Dragonball: Evolution Options

[TwinkyMaster]

There's been rumblings for years of people trying to make a movie out of the Dragonball comics and cartoons but nothing ever came of it. Well, now they're finally going through with it.

IMDB has a synopsis of the movie and a list of the cast.

This Mexican site has photos from the filming of the movie (in Mexico) as well as a lot of shots of the cast. The outdoor pictures aren't that good of quality but don't blame the movie for it.

James Marsters (Spike from Angel/Brainiac from Smallville) talks about the project and playing the alien Piccolo here..

Emmy Rossum (Poseidon, The Phantom of the Opera, The Day After Tomorrow) posts blogs from the set on her Myspace page. You can read a sizable one here.

The movie is written and directed by James Wong (Final Destination, The One, Final Destination 3) and is set to open on August 15, 2008.



(I couldn't find one source that gave me a whole lot of information on the movie so I tried to give you guys a collection of sources to get a better idea of what the movie's about.)

[Oogie]

So, this basically follows the story of the original Dragonball, with Goku slightly older. I dig Emmy Rossum, and her as Bulma could be funny. Marsters as my favorite Dragonball character is sweet as, and Chow Yun Fat as Muten Roshi is a great choice. I realize I may be the only one, but I am totally pumped for seeing this.

[Soylent Daveage]

Yeah, maybe if it had Krillin in it I'd be more interested...

[Trebor]

Cool, was wondering if this would ever happen. And I agree with Daveage about Krilin.

[Oogie]

You know damn well Krillin has to be in there somewhere. Heck, IMDB listed Yamcha. If you've got him, you've gotta have the who cast.

[Trebor]

Original story Yamcha is one of the first added, though I guess Picollo is after most of the rest.

[Slovman]

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Will this movie be ten hours long?

[Chaomancer Omega]

No, it'll be the usual 150 minute length.


But it will only consist of one fight, which they'll tell us lasted 5 minutes.

[Revil Fox]

No, it'll be the usual 150 minute length.


But it will only consist of one fight, which they'll tell us lasted 5 minutes.

I think five minuets is streatching it a bit, don't you?

[Slovman]

Now I must duel you, Chaomancer!



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*GelfOgre replays this in slo mo from multiple angles.

[TwinkyMaster]

James Marsters says a few words about Dragonball and his role as Piccolo:

Dragonball is the coolest television cartoon in the last 50,000 years. Its only failing is that the female characters aren't drawn well — we're going to fix that in the movie. It's got a Shakespearean sense of good and evil and there are incredible action scenes with characters of unbelievable power. It's going to be really visually exciting. I was told the budget is about $100 million.

Lord Piccolo. He's thousands of years old and a very long time ago he used to be a force of good but got into a bad argument and was put into prison for 2,000 years. It got him very angry, and he finds a way to escape and then tries to destroy the world. The cool thing is, anybody who has seen Dragonball knows that Lord Piccolo transforms into a character named Piccolo, and that is a whole other ball of wax. That is one of the most popular characters in the whole series. I've been told I'm working for people who will just flay me alive if I give too much information, but what I can tell you is the character is green, bald and has pointed ears. Heroic wouldn't be the wrong term by the end, but it's a long journey.

[Roo]

Wow, i think he is going to get yelled at anyway! he gave a lot of info.

[TwinkyMaster]

Yeah, but most of it's backstory so it's not like he's spoiling any major plot details. I wouldn't have posted it if it was gonna ruin the enjoyment of the film. Also, I'm not an expert on the original Dragonball storyline (or any of them for that matter) but it sounds pretty close to what I've heard from the books. When something's being adapted from a story (like 300 or Sin City) most of the plot is kind of already common knowledge. It's only the twists and plot revelations specially pertaining to the movie that are meant to be kept secret.