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Fox Considering Scrapping Dragonball? (False)
Aug 21st, 2008
File this under one huge rumor from Film Junk.
When it was first announced that a Dragonball movie was actually happening, a lot of people couldn’t comprehend how such an over-the-top, stylized animated series would possibly work in a live action setting. Then Stephen Chow came on board as a producer and suddenly it seemed like there might be hope. Of course, the movie was originally supposed to be ready for this summer, but Fox ended up pushing it back to April 2009. No official explanation was given, but some wondered if it might be the first sign of trouble. The fact that the movie also had no presence at the San Diego Comic Con only deepened suspicions.
This week we received word from an anonymous source that there may be some truth to this speculation after all. According to our tipster, the higher-ups at Fox are not too impressed the footage that has been shot thus far, and are seriously debating shutting the whole thing down. Now I have no idea if this is a real possibility or if the studio is just putting pressure on director James Wong to deliver, but the movie supposedly has a budget of over $100 million and I can understand them wanting to cut some losses while they still can. The thing is, if this is all true, it only makes me that much more interested to see the movie. If it it’s strange enough to scare the suits, it’s gotta be good, right?
Again, this is only a rumor, and I wouldn’t worry yet. But one can only wonder why Fox is being so secretive.
UPDATE: I contacted Film Junk to get to the bottom of this rumor.
I wouldn’t have posted it if the guy didn’t seem trustworthy. He has e-mailed me a number of times previously and I do believe him. He has nothing to gain by making up a story like this.
Take that for what it’s worth I guess!
UPDATE 2: 20th Century Fox states the information reported was false and the film is still scheduled for an April 2009 release.
Erm…wow
wtf!?
well that would explain why they are so reluctant to show of footage and stuff. i jus hope they dont scrape it, bad or not.
Sadly enough, this is probably the biggest news of the month
Naw, it’s coming out. Since when does fox actually CARE about quality. They’ll release Idiocracy’s ASS movie if they could.
If Michael Bay movies are played in theaters, than they should come through with DB.
Well, I wouldn’t be surprised. I mean I can’t help but hope so because I myself don’t like most of what I’ve seen for the most part.
no way,,, we are nearly in september, most of the 100 million budget probably has already been spent.. it would be ridiculous to shut it down now,,, specially with the amount of fans db has,, even if most of them are whining about the movie… but the truth is most of the whiners will still go.. they will definitely make the budget back, even if the movie isnt good
i think this is a false rumor, started by a hater, and given the lack of news lately, it doesn´t surprise me that they come up with this crap
omg no
@nanjirou: So if they did cancel it, would you be mad at the ‘whiners’ or James Wong?
@J: I’d be mad at Fox. It seems to me James Wong went for something creative and Fox went, “this is too different.” It would definitely not be the first time. Fox is currently arguing with Gavin Hood about “X-Men Origins: Wolverine,” saying it’s too gritty and dark.
Well i think this is false. We do know that Fox pushed back the Date because they had absolutely no time for post-production. And i doubt they would shut down this movie after all the money they have spent on it with out at least trying to make some money back.
I will believe that it is still going to happen
omgg clearly a false rumour, i think, i hope! plz dont shut it down!
@J: no, i´d be mad at fox,, really mad, cause i´ve been waiting for this movie for 10 years
but this is fake,, i won´t buy this crap unless i see some real proof
Well, if they do, I hope someone else can pick up the rights, like WB, and do dragonball right or FOX just starts over. Everything I’ve heard and seen so far from dragonball doesn’t look that good except maybe that cartoonish poster.
lol ill be so pissed if this was an elaborate Aprils fools joke like they did with the legend of Zelda movie
@J: it would be ridiculous to cancel a movie because it has negative buzz when they haven´t even released a trailer to spin that negative buzz
and even if its true that they aren´t impressed about the footage, as someone said, since when does fox care about the quality?
I dont buy that for a second.
They wouldn’t turn their backs on such a highly anticipated adaptation… theres too much profit to be made on the hype alone. Even if the movie was TERRIBLE they could scrape together a nice looking preview that will bring out the millions of fans to the premier. Its happened a ZILLION times with other franchises.
I can’t believe I’d be saying this, being a fan of DB since I was 8 (I’m 23 now) but I really don’t want this movie to come out if it’s just going to be done half-assed without any soul…
I’d rather wait a couple more years and have someone “à la Chris Nolan” except not him (”,) if you get what I mean do it and do it right.
I won’t even dare say what I think about Justin Chatwin and most of the elected cast…
if I want dragon ball, I’d want something much more in the lines of this for Goku.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v83/Geijutsuka/Concepts/goku.jpg
What do you guys think ?
actually i enter the 20 century fox website right now and they still anouncing dragon ball for next year; so i really think they are talking bull^%$# because even if the movie isn’t exactly like the series; it doesn’t matter after all that is the purpose of the movie; to see the same caracters we have seen for a lot time but in a different way and not that different
I don’t think this information is even legit but I agree with nanjirou. If they were planning to scrap the movie, then blame Fox for their selfishness. But I consider filing this under “false rumor”. For instance, what about the promotional pictures that they’re releasing in Shonen Jump? And not to mention they’ve already begun with the merchandise. Look at the Junior Novel they’re releasing for crying out loud and it’s scheduled two months before the release date.
And is it just me or did somebody posted a supposed picture of what maybe a video game based on the movie?
If this were true then they’ve just wasted everybody’s time. They’ve wasted Stephan Chow’s time, James Wong’s, the actors and everyone else involved making this movie and for what? Because Fox “didn’t like what they saw?” Were this to be true then this is living proof that they’re doing this in the name of the almighty dollar all along and couldn’t care less about us fans who had been anxiously, months, days, weeks for this movie to show up on the big screen. And not just that we hadn’t even seen a glimpse of Piccolo yet.
I wouldn’t believe this article just yet as Adam declared. If “anonymous” had his resources then why doesn’t he show any proof? Simple, because this article is a load of bull.
@Tez: the boots would be cool lol.
but seriously, why would they have actors sign a contract for 3 more movies if they werent sure if they would like it or not? i think this is false but the lack of promotion lately has been killing.
@nanjirou: yeah, I guess you’re right…especially about the Fox caring about quality part.
@Tez: why don´t you say a name of a real person to replace chatwin as goku?? so far, no one has given me a name of someone who actually is better than him for the part, he looks as close to goku as you can get, and that´s just the beginning of it,. as even jamie chung said, it seems he was the most determined of all the actors to get his character right
and we all know how much soul james marsters put into this
james wong is a fan of dragonball, so id expect the same from him
brian tyler, the composer for the music score, is also a fan and will give a great score
so yeah, there´s a lot of soul put into this movie, specially from the most important people involved in it
@Tez: It’s certainly better than how Chatwin looks, but what would you think about all-CGI?
@SSJ Jon: They signed ‘em for three movies just in case. That’s what I think from a business standpoint. Better to sign a contract for 3, than 1 for each so they won’t demand more money for the sequels.
See in my opinion, it would be the stupidest decision to cut this movie. Even if this movie had the worst ratings, SO MANY people would still see it. This was a childhood show for mostly Everyone. Also, most kids still watch it today. And not just kids, like me, adults! I am certain millions of teenagers watch it aswell.
I honestly think this movie will make, at minimum $300 mill.
Thats there money back and then some.
Even if it sucks! It will still make money.
@nanjirou: how about Mio Ventigmalia (I think that’s how sou spell it) I mean this pic sure looks good.
http://extracine.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/milo.jpg
@J: I didn’t quite understand what you meant by CGI.
@BlueHairBulma: yeah, the more i think about it, the more ridiculous it sounds,..does somebody know of a 100 million dollar budget movie that has been canceled by the time they are close to finishing post production? ever??
I don’t buy this. There’s just no way.
@Tez: ive seen his acting, its nothing impressive, at all,, phisically yeah he looks ok to be goku, but i still think chatwin looks way more like goku than him
I honestly just wish that the studio’s would implicate fans a little more then they do… say polls for “which actor would you want to see play goku” and give a list of possibilities and “what would you change from the drgaon ball universe ?”, etc.
but I think I might be a little to optimistic.
FAKE!! Adam do you honestly believe they are considering it??
@nanjirou: Yeah ’cause I never heard of a one million dollar budget movie being cancelled before it’s time.
@Adam: I agree, Adam. It’s just means that they have zero faith in the movie even if they are considering putting it in the scrap heap. It might as well wind up like Speed Racer. Oh well. At least we all always have the anime, right?
@nanjirou: ok but I still am very uncertain about Chatwin’s skills as an actor, just because he played in a movie next to Tom “Scientist” Cruise doesn’t make him a worthy actor (and just so we’re clear i absolutely hated his acting in war of the worlds… lol) I just don’t see how he could shine through…
As Alfred would say I honestly hope that when all is said and done I won’t have to say “I told you so”.
if they really are scrapping it, all the times I’ve spent scouring this website, hyping all over it evrry single day, all the actors and training an time they put into it, getting a wee bit obsessd over chatwin and all these comments we’ve put up, ItS ALL GONE GoNE gOnE !!!!!! Oh GOD, Please may the movie be blowing everyones expectations and be super awesome to enjoy oh GOD please!!!!!
@J: I thought about that too. I personally think that would be pretty cool!!!
So if this rumor is true , then that means i was right , and all of you guys were wrong , but then again this is all bull . It would be pretty stupid to can a movie that they already invested alot of money into it . Also Fox would ruin theyre name even more by canning a movie possibly millions of people would want to see . I hope this movie will come out great , but theyre still a side of me that sees no hope for this movie . Even though they can this movie , they should let people still see how piccolo would have looked in the movie . That would be cool . I dislike fox for trying to stop Watchmen from coming into theaters .
@Tez: Like All-CGI, like a massively improved version of the cutscenes from Burst Limit, or like that Final Fantasy movie (the newer one), or like Appleseed Ex: Machina.
it’s that f|ucking petition…. it seems they are winning after all..I don’t care no more…I so sick of movies now…they already pushed back the only movie I was looking foward to this year past Dragonball…like Adam said…it may suck…they hired a mediocre Screen Writer who knew nothing about Dragonball to do the draft…and I bet if James Wong had all the power he would completely rewritten the entire…but fuck it…if they scrap they scrap it …the suffering ends and we move on…but with all means…FUCK FOX! they are getting PWNED right now by WB with all these shitty movies they keep releasing
@J: That would be quite awesome if the design is correctly taken care of.
@Tez: lol, yeah, I was dissapointed at the end when he survived that attack.
Yeah I read this earlier today on FilmJunk too, it’s sounds alot like bulls*** to me.
Where’s the evidence at?
This has to be fake like others are saying there is no proof.
And besides… if things like Epic movie and Meet the Spartans (and soon craptaster movie) can get Released, Dragonball DEFINATLY can no matter how bad it is, or hopefully good if the main story is there under everything that has been said.
@james: Exactley what i was about to post….
I truly don’t believe that this is true! Theres still hope for this movie to appear. We need to see the trailer and then lest see how this movie can make it to the top.
If anything, I think this could be a publicity stunt. Perhaps Fox wanted to raise awareness of the movie without spending money?
@kaypain42: I agree
What are You all so nervous about? That news is just a piece of crap. No petition did anything, balieve me. Fox would never do something like that. The movie figures on their oficial website, besides too much word has spread allready. It was a one way ticket for them, and they knew it well. Don`t try to dig up junk! Just listen to Your selfes and find how childish Your little conspiracy sounds. You say something about Fox trying to save their budget - they certainly won`t save a bit even i they will shut down the movie. Why? Cause is simple - contracted companys have to be paid off, and they won`t be paid for nothing, that would be just stupid and totally uneconomic. Besides, what are You all crying about? The movie so far seems great, You all just fallen under the pressure of no news and You thing that if they are silent, they are hiding something - bull shit! Sit down on Your asses and be patient!
OMG WTF BBQ
This is bull!
Why would they waste so much money, post production, sets, ACTORS, DIRECTOR & PRODUCER, just because they think this movie will be bad? I highly doubt this is any bit true. This would cost Fox way too much money, and they know it would disappoint some fans. I have never heard of a movie that came this close, and being canceled while near the end of post production.
They probably didn’t have Dragonball at comic-con because they had other plans for a trailer, and idk why else. I think they chose Wolverine over Dragonball, not because they care about it more, but because there has been other X-Men movies, and its probably way more anticipated at the moment than Dragonball. Dragonball most likely isn’t thier main focus, but this is a load of bull…
…I hope.
@Gohanks:
Thank you for that.
@ Adam
Why would fox do this as a publicity stunt ? They would make it seem Dragonball is a film you shouldnt bother watching because theyre trying to can it for being crappy .
@Gohanks:
I still stand by what I said which is WB is eating Fox alive
@Gohanks: I couldnt have said it better
I started out as a strong believer in this movie making it, but have slowly come to be more and more disappointed. They rushed yet took too long on certain things, like starting the whole thing and letting out ANY information.
I know this movie had to have SOME changes, but they totally took all the originality out of the story and restructured it into “a kiddy high school high” kind of movie. Who wants to see another John Tucker moment where Goku does flips and dunks basketballz lol. They so could have made this movie great by just sticking to at least the original outline. They took out important characters that helped make DB what it was, Krillin? Tien? who cares about Puar and Oolong, but they were still part of it… Who the hell is Teto? There was NO Teto, Goku was NOT in high school, he didn’t dress like he owned an Abercrombie and Fitch credit card… Where’s the ruggedness/realness of this tale???
The wait also ruined it for me… I wanted a trailer and I was so pumped for it since freakin’ February, but still no! Now I’m not too excited, when the trailer finally does come out, I’ll just be like, “meh, took too long and I don’t care anymore”.
I still wanna see what they did with Piccolo tho…
Fox is jealous of WB’s success of flims like the Dark Knight and 300 . Thats why theyre trying to stop WB’s from releasing Watchmen into theaters because they just jealous of them .
@Gohanks: Dude Your Absoulutlyylylyl Right, Listen to Gohanks Everyone!
I guess this year the movie are pissing people off…it’s like a contest…
WB already pissed off Fans by moving Harry Potter..
Fox is already pissing us off by the lack of promoting Dragonball
FUCK FOX…they are trying to sue WB for watchman and now it looks as if they may stop it
[url]http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080819/film_nm/watchmen_dc[/url]
this is plain proof that Fox is being to realize they are getting their asses kicked…they saw awesome watchman looked and knew their shitty movies had nothing against them…
I WOULD TAKE a WUSSY ASS Yarjirobe over aN ass wipe teto anyday .
@Gohanks: Nicely said, no way would Fox ever cancel this film, it’s a guaranteed paycheck to them.
I doubt they’ll scrap it. First of all, it’s a rumor from an ANONYMOUS source, I wouldn’t trust my life on anonymity.
Secondly, they have a planned toy line and a series of novels for this movie in the works.
Finally, with something with a fanbase as big as dragon ball it still would be a box office success even if it was HORRIBLE. They don’t have to make it good, if dragon ball is in the title people will see it.
So much money invested into this movie, they won’t scrap it.
I myself don`t really care if the movie comes from Fox or WB. The most important for me is always the outcome. It`s a bit sad, that great companies cannot co-operate, their never ending fight have it`s impact on their work, and it`s just dissapointing the fans.
@Mr. Jackass: That’s because WB>>>>FOX.
BTW Thanks all
Just stated my opinion.
Erm, guys i think, we all are jumpin the gun a little, we need to consider a couple of things here, im sure all the directors, writers, staff and crew would be well aware of the over the top DBZ anime series being bought out as a live action film, these people are not stupid, they wnt wake up 1 day and think ‘ oh lets make a live action of DBZ and scrapp it if its no good.’ Another thing is that, i dnt think there would have been a novel released based on the film if it were to be shut off, u need to consider these factors, bad or not, the film will have to be released, fox’s reputation is on the line here.
if WB was making this movie…it would be epic…
@kaypain42: How’s that? Fox has had some really good movies in the past. Although I’d prefer someone like Warner Bros. to make Dragonball, it really just comes down to the perfect director and cast.
again, we should all hate Teto, he fits nowhere except the inexistent role of a wuss who gets beat up and has to be protected by goku… Screw Teto, lets boo when we see him on screen… sorry to Chris Weaver, but as ‘Tit”o… we hate you
Fox Is looosing it baad, they wernt happy with the new x-men footage shown in comic con, they said it was too cheesy and had to much explotions, go on firstshowing.net to read the rest
wow all this bs with watchmen , wolverine and now more with dragonball ! fox smarten up ! people don’t want their beer watered down so don’t water down our movies STOP BEING A STUPID BITCH go back to your aliens and terminator days.
oH goD!! its gona bee daaaaaays until we find out if this is true or not!!!!!!!!
I agree with Gohanks. It’s amazing how people are falling for this. I know we’ve hit a dry spell lately and it has gotten us thinking, but don’t you think we’re thinking a little too hard? Bad movie or not, it is gonna be released sooner or later. Like someone pointed out if they can release crap like Disaster Movie and Meet the Spartans, then they’ll release this one as well. Fox’s reputation would be tarnished if they scrapped it and will loose alot more then just money.
Oh and by the way, Gohanks, cool name dude.
@Saad: And yes they were making a toyline. I remember reading that Emmy Rossum or Eriko mentioned that they had their bodies scanned for some action figure lineup.
BlueHairBulma Says: Oh and by the way, Gohanks, cool name dude.
Thanks
I`m using it quite a long time. Not hard to figure out that Gohan is my fav char.
Just rumors…
I don´care
well did you all hear that fox is hurting for money!!!!! The big Sueing they are doing to THE WATCHMEN movie…yeah so I hope they don’t pull dragonball Oh god NOOOO!!!
*Sigh* Part of me was sadly already preparing for this. . . I’ll just hope for the best I guess.
Oh god im tearing up
fox …..i will give your whole office hand jobs personaly for a copy of this film if you scrap it.
i dont beleaf this at all, noting to worry over, oh and i think that james marsden (the guy who played cyclops in the x men) will be a good goku, hes built, and he can play a good guy like goku, and a badass de.eonline.com/celebrities/profile/index.jsp?…
Excuse me while I wipe my nose on Justin Chatwin’s ass.
A. Of ALL the shit Fox releases and spends money to make, this is the one they put they scrap? Riiiiight
B. Even if they felt bad enough about the movie where they would consider scrapping it…they wouldn’t. Why? Because they could still make money of of it and they want their budget back. Movie studios release shit they know is shit all the time just wanting to get as much of their money back as they can.
People who start rumors should know how the movie business works so they could at least make it seem real.
And a lot of movies weren’t at Comicon. Transformers 2 wasn’t, I’m sure Paramount is scrapping that and GI Joe as well. The Dark Knight wasn’t at comicon last year, and yeah that turned out terrible. Harry Potter was also moved to next summer recently, yeah that’s because WB wants to scrap it. These things happen. Even if it’s Fox.
Okay this is going to sound stupid but personally I think Disney would acctually be a better company to made the Dragonball movie (not so mcuh dragonball z) they would understand the light hearted part of DB and they could get away with some humor without it being to rediculas, they can also make decent actiom scenes. DONt freak out or anythign its just an opinion i would like to hear what you guys think about this tho? or an i just retarded.
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@Tanner: True, but I’d worry about them making a Kim Possible Dragon Ball show…not that FOX wouldn’t do the same, but I think Disney would be more likely of a candidate.
I really thought, seeing films like Spiderman, Hellboy and now Watchmen, Hollywood could make fantasy/adventure films of outstanding quality. But what i have read about the production of Dragonball screams one thing: Mediocre. It looks like someone could have spend a few more hours or days writing the story, exploring the characters or designing the sets and clothing. Seems more like this generation Batman & Robin.
I think that if the production of this movie stops, well have at least a remote chance to see, maybe 10 or 15 years from now, the Dragonball movie we really want to see getting made.
I would wait for it…
Dreckent
Peru
I HOPE THEY SCRAP IT, that would be so great… and then it wouldnt tarnish the dragonball name…
honestly, obviously i havent seen the movie, but judging from the pictures… yeah its not BAD, but i think it can be done way better and much more epic… the dragonball story deserves an epic true telling of the story… the problem is simple, they are trying to make dragonball realistic…
think about this, sin city was artistic and appealing because it kept true to the feel of sin city the comic book… staying completly true to the original source might yield fantastic results with dragonball, which i dont think they have done here…
and most importantly FIND A DIRECTOR AND WRITER THAT THEMSELVES ARE FANS of dragonball… if there are none, then dont make the movie.
I don’t think this is true. So, until we do find out let’s ease up on fox seeing as at this moment they are bringing us dragonball. and about the watchmen, its the guy who sold the right to WB who should be blamed. Fox still had the rights and he sold them to someone else, and last time i checked you can’t do that. and it not like they are going to stop it. They are just going to become money partners and take some of their profit. That’s business. Thats not fox’s fault….. Oh and Adam i’ve been coming here since you started this site and just wanted to say that your the man.
Adam what was the point posting a rumor like this?. There are like 99% chances this is a lie. Why post it?. Im not trying to offend you or anything but this doesnt make sense and sounds like bullshit.
If is true, why the fox did not cut and re-shot the bad scene instead of scrapping it ? This is really stupid !
If I was Fox, I will definitely do that !
Many country are waiting this movie. Just for that, this speculation/tipster make no sense to me.
@JoseMP: You never know, maybe Fox will send us something now that this rumor has spread.
put it this way, fox released max pain which has nowhere near the fan base as dragonball and how F@#%ing S#*? does max pain look if anything they should have scraped that, im with you adam good or bad i really wanna see this movie
“@JoseMP: You never know, maybe Fox will send us something now that this rumor has spread.”
Maybe that was what whoever began the rumor had in mind…
xD
i will never goes to the movies to watch this shit either sneak in the theaters or watch the bootleg version and if it blows (which it most likely will) ill whipe the disk in my ass crack
you know i kinda have this feeling that someone in this forum is responsable for this whole rumor fox thingy, ……..:(i dont know……
There is almost no way the rumor is true. People have listed these, but just to surmise:
1). The money is already spent. The movie is done being filmed, and post production is on its way. Fox can’t loose anymore money by releasing the film. Not releasing would just loose them more money.
2). Merchandising has already been confirmed for the film.
3). Fox recently sent out promotional pics to IGN. If they were really set out canceling the film, that wouldn’t exactly be the next natural step. They’d just come out and say it.
I think people are getting a bit too jumpy because there isn’t any news. I’d get used to it- all you’re going to do is end up believing more and more stuff that isn’t true.
I agree with moin. I’m thinking a fan from here or another forum sent in the rumor, either to see if Fox did anything, or just to add to the dragonball fanboy-hate posts.
yup! Total BS!
Wow…I mean really?
Do you have to post this? If you think about it for more than 2 seconds you’ll realise that there is no way this is true….Just because the release date was changed doesnt mean shit. Harry Potter just changed dates… OH NO!? That must mean TROUBLE!!! ha… bullshit. Also, even IF Fox was this scared about the movie Im 100% certain that wouldnt scrap it.
They would AT LEAST send it to DVD.
This is just an attempt by someone who wants this movie to fail to get our hopes down and make us think the movie will suck.
WE HAVENT EVEN SEEN FOOTAGE YET!
…Dont belive everything you read.
@Angry Man: I don’t see why Film Junk would post something they knew was fake. But I added a disclaimer to the end of the post for you.
OK, I just heard that they’re remaking the Dark Knight and Lindsey Lohan is playing the Joker, also Saw V will be rated G, and Gears of War 2 is coming to the Wii and not the 360, now these are just rumors, but I personally think it’s all going to happen.
Rumor is a rumor and it has to stay that way unless somebody from FOX confirms it
Not only is this IMPOSSIBLE, but it would be the biggest studio blunder EVER.
Who makes a $100,000,000 only to shelve it? I mean, the movie’s made. Thats it, it’s done. Now we’re just waiting for post production to finish, but other than that the money’s been spent basically. They would never pull the plug on something once the majority of the money is spent, this movie IS coming out one way or another and we ARE going to pay them to see it, they may not recoup all their losses, but they’ll be damned if they dont recoup SOME of it.
theres no way they’re canceling it because they’ve finished filming it already and not releasing it would make them lose all the money they would make off of the movie.
@Adam: ok cool…. sorry but it just really ticked me off..
Nah, not falling for that one. Even if it were true that Fox didn’t like what they saw of Dragonball, the first option would be to change and/or reshoot some stuff. Scrapping the whole thing would be a LAST resort.
Could you imagine Marsters reaction to if it go scrapped?
Marsters: What!? Cancelled! I sat 4 F**KING HOURS IN A F**KING chair every F**KING day to have make up put on me that no one is gonna F**KING SEE!!!
He then walk over to Fox headquarters…….
Marsters: This is what you all deserve.Special…..Beam…..CANNON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
geeze….then
gahh..
people will find almost anything to bitch about.
people will never be satisfied with anything.
“oh my god, chatwin doesnt look like goku”
“hes, not even buff”
“not an all star cast”
“pictures look lame”
ok, its an adaptation. not gonna be your way, nor somebody else’s.
maybe fox was a bad choice, MAYBE, if people say so
but at least they gave a damn to buy the rights in the first place
you people haven’t seen the trailer.
and its bugs me when people say
“this movie should get cancelled!”
ignorant people. never giving anything a chance.
and again, this is JUST a rumor. so geeze, calm down!
*If it got scrapped
Yeah, this is definitely just a rumor. Promotion is already under-way, money already spent, etc. I cannot recall a studio — especially one so business savvy and controlling as Fox — that would let a movie get all the way into the midst of post-production and marketing, only to finally conclude that they wasted their money.
Besides, Fox has released worse than what the DB movie looks like it’s shaping up to be. And DB already has a built-in fanbase to lean on, as well. It’s not like the movie won’t make any returns at the box office. They have a helluva lot more to lose if they DON’T release it.
this crazy no way they cancel this movie its 100 million man no way they would waist all that money fox is greedy and dont give a fuk about wat we want
@Nanjirou: lol, its nanijou, not Nanjirou
go ahead, wipe it as much as you like
I Hope This movie never come Out lol !!!
Joke
@K-Mart:
You have no idea how much that made me laugh
Guys…It’s not true. They are finished filming and the effects have already been laid down. If the movie was to be canceled it would have already been so. Trust me when I say I KNOW this movie isn’t canceled..
I bet Fox is going to release the trailer any minute now that this rumor is out…lol
@Moplaya43: I remember everyone getting excited when we heard the trailer would be released back in February.
And now look it’s 7 months later and there’s still no GOD DAMN trailer lmao.
Well if the Dragonball movie is shut down then I guess this site will become a place of dread, hate, bitterness, and death…..a place to release all of our hatred for having spent so much time on this site just to learn of our movies demise…..dark days lay ahead…….dark days…….
if this is true than maybe fox really isnt in it for a quick buck because there are plenty of polls on the web right now on most anticipated adaptations and Dragon ball is certainly up there on almost everyone. also they kno more than anyone the number of dbz fans there are and how much money we will give to see even if the trailer looked lik crap (which i dont think it will) so maybe fox is taking quality over quantity
i think it’s mad up so we have something to talk about…… because everyone is always bitch’n about wanting something new.
but If its real then maybe we can get Gorge Lucas , Peter Jackson or Steven Spielberg and you know it’ll be good and more accurate to the anime,before you say anything look at star wars and lord of the rings (I can dream right?). don’t get me wrong I think James is a good directer…….for fighting scenes…….
and would you wait another year if one of those directors joined James to make the movie more promising by giving goku a better gi and taking the school scene out and killing Gohan when he’s a boy not when he’s 18(rumor)and giving Roshi sunglasses. I think would……….
this is 110% false the movie took 100 million dollars to make and people think there just going to kill it? no not happening and besides im sure we will see something at Dragon Con i mean common James Marsters will be there so there your go.
oh yeah Fox has made good movies in past …..and thats that…the past….to date..they ran out of ideas, WB is making more money…with these dumb movies Fox has have come out…The Happening, Mirrors, Meet Dave, shall I go on? and now they are so desperate they want to shut down Watchman…
that’s wierd… Fox’s site is undergoing maintenance..hmmm….what could this mean?
It is fake because this rumour stays not om dragonballmovieblog and everything what is not on bouth dragonballmovie sites is tell now fake so i dont worry about it.and i have still hope dragonball will be create argain in my city almost nobody caring about dragonball anymore
since it was anway from dutch television and that was 5 years ago.
i wish they did too, and WB takes it. i really ahte how they reimagined the whole thing into the present era. i wished they just kept everything the same. either that or atleast just show us some footage, cuz from everything so far, it seems so crappy. the whole story just seems so lame. the only good thing i thought about the movie is the fighting since it might look like the matrix.
It most likely isn’t true. But, I just looked at FOX’s site and it’s undergoing maintenance….
Hope it’s not true. I’ve gotten too hyped up. We’ll probably know tomorrow at the earliest.
Here is a list of other movies that have been cut after post production
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Im geusing that the clown prince of crime started this rumor…
Fake! no 100mill budget movie gets scraped this far in. And unless the ceo’s are fans of dragonball they really don’t know how this is going to be taken in by the general public. its all ways a 50/50 chance of bombing bust as someone else said everyone who is a fan haters of the movie or not will go see the movie so they would at least make there money back.
This is an obvious crock of shit, the movie is already finished and is in post production…what would be the point in it’s cancellation? Also, considering it’s from an anonymous source only lowers the authentication of this rumor; was probably made up by a DB movie hater.
My gosh, everyone is so paranoid.
They aren’t going to scrap it.
@ the people peeing their pants over the FOX site being updated: Babylon ad comes out this or next week, it doesn’t surprise me they are updating their site for that.
I very much doubt that fox would have to put there site down to remove one link from the side menu…
I don’t blame them, the movie looks awful, and no one will go see it.
Posted by Mitch on August 21st, 2008
lol wat an idiot on that filmjunk site, movie looks awful noones even seen footage lol
gBf Says:
August 21st, 2008 at 11:23 pm Reply to this comment
It is fake because this rumour stays not om dragonballmovieblog and everything what is not on bouth dragonballmovie sites is tell now fake so i dont worry about it.and i have still hope dragonball will be create argain in my city almost nobody caring about dragonball anymore
since it was anway from dutch television and that was 5 years ago.
kerel leer is engels spreken
@Titus: “Well if the Dragonball movie is shut down then I guess this site will become a place of dread, hate, bitterness, and death…..a place to release all of our hatred for having spent so much time on this site just to learn of our movies demise…..dark days lay ahead…….dark days…….”
roflmao
Dark times lye ahead, but all someone needs to remember is light a candle to find your way…. Don’t worry this is 100% false, I’m not even bothered about it in the slightest….
Dragonball Go
-no spam-
Regards
Logan
I hope you’re right
Fox is not Crazy to shut down Dragon Ball
or Yes? 
I seriously doubt it though, but it would be great if they cancelled this movie. But I think it’s highly unlikely.
someone needs to ask james marsters @ the dragon-con if he knows something about that. if its true i hope someone steals it from fox and puts in on the internet!
Oh that’s bullshit. Why would FOX plan on selling a novel based on the film for Christ’s sake, if they decided to scrap the whole thing? That’s just utter bullshit. The amount of rumors circulating this project from the START in 2002, should be common sense that this is absolute crap.
I think they need a better director… get michael bay on it and he will rip this shit apart
seriously… you guys would believe anything that’s written in letters.. even if it’s written by a 10 year old, a hatter, or a guy making a joke
and then there come more, totally unnecessary, brain twisting speculations 
P.S. i think i’ll go register to some site and also send Adam an e-mail
and then:… have fun
I dont believe this to be honest.
The movies complete
The trailers complete
There actually promoting it
I dont think there going to scrap it. The complaints they would receive would be too many for there liking.
Being realistic here, i have always doubted how good it would actually be. I havent been looking forward to it. I guess once i see a trailer my mind might change, but the Online hype has been truly awful…
Hmm if this were true, then why did Amazon just update there website saying the movie will have it’s own sticker book.
Avenged posted this on his site:
http://dragonball.zeldac.com/2008/08/dragonball-the-movie-sticker-book/
i dont no wat people are talking about dragonball is still coming out according to http://www.foxmovies.com a hater posted this u can tell by the name ananamos
This better not be true. Fox is pissing me off really bad.
on IMDB the movie is sed to b in post production so all the filming is done
fox wuld neva scrap a movie this l8 in production, but if the movie is made shitty itll b put straight to video(hopefully that wont happen)…i mean if they released a crappy looking movie like D-wars, dragonball is defo coming out…and also they wuld of signed james masters 4 2 more movies 4 nuffink…besides this is gna b like this 1st anime turned live action…even if they flop on it they will probly do it better wen they make the dragonballz movie.
Does Tom Rothman suck or what ?
Don’ worry, it’ll be released. Fox don’t care how it looks, they care about making their money back, it has millions of fans, therefore people will see it and it will most probably top the box office because it is going to be just as much of a kids fil (reluctantly) as it will be for adults, if not more so for kids. I think it’s more likely that they are planning a sequel rather than scrapping the first one. To shut it down now would be ridiculous, it’s semptember… the budget would have been all but spent by now.
Hopefully this is true. Let’s hope Fox finally does something ethical.
Its a rumor and not a very good one at that. Pictures in Japanese cinema’s have already been released. If they were to scrap something they would do it long before the cinema’s start advertising for it. Also if it was rubbish according to fox they wouldnt let it go. They wouldnt make a book either that is to be released in febuary. The trailer is to released in the next couple of weeks. So why would they just say oh screw it cant be asked its too rubbish lets scrap it. Makes no sense so as far as I am converned it is just a really bad rumour by a dragonball hater.
p.s. I am a media student so I know far bit about making movies and how the industry works.
id believe it
after a fake teaser , a false rumor .
It ’s a joke for me .
” anonyme source ” very serious …
if the move is bad , a direct to dvd perhaps , but not complety cancelled
impossible .they would lose too much money
If this movie does not come out I will personally go SSJ4 and destroy the world!
CooL
FOX Movies site is back online and…..DRAGONBALL is still there. So there you have it, the edit wasn’t about Dragonball. They were probably adding something for Babylon AD (which comes out next Friday).
So that means the rumor definetly is false.
We should all Just Forget About it, and carry on with our Lives,
I want to Fox to sit down and think really hard about the movies they have released this summer…
No, No, No, NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!
I really hope this is a rumor, because I’ve waiting 6 years for Dragonball and 1 year for the trailer.
I don’t believe this for a second, because why would they throw away $100,000,000? I’m happy with the way the movie is going!! Everything looks good to me so far, I just wish they would release a trailer already and stop the BS.
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someone above said: “no way,,, we are nearly in september, most of the 100 million budget probably has already been spent..”
If that’s true then it would be a good reason to shut it down. They wouldn’t have enough for their vast post production needed.
LISTEN HERE!!!
DON’T YOU DARE SCRATCH THAT MOVIE!!!!
IV BEEN WAITING FOR THIS FOR FAR TOO LONG, EVEN IF IT IS SHIT IT STILL REPRESENTS THE THING WE’VE ALL COME TO LOVE, AND I THINK I SPEAK FOR EVERYONE!!!
JUST GIVE US A TRAILER TO KEEP EVERYONE HAPPY
i just hope its just a fuckin rumor, wether the movie will be complete different from the anime or not, i wanna fuckin see it!!! even if they only release it on dvd, but again i hope its a rumor. i wanna see goku woop piccolos ass
oh well i can why this may happend if the movie isnt good i think there is going to be a huge disapointment for the true dbz fans
the guys a freaken troll. trolls never have anythin to gainm they jus lik to start paranoia all over the internet. people said in the castlevania movie there wouldn be a whip and yesterday the producer came on tv and disproved all of that. The world would be alot better place without trolls
i think i know why there doing this,
for 1) People Have Complained So Much About It.
2) They Could Be Doing This To Make The Fans Who Arnt Gonna See It Scared Because They Will Then Want To Watch The Movie So All The Bull Shit That They Are Saying Is Just A Load If Shit Because If The Movie Was A Sucess They Would Be Like ” I Said This Movie Was Gonna Be Awsum Ect..I HOPE THEY DONT CANCEL THIS!
I hope this movie dies in silence…it sucks… everything that I have seen so far sucks ass… The only think cool was the poster…everything else sucked ass. Delete this abomination and make it again.
@Lord Jaric: Ah thats good lol
@ssj4goten: &#^#&$*#((@&*#($&#^#$, stop the “true fan” talk!!! everyone’s a true fan, likes the movie or not
OMG I AM SOO HAPPPY YAY THEY HAVENT CANCELLED IT YAY!!! DRAGONBAL!!!!!!!!!
lol i wonder how Film Junk feel right now lol!
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all i know is, FOX BETTER UPDATE WITH SOME MORE NEWS NOW!!!
I AM….REPAIR MAN MAN MAN MAN MAN MAN MAN MAN MAN……..
They better not…ill hunt down the Fox executives…Tom Clancy style..
Doesn’t anyone think that after Fox debunked Film Junk’s rumor, it’s sorta like waving a big F.U. in their faces? (Film Junk’s). Mostly for trusting some anonymous guy who had zero resources. He’s probably either at troll or a hater looking out to ruin everybody’s good time because he or she hated the movie. He/She is probably laughing at us right now for spreading this paranoia.
See how we shouldn’t trust gossip? They aren’t always true.
it doesnt make sense to me. The fandom of Dragon Ball is something beyond cult, and I think it could be the worst movie ever and still be at the top of the charts.
this is complete bs, twentieth century fox has released so many shitty movies, why wud they not release dragonball. ill bet the only reason if true, wud b because the suits wanna hollywoodize it and reedit it how they want without gibving two shits about james wong or stephen chows work, and those 2 arent submitting to them, and as well they shudnt. id rather dragonball not b released if it has to get severly changed to hollywood bs standards. this is why most independent films r so much better in depth than the crappy films of today released by huge studio companies
@ the fake Nanjirou
Hey brownnose thanks but I believed YOU misspelled your own name! Thanks for sniffing my ass pluto, don’t forget to wipe that shit off your nose after you’re done sniffing Justin Chatwhiner’s ass or are ya also gonna correct my spelling like a Lil Chatwin kiss asser huh?
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Hello administrator,
You can clean the forum box but you cannot clean what we are all thinking about that movie. Keep that movies a way for now and try to remake it. I has been reading the scénario on internet and i don’t know if that scénario it’s true but even if you try to keep a life all legend story and think that goku meet Yamcha when he was at school.. PLease stop it. Coz Goku has never been at school. Never and never. Pleople likes goku for that too. You are sending away the idea of freedom. Dragon ball is a mix og ideas. As i say before where the dragon ball spirit????? I’m still asking that question day after day…………….,,,,,?????????????Please……..
where is the dragon ball spirit???????????
Delete this abomination and make it again.
x2
Im really looking forward to this Movie. I ve been waiting for about 5 or so years for this. It better be good.
the picture of goku and bulma
when bulma is hiding from goku
if u zoom up
in his left shirt pocket,
you can see the shape of a dragonball
probably the 4 star dragonball
bulma was looking for on her radar
and she snook in his house to find it look
Nothing like the series. It may be one of the best movies to come out, a box office smash of such, but if it doesn’t stick to its origins, then it’s just another street fighter, can anybody say; ‘none American Guile or Kylie Minogue Cammy’. First of all, does anybody on this blog know or have a friend, who is a white guy called Goku?
You’re only going to get camera tricks like crouching tiger, people pretending to walk on trees, fake fighting; and to you hardcore DB fans worldwide, you must be disappointed. By Goku alone, never mind the none green Piccolo and Master Roshi with a full head of hair, tall and serious, when has master Roshi ever been serious. As for Bulma, she should have blue hair and where is Krillin and Tien. Finally I have beef with the storyline, WHERE IS GOKU’S TAIL and what’s up with his hair? It may be a good movie, but it is not DB, give the movie another name it not DB. To be continued after the release date.
this movie going to be awsome and right after this movie i cant wait tell the next from being from north of california fresno county norte
everyone watch dragonball z and now i mopve to deep part of texas so close to the boarder only a river seperate usa from mexico and where you think no one watch dragonballz i was amaze everyone watch it here too so this movie is going to be big no one seen this movie coming and i know alot of kids and adults are going to see it with tech. we have today i cant wait to watch and too see vegeta,frezza,cell,androids,buu and to see they go as far as dragonball gt dammmmmmmmm i cant wait and i know the world cant wait to see this come too life in the movies and if dosent we will turn fox in candy and eat them up 
so please fox keep this sagas going you wont be sorry 
