Actors for Goku and Piccolo announced.

[DeathscytheX 9,732]

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=39282

20th Century Fox has set Justin Chatwin (The Invisible, War of the Worlds) to play Goku and James Marsters ("Smallville," "Angel," "Buffy the Vampire Slayer") as the villain Piccolo in Dragon Ball Z.

In the big screen adaptation, Goku is 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.

Actor/writer/director Stephen Chow (Kung Fu Hustle) is producing. Final Destination helmer James Wong will direct from a script he wrote. Ben Ramsey wrote an earlier draft.

The story is based on Akira Toriyama's popular manga that has spawned graphic novels, a long-running TV series and more than 25 video games. The Jump Comics division of Tokyo-based Shueisha published the "Dragon Ball" manga.

With shooting scheduled to begin later this month, Fox will bow the sci-fi/adventure worldwide Aug. 15. Chatwin has already begun training with 87Eleven, the stunt performance company behind the action sequences in The Matrix, The Bourne Supremacy,Mr. & Mrs. Smith and 300.

0_o Chatwin better start beefing up now...

[gokuDX7 2,871]

lawl, live action DBZ is finally gonna be made? It's probably gonna suck really bad.

/Sarcasm start

They should have had Will Smith or den play Piccolo, Danny DeVito play Krillin, Arnold Swarchenegger play Goku, and Jake Gyllenhaal play chi chi

/Sarcasm end

[Myk JL 1,731]

lawl, live action DBZ is finally gonna be made? It's probably gonna suck really bad.

/Sarcasm start

They should have had Will Smith or den play Piccolo, Danny DeVito play Krillin, Arnold Swarchenegger play Goku, and Jake Gyllenhaal play chi chi

/Sarcasm end

Stevo play Picolo, Mini Me play Krillin, Polly Shore play Goku, & Will Sasso play Chi Chi...

[HKofsesshoumaru 673]

I am so excited! I love Dragon Ball Z!!!! That's if they can match up to the original series..doubtful *shrugs*

[Eppy 3,446]

I am so excited! I love Dragon Ball Z!!!! I

Fired!

[Strider Hiryu 2,704]

I don't know whether to be disgusted that they're actually going through with the movie or who they picked for Goku and Piccolo. Yea, I'll just go vomit now for both reasons.

[Vincent 2,861]

can't wait to see how it turns out

[Pchan 5,162]

I stiiiiiiiiiiill wanna watch the Gundam live action and this one's keeping me interested to the beam, for it's awesome awfulness? Maybe.

[gokuDX7 2,871]

They should rename The Covenant to DBZ: the live action move and add in some random dragon balls.

[DeathscytheX 9,732]

Everyone is going to bitch about this movie for God knows what reason.

1. Everyone bitches about DBZ in general, so why care about it now?

2. There is no way in HELL the movie was ever going to be good in the first place. The characters will look nothing like they do in the anime, probably won't even be dressed the same.

3. C'mon! You have to go see it, because it IS going to be horrible, cheesy, and make for a lot of good laughs about how bad they screwed up a already screwed up anime. X'D

Don't get yourselves too worked up over nothing peoples.

[Strider Hiryu 2,704]

Though very valid points I'm still not seeing it, can't justify seeing it with the price of movie tickets. I'll wait till it hits DVD and rent it so I can see and laugh at it.

[DeathscytheX 9,732]

Yeah man WTF. I remember a few months ago Ticket prices went up 2 dollars in 3 weeks.

I luckily know someone that gets us tickets to special showings so I generally don't pay to go to the movies anymore. I know where you are coming from though.

[Myk JL 1,731]

On the bright side they'll probably squeeze the whole Freeza sago into less than 2 hours so five minutes will be 6 minutes instead of a dozens of episode about "5 minutes".

[HKofsesshoumaru 673]

Fired!

WTF am I getting fired for?

Dragon Ball Z (the original series) is awesome. I don't know about it now since it has been years since I have watched it but Chi Chi was always my favorite.

[Ladywriter 7,783]

fuck it man I'll watch it X'D

[gokuDX7 2,871]

So you mean its actually gonna make it to the movies? I thought it was going straight to dvd.

[the56ker 100]

nothing good can come from this

[Kite 3,263]

Actor/writer/director Stephen Chow (Kung Fu Hustle) is producing. Final Destination helmer James Wong will direct from a script he wrote. Ben Ramsey wrote an earlier draft.

going to be shit, based on their track record

[the56ker 100]

yeah all good records take a hit once and a wile

[Sledgstone 8,672]

If they make the fight scenes like in Kung Fu Hustle, it could be a very entertaining movie.

as the villain Piccolo in Dragon Ball Z.

This makes me think this is the beginning of a series of movies if they are starting way back when Piccolo was the main villain.

[gokuDX7 2,871]

Goku

Piccolo

Photoshoped by me

lawl this is gonna be horrible.

[Vincent 2,861]

If they make the fight scenes like in Kung Fu Hustle, it could be a very entertaining movie.

This makes me think this is the beginning of a series of movies if they are starting way back when Piccolo was the main villain.

forget kung-fu hustle, if they make it look like anything from the last fight scene in Matrix 3 this is gonna be awesome!

[DeathscytheX 9,732]

If they make the fight scenes like in Kung Fu Hustle, it could be a very entertaining movie.

This makes me think this is the beginning of a series of movies if they are starting way back when Piccolo was the main villain.

It actually is, I believe read rumors somewhere that it could possibly be 6 films. 0-o

[Kite 3,263]

it will be shit , we know it, they know it, the cast know it.

But it will be massivly succesful, we will all watch it, every one in japan will watch it, every anime fan will watch it. and so on

[gokuDX7 2,871]

it will be shit , we know it, they know it, the cast know it.

But it will be massivly succesful, we will all watch it, every one in japan will watch it, every anime fan will watch it. and so on

Didn't Japan already have two DBZ live action movies?