Qwailo from DBMB posted some interesting information that apparently came straight from Ernie Hudson at Lodon Expo 2008. Qwailo asked which character he would be playing in the movie and Ernie replied with the following.
“I play a monk, who is Chow Yun Fat’s character’s master and he creates the jar that is used to contain/trap piccolo”.
The description sounds like Master Mutaito, though with the name changed possibly.
One thing that has been bothering fans of Dragonball for some time now is that Fox is making the movie. Many fans are concerned that Fox has no faith in Dragonball and will not put the resources (namely marketing) into it. Well, according to Tim Rothman, co-chairman of Fox Filmed Entertainment, Dragonball will be a “strongly targeted” film.
“Big studios need to be tentpole driven,” Rothman says. “And we already have our 2009 tentpoles in place.”
“As I look out from where we are, what we look forward to is that we have a consistent supply of all-audience films opening over the next 18 months, and in between those films, we have strongly targeted films like ‘Max Payne,” “Notorious,’ ‘Dragonball Z’ — films that will have a strong, defined avidity among the targeted audience,” he says.
Variety explains Fox’s reasoning for buying screenplays and film rights and then taking their good old time to greenlight them.
As for development, they’re proud that they can beat a screenplay into shape, no matter how long it takes. For example, the studio has already spent more than $5 million on a script for a bigscreen version of “The A-Team,” but has yet to give it the greenlight.
What do you think? Do you think Fox has faith in their property? You can read the full article on Variety.
The same source who sent me the Weekly Young Jump scans has just recently sent me these exclusive new scans from the July 7th issue of Roadshow magazine. Click to enlarge.
You can also view the characters individually by clicking the images below.
My source also translated the magazine article in detail. Included in the translation is our first quote from the director, James Wong!
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Movieland posted another picture of Justin Chatwin as Goku from the Japanese Roadshow magazine.
Dukemon and the 2ch boards posted early scans from the V-Jump and Roadshow Japanese magazines, giving us our first look at Chow Yun-Fat as Master Roshi, as well as more pics of Goku and Bulma.
These two scans were taken from Roadshow, which were supposed to be released July 7th.
And this one is from V-Jump.
Someone who wishes to remain anonymous sent us a scan from Weekly Young Jump in high quality. Click to enlarge. There might be more to come…
Amanz points out that the Goku and Bulma pictures on the bottom of the page look like they are from a bigger poster.
We’ve also got a translation thanks to a very reliable source.
The world wide masterpiece that Japan can be proud of finally will make into a Hollywood movie! Many of our readers are the Dragonball generation, so we will introduce you new information in series toward the upcoming movie release in 2009 !
(a caption of Goku picture)
This is movie version Son Goku ! Goku, who is staring at a dragonball. What will he wish for with this mysterious gem?How will original manga of Mr.Toriyama be depicted as live-action? it is anticipated in the entire world.
What is Dragonball?
Though we think it is needless to explain it, we will review for the preparation of movie release. It is created by Akira Toriyama, was serialized in the Weekly Shonen Jump from 1984. Strong and cheerful boy Son Goku and his adventure story captivated the readers quickly.Dragonball allways kept running on the top of the manga field. Unfortunately it ended its serialization in 1995. Its popularity is not only domestic but also other Asia, Europe and the United States, it is loved by people all over the world.
In the next hot news No.2, we will deliver you the report on the set around summer.
Looks like Weekly Shonen Jump will be giving us a set report in the summer, and that “ki” in this photo is actually a dragon ball.
Wow, this one’s a doozy! Craigdbfan joins me for a 40 minute discussion (what!?) on the movie and all that it entails. It may be long, but I think it’s our best podcast yet.
Not only do we discuss the latest news over the last two weeks, but we also have a very fun discussion on almost everything regarding the movie, including some things that haven’t been covered yet. It’s probably the first podcast I actually recommend listening to. Music from the podcast is from Nine Inch Nails’ new album The Slip, available now for free, so go get it.
By the way, it looks like Fox has moved Dragonball’s release date yet again to April 10th, 2009 from April 8th. This makes a little more sense to me since it’s a Friday.
Our podcast is also available on iTunes.
Chelo248 informs us of a comment left by Lucille of Emmy Rossum Fan. She states she met James Marsters at Collectormania, and learned the director was only allowing stunt doubles when absolutely necessary.
Random tidbit, but I gained a new appreciation today for how hard Emmy would have worked on Dragonball. I was talking to James Marsters (he plays Piccolo) and he said that it was the hardest job he’d ever had in his life because the stunts were simply so demanding and the director wasn’t letting anybody (including Emmy) fall back on stunt doubles unless it was desperately necessary. I don’t know the extent of Emmy’s stuntwork, but if it’s even half as much as James’ she worked her butt off.
Sour Mikan informs me that the scan is from Weekly Shonen Jump issue number 24 which is available officially this Monday.
I saw the same picture at Shonen Jump Spoiler forum in Japan. #24 is available at Monday officialy. I hope official website will update something at Monday.
I [also] heard that the next issue of Weekly Young Jump (not Shonen Jump) will have an article about this movie.
He also provides us with a translation.
I’ll grant you a wish…!!
Rumor after rumor 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 at Steven Spielberg movie 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 !
And the Chinese character on the Goku’s T-shirts is “Un”(means luck, fate, fortune)
UPDATE: Color scan here!
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