Growing up i think all of us males saw an episode or two of Dragon Ball Z , so noone should be a stranger to the series. But in case you don't know it was one of the most popular Anime series ever made, go google it to find out the details. But for me, the idea of making a live action movie is very very risky, especialy if you remember how crazy an episode of Dragon Ball Z can get, it could come out really bad on the big screen.
But it doesn't matter what i think cause the balls already rolling on the live action movie. 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. 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.
Now heres the Juicy news, who is gonna play Goku? You might like it or you might hate it, but either way, your gonna have to just accept it. The lucky actor that got chosen is the one , the only , Justin Chatwin (The Invisible, War of the Worlds). Yeah im not familiar with his work, but i remember seeing the previews for The invisible. What worries me the most is how much of the actual anime are they gonna imitate on film, cause i don't think anyone with a Goku hair cut would actually look cool in real life.
Piccolo on the other hand anyone can getaway with, cause he's bald, and he's green. So i'm not too worried about how he turns out, but with American cinema, anythings possible (cough Street Fighter Blanka cough). I cough alot in my blogs. Anyways the lucky chap to play Piccolo is James Marsters ("Smallville," "Angel," "Buffy the Vampire Slayer").
So there you go, theres the scoop on two of the main characters. I honestly think that the movie wont come out terrible since Stephen Chow has his foot in it, i mean come on , kung fu hustle was a great movie. I think with his eye on Dramatic Super Power Cinema, this movie will at least turn out Entertaining enough to rent. But the kid in me is praying this movie does very well.
2 comments:
That nice that you posted that, I didnt have any idea about that movie and I was a big, well huge fan of Dragon Ball years ago... I even bought some action figures and had it in my room.. Lol I hope they dont ruin the fantasy and magic of that anime.. I really do love it
I saw the movie but I did not like so much as the original anime TV show, they change some stuff in the story that does not match with the original show. When Goku used the stick to fight that reminds me about the effects of generic viagra after you take it.
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