20th Century Fox Gears Up For Dragonball
Posted by: on November 14, 2007 at 10:50 am
Variety is reporting that the popular manga/anime Dragonball is headed for the big screen. James Wong (Final Destination) will direct the film from his own screenplay, with Kung-Fu Hustle mastermind, Stephen Chow, on board to produce the film.
Two major roles have already been cast; Justin Chatwin (War of the Worlds, The Invisible) will play Goku, while James Marsters (Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Angel) will play Piccolo.
Filming is set to begin later this month, with 20th Century Fox eyeing an August 15th, 2008 release. Chatwin has reportedly already begun training with the stunt performance company, 87Eleven.
4 Responses to "20th Century Fox Gears Up For Dragonball"
2 | Chris Grey
November 22nd, 2007 at 10:22 pm
Why are they white people? I could have sworn Sun Wukong a.k.a Goku was suppose to be Chinese.
3 | Carlos Albert
Yes His good For Db Goku But For the DBZ Wich i assume would be part 2 of the movie, the best Goku Actor would be Hugh Jackman who played as Wolverine in xman
4 | Jaigo
Nothing like the series. It may be one of the best movies to come out, a box office smash of such, but if it doesn’t stick to its origins, then it’s just another street fighter, can anybody say; ‘none American Guile or Kylie Minogue Cammy’. First of all, does anybody on this blog know or have a friend, who is a white guy called Goku?
You’re only going to get camera tricks like crouching tiger, people pretending to walk on trees, fake fighting; and to you hardcore DB fans worldwide, you must be disappointed. By Goku alone, never mind the none green Piccolo and Master Roshi with a full head of hair, tall and serious, when has master Roshi ever been serious. As for Bulma, she should have blue hair and where is Krillin and Tien. Finally I have beef with the storyline, WHERE IS GOKU’S TAIL and what’s up with his hair? It may be a good movie, but it is not DB, give the movie another name it not DB. To be continued after the release date.
