Dragonball Evolution (2009)

Dragonball Evolution, tentatively titled Dragonball, is an upcoming 2009 American live-action film adaptation of the Dragon Ball media franchise being produced by 20th Century Fox. The story centers around the adventures of the lead character, Goku, from his childhood into adulthood. The film began development in 2002, and is directed by James Wong and produced by Stephen Chow. It is scheduled for release on April 8, 2009. Actor Justin Chatwin was cast as Goku, and James Marsters will be portraying Lord Piccolo, the antagonist of the film.

Synopsis

Goku (Justin Chatwin) goes on a journey to find Master Roshi (Chow Yun-Fat) and gather the seven mystical Dragon Balls before the evil Lord Piccolo (James Marsters) can. Along his way, he meets Bulma (Emmy Rossum) who then joins him to help him in his mission. When arriving at Roshi’s place, he is not welcomed with an embrace but has to fight Roshi. Roshi soon learns that Goku is the grandson of Gohan (Randall Duk Kim) and thus trains him to prepare him for the ultimate battle with Lord Piccolo to prevent him from collecting the powerful Dragon Balls.

Other Information

• Also Known As : Dragon Ball, Dragonball, Dragonball: Evolution
• Genre : Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
• Tagline : The legend comes to life
• Runtime : 100 min
• Movie Connections : Version of “Dragon Ball Z: Doragon bôru zetto” (1989)
• Release date(s) : (Japan) March 13, 2009, (United States) April 8, 2009
• Country : United States
• Aspect Ratio : 2.35 : 1
• Filming Locations : Durango, Mexico
• Company : Dune Entertainment
• Language : English
• Budget : $100 million+

Cast and Credits

• Directed by : James Wong
• Produced by : Stephen Chow, James Wong
• Written by : (Screenplay) James Wong, Ben Ramsey, (Manga) Akira Toriyama
• Starring : Justin Chatwin, James Marsters, Jamie Chung, Emmy Rossum, Joon Park, Eriko Tamura, Randall Duk Kim, Texas Battle, Ernie Hudson, Chow Yun-Fat
• Music by : Brian Tyler
• Cinematography : Robert MacLachlan
• Editing by : Chris G. Willingham
• Distributed by : 20th Century Fox

Trivia

• During the early days of filming pictures were released to a Mexican newspaper called “Record”. In that paper a full run down of what Dragonball was to be about as well as information on its director _James Wong (IV)_ were given. However the pictures labeled as “the Director” and “actors” were nothing more than simple extras, in fact the picture of the supposed director was that of a chubby, white, blond haired extra, a huge contrast to James Wong who is of course a slim, Asian man.

Links

• Official website
• Official Fox Japan Dragonball Evolution site (Japanese)
• Dragonball Evolution at the Internet Movie Database
• Dragonball at Allmovie

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