Justin Chatwin and James Marsters to star in live-action DBZ

Steven Perry · Post by **Steven Perry** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 6:04 am

Here's a picture of James Marsters I've digitally edited, to make him look like Piccolo:

Neat, eh?

Carrie · Post by **Carrie** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 6:07 am

Sorry if this was already answered somewhere, but will they be using the original Demon King Piccolo or just skipping ahead and using Popular Piccolo?

Timo · Post by **Timo** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 6:36 am

Nooo!!!!!!! It can't be!!

James Masters...WHY!!!

Awww, we Germans are always fucked when it comes to Dragonball!
Why? Because: Guess who is the German voice actor for Mr. Masters? The same guy (David Nathan) who did Piccolo in the shitty German DBZ dub!

Somehow I looked forward to this movie. It'll be hollywood trash and not "the real DB", but...I don't know. Hey, I liked the Street Fighter movie (fantastic trash!!!).

But now I have probably to handle with David Nathan as Piccolo...again! Wait...NO! I'll wait until the DVD release and watch it in English!!!

Kunzait_83 · Post by **Kunzait_83** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 7:08 am

Calcaneus · Post by **Calcaneus** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 9:27 am

While I'd rather Stephen Chow didn't waste his time with this film, he does bring some credibility to the project. Now I have to see it, because I'm such a Chow junkie

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Now I wonder if James Kyson Lee is still preparing to play Yamcha, I wouldn't be opposed to that personally. He does a good job in Heroes, and would probably do fine as Yamcha.

b_boult · Post by **b_boult** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 9:55 am

My gut reaction on seeing Justin Chatwin is a good one, so if he is confirmed, I will be happy purely from a "he looks the part" perspective. I'm still holding out on whether this movie being anything great, though.

Godo · Post by **Godo** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 12:08 pm

I dont give a damn about if they can act or not. It's scary that the guy playing Goku doesn't look like him at all.

If acting was most important, then you wouldn't mind Jerry Seinfeld playing Goku, right?

Plus, just because of that he is a good actor in Buffy it doesn't mean that he will be perfect as Goku (I could also add that I think that the acting in Buffy really isn't top quality).

Kunzait_83 · Post by **Kunzait_83** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 12:41 pm

GI_Judd2287 · Post by **GI_Judd2287** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 12:54 pm

I can't believe they're actually going through with a live action movie. I hope it does come out next year, so I won't have to wait, and because August 15th is my birthday.

b_boult · Post by **b_boult** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 1:33 pm

Godo wrote:I dont give a damn about if they can act or not. It's scary that the guy playing Goku doesn't look like him at all.

This post is just wrong. You don't care about the acting at all? The guy isn't "goku" enough for you? What do you expect honestly with whoever plays his part, you're not going to find an actor made of black outlines with a tail coming out of his buttocks. This guy if anything, is a pretty good type cast considering the circumstances, and looks about as good as you could hope for. No one in the real world looks like Goku, sorry if I've shattered an illusion here.

Olivier Hague · Post by **Olivier Hague** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 1:41 pm

sailorspazz wrote:I just hope that it isn't too rushed

The whole thing is obviously rushed.
"Oh, fucking strike! Quick, what do we have?! "Dragonball" what? What's the demo? OK, let's get that one greenlit ASAP! Anything else? Tek... "Tekken"? What's that?"

MajinVejitaXV · Post by **MajinVejitaXV** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 1:46 pm

Olivier Hague wrote:
sailorspazz wrote:I just hope that it isn't too rushed
The whole thing is obviously rushed.
"Oh, fucking strike! Quick, what do we have?! "Dragonball" what? What's the demo? OK, let's get that one greenlit ASAP! Anything else? Tek... "Tekken"? What's that?"

Agreed 100%. It's obviously something Fox has had on the back burner for awhile now, and with the strike they figured they'd rush production to pad their schedule.

Plus, much as I love James Marsters (great actor), him as Piccolo doesn't strike me as working.

-Corey

Onikage725 · Post by **Onikage725** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 1:53 pm

I like Chatwin, but I can NOT see him as Goku.
But I've been surprised by stuff like that before, so we'll see.

Marster's though???

*fangasm*

It depends on the effects...

But he was of course Spike. He played Braniac on Smallvile (and no he does not have a British accent in r/l). And he voiced Lex Luthor in Superman/Doomsday. Why the Hell not add the Great Demon King to his resume

Hell, Spike was the "Piccolo" of Buffy anyway.

ddojo100 · Post by **ddojo100** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 2:39 pm

I take it that Chow was contracted to produce to help get the film to go in a different (than the originally planned) direction. It seems like if they have him involved (with his work being kung-fu style action movies), it's relatively realistic to think that Fox may be trying to shy away from a truly intensive special effects picture. The release date would support that thought as well - fewer effects shots, generally a quicker turnaround.

I doubt that Fox would try to make a wholly "kung-fu" type movie, as that's not the most popular type of film in America (or they could just be getting him because they want a name attached who's known for films with wirework stunts - and the team they've hired seems to have worked with films with fights of that nature). It seems to me like they wouldn't abandon the special effects aspect, but tone it down, so as to reduce costs and up turnaround time.

Those are just my initial thoughts/reactions to the new.

QuantumDestiny · Post by **QuantumDestiny** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 2:55 pm

Excuse the crappy editting, but.. It should look like this:

If the costumes/make-up turn out good then I'll be happy....

Onikage725 · Post by **Onikage725** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 3:48 pm

ddojo100 wrote:I take it that Chow was contracted to produce to help get the film to go in a different (than the originally planned) direction. It seems like if they have him involved (with his work being kung-fu style action movies), it's relatively realistic to think that Fox may be trying to shy away from a truly intensive special effects picture. The release date would support that thought as well - fewer effects shots, generally a quicker turnaround.

I doubt that Fox would try to make a wholly "kung-fu" type movie, as that's not the most popular type of film in America (or they could just be getting him because they want a name attached who's known for films with wirework stunts - and the team they've hired seems to have worked with films with fights of that nature). It seems to me like they wouldn't abandon the special effects aspect, but tone it down, so as to reduce costs and up turnaround time.

Those are just my initial thoughts/reactions to the new.

Well, if they're doing Daimao, they don't need major DBZ-style effects anyway. There's some intense stuff there, but they won't be blowing up worlds or doing crazy auras or anything (at least not to the same degree as in the later parts of the series).

Chuquita · Post by **Chuquita** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 4:39 pm

I dunno what to think.

If that guy's going to play Goku, he's got to wear brown/black contacts.
I know it sounds picky, but normal form Goku does not have blue eyes!
Bulma has blue eyes, 18 has blue eyes. Goku does not.

As for Piccolo...eh, I'd have to see how well the makeup artists could do.

Xyex · Post by **Xyex** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 4:42 pm

Well, if they're doing Daimao, they don't need major DBZ-style effects anyway. There's some intense stuff there, but they won't be blowing up worlds or doing crazy auras or anything (at least not to the same degree as in the later parts of the series).

Exactly. Aside from being the best means of introducing Piccolo I think this is why they elected for Piccolo to be the first movie. There isn't quite as much flying or ZOMG Ki blasts in the Piccolo arcs as in the Saiya-jin arc. I think the battle against Raditz had more energy attacks than the entire King Piccolo saga did.

Never seen Chatwin in anything before but Marsters as Piccolo is just freaking awesome. And did anyone else notice this part?

News Article wrote:Wong rewrote the previous draft by Ben Ramsey.

Question is, is this a re-write from the script we saw the plot and character summaries from or an earlier script with the re-write being the one we saw the summaries from?

Also, to those saying this is just being made for padding because of the strike remember it was announced prior to the strike. And also, the movie companies have a lot scripts already pre-made. The strike has no real effect on them, they can go well into next year and by then the strike will be over and they'll have even more movies stockpiled again.

SonEric84 · Post by **SonEric84** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 4:53 pm

Damn it, please don't let this be real.

Olivier Hague · Post by **Olivier Hague** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 4:58 pm

Xyex wrote:to those saying this is just being made for padding because of the strike remember it was announced prior to the strike.

Like MajinVejitaXV said, it's been on the back burner for years. And we already knew about the impending strike when they announced they were finally going to make the movie.

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