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

SatoSky · Post by **SatoSky** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 5:04 pm

Well it's on Marsters' official U.S. site now. And his official European site.

Chuquita · Post by **Chuquita** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 5:39 pm

Oh GOD. It's in my USA today "Life" section! Oh God it's real.

I wouldn't have believed it if I hadn't seen it in print.

Carrie · Post by **Carrie** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 5:43 pm

WHERE?! I read that paper everyday at work. I want actual physical undeniable printed proof.

Chuquita · Post by **Chuquita** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 5:43 pm

Carrie wrote:WHERE?! I read that paper everyday at work. I want actual physical undeniable printed proof.

I'm scanning it right now. I'll have a link to the scan up in 5 minutes.

EDIT:

See the article on the very bottom.

Carrie · Post by **Carrie** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 5:53 pm

Well, at least it says "Dragonball" and not "Dragonball Z".

Godo · Post by **Godo** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 5:58 pm

b_boult wrote:
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.

No, you didn't shatter an illusion. Yeah, noone in the world looks like Goku, but that guy? There are plenty of other actors that are more alike Goku than him.

Let's take this picture that QD posted:

This is ridiculous. They can't possibly make a Goku out of him.
Plus, how much advanced acting is there in Dragonball? Sorry for shattering your illusion that Dragonball has the acting class of the Hamlet range.

Super Sonic · Post by **Super Sonic** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 6:03 pm

I admit always pictured an Asian American actor as Goku, but if Marsters uses the British accent, it might be ok. Evil British accents=greatness.

tinlunlau · Post by **tinlunlau** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 6:23 pm

Since Stephen Chow is producing this, I vote Lam Tze-Chung as Majin Buu.
If you think about it, he's such a shoe-in for the character. He played Stephen Chow's chubby sidekick in "Kung Fu Hustle".

SatoSky · Post by **SatoSky** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 6:38 pm

tinlunlau wrote:Since Stephen Chow is producing this, I vote Lam Tze-Chung as Majin Buu.
If you think about it, he's such a shoe-in for the character. He played Stephen Chow's chubby sidekick in "Kung Fu Hustle".

Let's not get ahead of ourselves. We might not even get to that point, but I see what you mean.

Raki · Post by **Raki** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 6:40 pm

I ONLY want this movie to be released if this will lead to a Dragonbox and Perfect edition of the manga being released in America.

Post by **TripleRach** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 6:42 pm

I think Marsters would be a lot better off using his normal American accent. He kicked ass as Lex Luthor in Superman Doomsday with it. (In his defense, at least his English accent is a lot better than Boreanaz's Irish accent. >_O) As a Buffy/Angel fan, I guess now I'll be watching this movie for something besides morbid curiosity.

As for Chatwin, I've only seen him in War of the Worlds, and he was alright in that, I guess. He doesn't exactly scream Gokuu for me, but then there's only one person in the world who does, to me... [Insert bad photoshopping of a certain elderly lady dressed in orange.]

But I think the sudden churning out of this after so many years is a combination of both the strike (which, yes, has been expected for a long time; I've been hearing about it for months myself) and the success of Transformers. "Hmm, Paramount made a financially successful movie based on an 80's action animation property? I think we have one of those lying around... Let's clean up and finalize that old script before the strike."

Onikage725 · Post by **Onikage725** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 7:56 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvmQuK3JP_4

omae no kaasan · Post by **omae no kaasan** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 8:58 pm

The Piccolo guy was perfectly cast. I dunno about his acting abilities but I'll be damned if he isn't the spittin' image of Daimaou without makeup. Ignore the Piccolo to the left. He's playing Daimao. That's IGN being uninformed.

And Chatwin was...well he wasn't annoying the mere two minutes he was in LOST and I don't remember hating him in WotW even though he played the dreaded 'spiteful teen'. His acting almost oozes Goku's personality to the T but...a white guy as Goku is kinda strange.... I don't care if they're Japanese or whatever, but...it's just kinda odd -_-;

That and the entire 'unpopular at school' idea doesn't sit well with me.

OTHER THAN THAT, it actually sounds like a great setup for a film and an even BETTER setup for a sequel. It's not too ambitious and it could lead right into probably one of the tightest arcs of the DB series.

Onikage725 · Post by **Onikage725** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 9:22 pm

omae no kaasan wrote:The Piccolo guy was perfectly cast. I dunno about his acting abilities but I'll be damned if he isn't the spittin' image of Daimaou without makeup. Ignore the Piccolo to the left. He's playing Daimao. That's IGN being uninformed.

That's a good point. It's all in the cheekbones!

Thanos6 · Post by **Thanos6** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 9:37 pm

Holy hell, that's my birthday it's supposed to premiere on!

Either a great present, or something wonderful to mock.

Contra Deus · Post by **Contra Deus** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 10:08 pm

I just got a funny image in my head of James Marsters acting out dub-Piccolo's pep-ralley in season 3 (after he absorbs Nail).

Onikage725 · Post by **Onikage725** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 10:49 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25tStiTSPNI

Just for those unfamiliar-

This is a sclip from the last season of Buffy. Spike, who has a mortal soul, has been going insane because of the newfound guilt (among other things). And this is the scene where Buffy finally figures out what happened.

I just thought this scene was superbly acted by James.

SonEric84 · Post by **SonEric84** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 10:52 pm

Onikage725 wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25tStiTSPNI

Just for those unfamiliar-

This is a sclip from the last season of Buffy. Spike, who has a mortal soul, has been going insane because of the newfound guilt (among other things). And this is the scene where Buffy finally figures out what happened.

I just thought this scene was superbly acted by James.

Eh, I always thought those shows were ridiculously retarded so I'm kinda biased against the acting..

MajinVejitaXV · Post by **MajinVejitaXV** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 11:35 pm

Onikage725 wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25tStiTSPNI

Just for those unfamiliar-

This is a sclip from the last season of Buffy. Spike, who has a mortal soul, has been going insane because of the newfound guilt (among other things). And this is the scene where Buffy finally figures out what happened.

I just thought this scene was superbly acted by James.

Agreed. I honestly thought that James' work in the last two seasons of the show merited some sort of recognition in the form of an award, but alas it never happened. So much of a better actor than Boreanaz ;p

-Corey

russ869 · Post by **russ869** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 12:29 am

Somehow, I get the feeling there's going to be more Buffy fans going to this movie than Dragonball fans.

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?

Seeing as how they're going for a simplified plot (I mean Dragonball is surprisingly complex for an old kids manga series) I'm guessing the concept of the two Piccolos would be too confusing and they'll take it out somehow. Probably by either having the Piccolo in this movie be Piccolo Jr. from the start or by letting it be Piccolo Daimao but not having him spawn a reincarnation just before he's killed.

I ONLY want this movie to be released if this will lead to a Dragonbox and Perfect edition of the manga being released in America.

I can definitely say "HELL YES!" to that.

Kanzenshuu

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