Dragon Ball comes to bigscreen...with flesh&blood actors

Twentieth Century Fox is bringing the Japanese manga phenomenon "Dragonball" to the bigscreen.

Justin Chatwin will star as Goku, a powerful warrior who protects the Earth from an endless stream of rogues bent on dominating the universe and controlling the mystical objects from which the film takes its name. James Marsters is onboard as the film's villain Piccolo.

btw, here is the link to the HK newspaper with the photo of the actress may star as Chi Chi, Goku's Girlfriend/Wife.

wtf? are you for real? i'm not liking the idea seems kinda lame

Yup The rumour was running here for about a year and a half, but it turns out to be eventually true.
I've kinda mixed-feelings about this, because it must be hard to adapt a manga into live-action cinema, but lots of comic have already been adapted and it worked quite good.

I just wonder how they'll do for the hair and transformation stuff

Btw, is Justin Chatwin famous in the US? Because I didn't know how he was
But I think he'll have to wax his chest and do a lil bit of workout to fit the character

Some news of the casting :
Son Gokuu --> Justin Chatwin
Bulma --> Emny Rossum
Piccolo--> James Marsters
Chichi-->Jamie Chung
Yamcha--> Joon Park
Mai--> Eriko Tamura
Kame Sennin --> Chow Yun-Fat

Some gossips say that the US release of the film could be in august 2008!

wow realy? i know none of those actors

James Marsters was the vampire Spike on Buffy the Vamp Slayer and Chow Yun-Fat did some stuff and is well know in Kung-Fu films.
And there's at least one Japanese in this film (Eriko Tamura)

I can play in the film too ??
look my hair (100% natural frost-free)

I am terrifying like him :

*lol* you hair looks the same

yes, it's so funny

PONCHOOOOOOOOOOOOO
(par contre tu commence à avoir des racines noires de fou )

Coming back to the film here are some preview pics :
http://dbthemovie.com/gallery/albums/official/nikkan_sports.jpg
http://dbthemovie.com/gallery/albums/official/YJ30.jpg
http://dbthemovie.com/gallery/albums/official/roadshow9.jpg
http://dbthemovie.com/gallery/albums/official/WJ32_3.jpg
http://dbthemovie.com/gallery/albums/official/WJ32_2.jpg

this is odd......or those the ending results??

Yup
I think you're lucky cuz it'll be available in American theaters first

Ayu goes global with "Dragonball" movie
Ayumi Hamasaki has been chosen to provide the theme song for the Hollywood-produced live-action "Dragonball" movie. All releases of the film worldwide will use her new rock tune "Rule," sung in Japanese. Director James Wong, said to be a big fan of Hamasaki, extended her the offer.

It is rare for a song by a Japanese artist to be used in all international releases of a movie. And for Hamasaki, this will also be her first time doing a song for a foreign film.

The movie is being released under the title "Dragonball Evolution" in Japan on March 13, ahead of the U.S. release in April. The film is expected to be shown in more than 60 countries around the world.

cool i kinda like ayu so this is gonna be awsome, a j-pop artist awsome!! i hope it's in the US one to, do you think it might?

It won't might it will On every single country the movie will be at, it'll have the same theme song

YAY! i thought they were gonna fill the movie with disturbed and korn

Why korn?!

lol thats the main type of music marketed to the poeple who like dragon ball z over here. they just seem to go hand in hand at times, especially with disturbed

here's the preview :
http://www.mediafire.com/?zzagwmznjmn

It's just....awesome!
Thank you Rijio!!!

You're welcome!
It's already in my mp3 player *o* I think it can become a hit in the western world, depending on if the movie works too.