.
November 14th, 2007 at 11:28 am
leave it to Hollywood to murder Asian media entertainment. When’ll they ever learn.
November 14th, 2007 at 12:15 pm
I can’t wait for this movie. It’s going to be an absolute train wreck. Should be fun.
November 14th, 2007 at 3:59 pm
ba-huh wah? there really is going to be a dragon ball movie?
November 15th, 2007 at 1:20 pm
I just don’t see how you can do a DBZ movie with a non-asian star. He’s called GOKU! I also don’t see how you could do the character with a non-martial artist.
I guess they figure CG-mocap will save the day. I mean it worked wonders for Matrix Revolutions…oh wait…
AE.
December 10th, 2007 at 12:06 pm
What? Hmm..interesting!
December 11th, 2007 at 8:32 pm
LOOK AT THAT PICTURE OF JUSTIN…LOOK LONG AND HARD.HE LOOKS LIKE THE CLOSEST CHARACTERIZATION TO GOKU THAN ANYONE RIGHT NOW.DYE HIS HAIR JET BLACK,DARKEN HIS PUPILS WITH CONTACT LENS,AND SPIKE HIS HAIR TO LOOK LIKE GOKU’S.HAVE FAITH IN THIS MOVIE!! SPECIAL EFFECTS,CREATURE AND CHARACTER DESIGNS WILL MAKE THIS WORTHWILE WATCHING. ALSO,REMEMBER THAT THIS IS BASED ON THE ORIGINAL DRAGONBALL NOT THE “Z” SERIES.SO IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO START OFF WITH GOKU’S ORIGINS(AS CHATWIN IS GOKU AT 18 YEARS OLD) AND DEMON KING PICCOLO’S REINCARNATION FROM EVIL TO THE GOOD NAMEKIAN BODY HE OWNS IN THE DRAGONBALL Z SERIES(IF THEY WOULD KILL HIM OFF IN THIS ONE).THAT WOULD MAKE ROOM FOR SEQUELS FOR YOU GUYS THAT DON’T KNOW DRAGONBALL HISTORY.NUFF SAID.
December 24th, 2007 at 2:20 pm
great..
justin as goku…
how about his hair?..:D
January 9th, 2008 at 2:19 pm
Racist casting.
April 18th, 2008 at 2:16 pm
people should either boycott this movie or blow it up totally!!