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First Official Dragonball Movie Promo Image

6:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Maybe we’ve been a little harsh. Maybe Hollywood’s Dragonball movie will actually be good. Maybe not! Without an official trailer, all we’ve had were some crummy quality on-set images. Now we have a somewhat crummy quality scan! Here’s the first official promotional image for the DB. It appeared in manga Shonen Jump, where the original Dragonball manga appeared. (Hollywood got that right!) A translation of text that appeared on the promo: I’ll grant you a wish…!! Rumour after rumour but [now] Dragonball live action movie finally comes true! Director James Wong of Final Destination, and producer the revolutionary film maker Stephen Chow of Shaolin Soccer. Remarkable casts are Son Goku is Justin Chatwin who played Tom Cruise’s son in Steven Spielberg’s War of the Worlds, and Master Roshi is Chow yun-fat of Pirates of the Caribbean. All Dragonball fan’s wish are granted now ! We will continue to offer new information to you on Jump Cinema Island ! Another thing they got right: Justin Chatwin’s Goku-hair. It’s spectacular! Hit the jump for the full image. More »

First Image of Justin Chatwin In Goku Gear

1:30PM Brian Ashcraft | Can’t wait for the Dragonball movie? You’ll have to! It’s been delayed to next spring. To hold you over, here are some images from Spanish site Infotaku. Here’s a pic of Justin Chatwin dressed in his Goku outfit — previously, we saw him in an orange T-shirt. There are more pics, and if you think the stills look crappy, image them moving and with sound. Shudder. Writes one commenter over at Infotaku: “Quien quieres vomitar conmigo?” Dude, we already started vomitar-ing months ago New DB Movie Images [Infotaku Thanks, Jose!] More »

Dragonball Movie Delay Shocker!

12:00AM Brian Ashcraft | Oh noes! The eagerly anticipated, likely to stink Dragonball live action film has been delayed. According to website ComingSoon.net, the Twentieth Century Fox motion picture has been moved from August 15, 2008 to April 1 April 3, 2009. Meaning? We’ll have to wait that much longer to make fun of it. The reason for the delay has something to do with Dragonball being released against other movies like Star Wars: The Clone Wars. We believe it has something to do with the movie sucking. Really, why not just release it straight-to-DVD and be done with it? No Dragonball Movie [ComingSoon via Anime News Network] [Pic] More »

Dragon Ball Z Movie Gets Director, Star, Release Date

3:00PM Brian Ashcraft | More Dragon Ball Z details! Kung Fu Hustle star Stephen Chow will be producing the live action DBZ, and the 20th Century Fox flick will be helmed by former The X-Files writer and Final Destination director James Wong. Taking the role of Goku will be Justin Chatwin, who was Tom Cruise’s son in War of the Worlds. Piccolo will be played by James Marsters. The budget hasn’t been announced, but shooting will commence later this year. It’s slated for an August 15, 2008 release. Hope it doesn’t suck. DBZ Movie [Mainichi Daily] More »