Dragonball Legends

Dragonball Evolution is finally going to hit the television sets (aside from pay per view and video on demand) in early February 2010. Here are the reports for the initial times for the film (which are all US Pacific Time).

Sat. Feb. 6    10:00 PM    MAX          
Sun. Feb. 7    2:40 AM            MAX          
Sun. Feb. 7    10:00 AM    MAX          
Sun. Feb. 7    8:30 PM            MAX          
Mon. Feb. 8    10:00 AM    MAX

Via Cinemax.com

A slightly new Dragonball Evolution trailer has surfaced online. This new trailer has enhanced visual effects and music than the international trailer and a few new scenes were added. It is possible that this is the domestic trailer. We will keep you posted.

UPDATE – It appears this is actually yhe domestic trailer as its the same one shown on the official American Dragonball Evolution website.

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Dragonball movie character designer, Jonay Bacallado, showed his concept artwork for the Dragonball movie film in a recent interview. They show several pieces of the concepts including Goku, Piccolo, Chi Chi, Bulma and more.

Narrator: His latest project has entered a whole new realm of difficult creativity, It involves the diversion of the reality of the dragonball series. His ambition was to give the characters a “new look” than in the manga, while still keeping the spirit of it in tact.

Jonay: This is one of those projects where the artist already has a reference to look off of; my job was not as big as that of say, the producer, because I already had a reference to expand from. To tell you the truth, It was really complicated, we had so much work to do to redesign every character to get them to where they’re at now.

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I have to ask you to please remove this information, because the images shown are mine, no one has asked for authorization, and most importantly, because it may lead people and Dragon Ball fans to think this is actual concept art, but it’s not. They are part of my personal artwork.

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According to JumpFesta, 30 minutes of the Dragonball movie will be shown in Japan.

A prescreening of Dragonball live action movie open to the public will hit JUMP FESTA 2009 (Makuhari, Chiba, Japan) on Dec 20, 2008, the very first day of the 2-day famous Japanese ACG exhibition. With running time of 30 minutes, from 13:20 to 13:50, it’ll be an excerpt with especially selected scenes from the movie which is to be released on March 13, 2009 in Japan.

Another significance of this activity isn’t the said presence of anonymous famous star(s), but the preselling of Be@rbrick of Dragonball, in live action Goku’s orange gi, as a special edition produced by Medicom Toy Corporation. As announced, the person who later wins the reserved seat of this prescreening can have one such Bearbrick as a gift. Anyone who later loses the reserved seats can still buy the entrance ticket at the booth on the festa to have the Be@rbrick attached to the ticket.

A photo has leaked online showing a brand new Dragonball movie poster that was seen in Japan. it translates “Sun Shopping Mall Dragonball Campaign”. The poster shows promotion of not only the movie, but several merchadise items such as DB movie hats, shirts and other various items. Hopefully this is a sign of a lot of upcoming promotion fairly soon. Especially seeing how the movie releases 4 months from now in Japan (and 5 months worldwide).

Update :  This is from Licensing Asia 2008 in Tokyo that is promoting merchandise that can be won through the contests.

Clear the seven missions and get the great prizes during the campaign period !!

Lower right, the poster with Goku wearing a blue gi, is written “Tenkaichi Budokai” and below “special event.”

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DBTheMovie has recieved more new Dragonball movie pictures from their anonymous source. This time we got two brand new images of Piccolo. We can now clearly see his wardrobe and the fact he is light green. Piccolo will be going through various stages throughout the movie and some are refering this stage as pre-green. His appearance will become more green as the movie progresses. Enjoy!

Good news. FOX has informed me that the previous photo of Goku’s Oozaru form was only a temporary test. They went on saying it wasn’t official and is NOT the final look for him. When the end of the year hits, we will probably see the true form along with several other promo pictures, so look forward to that. And we should all remember that when leaked pictures hit the internet, we shouldn’t take them seriously since they can be quite misleading.

IGN staff member Brian Linder has written up a full summary of news/rumors concerning the upcoming Dragonball film. It basically takes you through the casted characters, crew, behind the scenes and gives their opinion and facts with each summary. Read the article below.

Are you ready to see the legend come to life? Based on Akira Toriyama’s Japanese manga, and the wildly popular anime series spawned by it, 20th Century Fox is bringing Dragonball to the big screen this April for the first time in live-action.

The long-awaited movie version centers around Goku, of course, and will trace his life’s journey and the quest to find the legendary Dragonballs before they can be used by the villainous Lord Piccolo. Actor Justin Chatwin (War of the Worlds, Taken) is Goku and James Marsters (Spike from Buffy/Angel) plays Piccolo.

Fans of the franchise have been waiting a long time for this movie. Fox first picked up the rights to the series back in 2002. Roland Emmerich (Independence Day, 10,000 B.C.) was rumored to be directing early on, but the film fell off the studio’s priority list and it lay dormant for some time. It was 2004 when Fox began to pay the property some attention again, hiring a screenwriter. But even then the movie wasn’t put on the fast track. The “ball” didn’t really get rolling until director James Wong (Final Destination) was signed in late ‘07.

Dragonball devotees in the U.S. will still have to wait until April 8 to see the flick — or if you really want to see it badly, you can travel to Japan where it opens a whole month earlier — but we hope to tide you over with this preview.

Here’s what to expect when you walk into the theater…

THE STORY:

20th Century Fox has yet to release a detailed plot synopsis, but we’ve been able to piece together some important bits and pieces of the story.

We know that the film centers on Goku, a high school-aged misfit who is trained in the martial arts by his grandfather, Gohan. But when Gohan is mortally injured by fighters who serve the evil Lord Piccolo, his dying wish is that Goku collect all seven dragonballs, mystical orbs of great power, before they can be used to destroy the Earth.

Goku sets out to find the esteemed Master Roshi, who can help him in his quest, and is befriended by a beautiful young woman named Bulma who, it just so happens, possesses a device that can locate the dragonballs.

The rest of the story is still somewhat fuzzy, but we know that Goku encounters Piccolo twice. And we’ve learned that the film’s final act may be set around a global martial arts competition.

 

CAST & CHARACTERS:

Justin Chatwin as Goku: Chatwin is best known to audiences for his roles as Tom Cruise’s son in War of the Worlds and as the lead in David Goyer’s The Invisible. Chatwin, who may not be as bulky as Goku in some parts of the series, has the right basic look. And, yes, his hair is not nearly as big as his cartoon counterpart, but wouldn’t it look ridiculous if it were done any other way? Chatwin  has reportedly trained with stunt performance company 87Eleven (The Matrix, The Bourne Supremacy) to prepare for his fight scenes in Dragonball.

Goku is immensely strong, pure of heart, extremely competitive, not inordinately bright, but dedicated wholeheartedly to the cause of beating the living hell out of evil. In the established lore, Goku grew up on Earth and appears more or less human, but is a specimen of the alien warrior race of Saiyans, who originally sent him to the planet to prepare it for conquest. A coincidental knock on the head cleared his mind of his natural inclination towards global domination, though – instead, he eventually chose to become the planet’s greatest champion.

READ THE REST OF THE ARTICLE AT IGN

A few weeks back it was rumored that the Dragonball movie had a new set release date of April 8th 2009. IGN has now confirmed this to be true.

After shifting the release date of their upcoming live-action Dragonball movie by eight months, 20th Century Fox has moved the flick again. But this time it’s only been bumped forward a couple of days.

Dragonball, originally set to open last August, was delayed to April to allow for more time to tweak the film — effects work is still being done and reshoots are currently in progress. Now, Fox has moved the movie up from it’s April 10, 2009 release to an April 8 debut.

That’ll put the movie in theaters on a Wednesday, giving diehard Dragonballers a chance to check it out before the weekend rush, and allowing the movie some time to rake in the dough before facing fresh competition at the box office.

Our friends over at dbthemovie.com has posted what is believed to be the monster ‘Oozaru’ form of Goku in the Dragonball live action movie. Iam sure it is unfinished and only a mask that he is wearing until some CGI work gets done. Well if you guys wished to be spoiled on what Oozaru Goku might be looking like in the film, then view the image below.

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UPDATE – Good news guys. FOX has informed me that the Oozaru image isn’t official and was just temporary ideas that they were messing with. They then confirmed me that it isn’t the final look.