Many of you will know this actor from the movie Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story, but irregardless, IMDB has added him to play the role of Tenshinhan in Dragonball Reborn. This cast listing is almost too good to be true for a live action Dragon Ball Z movie, so don’t believe one word of it just yet. They never did add my update of DiCaprio for Trunks, however they did approve my other submission when I made Hiro Super play the role of Raditz (he was there as an unlisted actor before). And on top of that James Kyson-Lee is also shown to play the role of Yamcha. Some say that is because he is up for the role of Yamcha with Joon Park like before with Evolution. Either way, this IMDB casting list is a total mess. But if any official confirmation does come out of this, you’ll know where to find it.

EDIT: A commenter named reuben claims he’s been adding these fake casting updates to IMDB. Of course he could be lying but I highly doubt it. So there you go. We’ll keep you updated if any other news comes to light.

IMDB Pro has updated the Dragonball Reborn page with two new directors, Stephen Chow (Journey to the West) and Takeshi Kitano. However I shouldn’t have to convince any of you of how unreliable IMDB can be. I am curious however how they came to confirm a new director, especially when 20th Century FOX has yet to make the announcement themselves. Anyone can edit IMDB of course, but each new addition is reviewed and must be approved. Does IMDB know something everyone else does not? Or is it simply yet another mistake on their part? Either way, as usual take this as a rumor and we will shed any light on it if possible.

IMDB has not re listed Joon Park for the role as Yamcha but instead has replaced that role with Tatsuya Fujiwara for Dragonball Reborn. He has been in several Japanese films, the most popular being Death Note where he played Light. But as usual, seeing how it’s IMDB again, take this only as a rumor for the time being. On a side note, IMDB has yet to approve my contribution as Leonardo DiCaprio as Trunks, however they did approve my version of the movie’s storyline.

IMDB is at it again, and this time they listed Isaac Jin Solstein to play the role of Goku’s son, Gohan. The only other movie this person has appeared in is the recent live action adaptation of “The Last Airbender.” Like always, don’t take this information as 100% official or anything since it does come from IMDB. Let’s see if they approve my addition of Leonardo DiCaprio as Future Trunks. If they do then we can debunk all these casting rumors. Stay tuned.

Ok, I really do not know where this came from (aside from fan material). But it seems a lot of people say Matt Mullins will be playing Vegeta in Dragnball 2 Reborn. Let me clarify this rumor. No one aside from the original cast that signed on to the sequels have been cast yet. 20th Century FOX has yet to even confirm that the sequel is in development, let alone who they cast for it. All this is really is just fan speculation. Now I have read somewhere that Matt Mullins said in an interview that he would like to play the role as Vegeta. But even if that is true, it still does not confirm anything. The sequel is just speculation, and will be until we get some confirmation. Even James Marsters has said it is only rumor that they will begin development soon for Dragonball 2 : Reborn (tentative title).

Website DBZ220 (link removed) claims to have information from a publication stating that the film Avatar could very well fund Dragonball Reborn and that FOX states many movies adapted from cartoons will emerge sometime in 2011. Here’s a translated portion from that website.

FOX had a lot of hesitation when the future of Dragon Ball Evolution. Indeed, the leaders were afraid to spend too much money for a second film.But since the release of Avatar the situation changed. While Fox has won the hispanic 2.35 billion with the film company could mean several film projects abandoned, including Dragon Ball Evolution. The newspaper also said, quoting a source as FOX NEWS, that many movies adapted from cartoons should emerge by 2011.

However that website does not provide any source material or what newspaper exactly he got the information from. The reason of my posting this is to hopefully clarify any of these claims. So if anyone can shed some light on this, please do. But for now, simply take this as another rumor that could very well be fake.