Dragon Ball Z Movie in 2008 2009

Hollywood studio plans movie based on Dragonball manga.

As a big fan of Akira Toriyama and his popular Dragon Ball manga and anime, I’ve got mixed feelings about this Dragon Ball Z movie. Sure Stephen Chow is producing the movie and I was simply blown away when I watched Kung Fu Hustle on the opening weekend in Hong Kong a few years ago, but I worry about how this movie will turn out. They always tame stuff down for American audiences, because we scare more easily or something. That and the cast (so far) is from the WB.

Update: As many of you have noted it’ll be a Dragonball movie, which is a good place to start. The movie will be released August 15.

Update 2: No Dragonball Movie this Year… 20th Century Fox has pushed back the date. It is now scheduled for release on April 3, 2009.


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Comment by lamartherevenger

Nov 16, 2007 @ 7:03 pm

how long of a movie will that be? i’m on the same boat as you. where would they start? majin buu? cell? i would like to see freiza personally. they screw it up.

Comment by misterbot0

Nov 16, 2007 @ 11:31 pm

Wow, live-action adaptation… that will be interesting. The article said that “Marsters is playing the villainous Piccolo.” I’m not nearly as knowledgeable about DBZ as the Old Man, but isn’t that near the early parts of the DBZ story?

Anyway, here’s hoping for the best.

Comment by Matt

Nov 28, 2007 @ 9:00 pm

Here’s my question.. How can you have a Dragonball or Dragonball Z without Super Saiyan Goku, I mean come on fans around the world have waited for years to see a Live Action Super Saiyan on the BIG SCREEN. I WANT FREIZA!!! so SS Goku can kick his butt!! Can i get amen!!!

Comment by saleh

Nov 30, 2007 @ 4:25 pm

i heard the movie is about the saiyan saga

Comment by levi

Dec 23, 2007 @ 3:30 pm

i dont want to see something ive already seen it should be a side story like cooler or something i mean why go to the movies to see freeza get his but kicked by goku when i could stay home and put the movie in please dont let us down

Comment by xender

Dec 29, 2007 @ 10:01 am

This will be based off the first dragon ball series, not the dragon ball Z series. It will start off the movie with goku as young boy meeting chi-chi. His grandfather will make a dying request that he seeks out master roshi and the other remaining dragon balls. Master roshi will train him and then he fights piccolo who is trying to take over the world. It is being filmed in mexico and Los Angolas. I hope this helps. It doesnt loook like crilin or tein or any of the others will be there. but the samurai guy yasharobi will be in it. I hope this helps

Comment by xender

Dec 29, 2007 @ 10:08 am

Emmy Rossum will be playing bulma. She is learning martial arts and weapons training and how to fire lots of guns lol. So she says on her blog. They have just finnished filming in mexico and the rest will be done in los angelos california. It is set to be released in summer 2008

Comment by Justin

Jan 5, 2008 @ 1:09 pm

it’ll be decent to watch but this is just to start the movie series of DBZ to let everyone know how goku and everyone know each other and what there about.

Comment by NinDoX

Jan 8, 2008 @ 8:13 am

IN IMDB IT’S SAID - “DB” NOT “DBZ”! It means - no super-sayans :_(

Comment by rnz

Jan 12, 2008 @ 11:23 am

cgi has come a long way i beleive the fighting can be very entertaining but the story the acting might be a total different story but if any body could pull it off with a huge budget and ok actors 20th century fox could hey i am a huge fan and hope this film does well so they can make vegeta saga freza saga cell saga and majin buu saga when i think about it it seems that would be to far for the big screen but for a fan i would love to see it anime is finaly coming up

Comment by JaY

Jan 16, 2008 @ 12:43 pm

Xender’s post is correct…It’s about DB not DBZ. The cast seems a bit flaky…who knows though…if they pull this off and it’s big enough it could lead to a trilogy to follow…which would be bad ass (not to get ahead of myself).

Comment by wayne stephens

Feb 26, 2008 @ 9:39 am

i think that the early beginning of dragonball is a good place to start but i believe that they should do one of the movie battles like broly or even better janemba then we could see SS Vegeta and SS3 goku and last but not least SS Gogeta but i wanna know how they fight scenes will work are they gonna be a blur like the cartoon or just shoot one scene and repeat it like the cartoon dragon ball lovers like me have waited to see a live movie dont we deserve a kick ass just awesome fight to the death they should just go off the story and make SS Goku fight SS Vegeta wouldnt that be a fight

Comment by rahul

Mar 10, 2008 @ 4:04 am

good cartoons but plz mak film of it

Comment by jmendoza

Mar 25, 2008 @ 4:20 pm

let just say if the dbz movie be came a big hit and make an other dbz movie like buu saga in real life who be a fuzion actor like gogeta in real life?

Comment by WILL

Mar 29, 2008 @ 2:15 pm

Ihear there will be three in all and george lucas might have something to do with the special effects

Comment by magz

Mar 31, 2008 @ 8:34 pm

i heard that danny divito would be playing krillin

Comment by Savage

Mar 31, 2008 @ 8:47 pm

@magz: that would be just awful :p

Comment by Maheshan

Apr 2, 2008 @ 3:40 am

Everything has a beginning guys, if this is Db mayb soon sum1 else will take DBZ, i also want to c Frieza’s butt get kicked by SS Goku, and i also want to c goku changing to a SS.

Comment by $theo$

Apr 2, 2008 @ 3:20 pm

if this really come out it should start from dbsaga .then dbzsaga.then finally dbzgt ss4 baby thats wut its all about nothin else but wut a wiat this summer or next summer

Comment by $theo$

Apr 2, 2008 @ 3:21 pm

10Xkamehameha then big bang kamehameha attack

Comment by Admiral Nayru

Apr 9, 2008 @ 11:37 am

y’all gotta relize that it takes a lot of PC time to come up with all those specail effects for a live action movie for a show like Dragonball and Dragonball Z. i should know, i help make starships for a Star Trek Legacy moding team…

now, if you were to make Goku transform into a Super Saiyan, that means the heavy graphics come into play… not to mention the special effects for flight, and fast moving combat, energy waves, auras, explosions, need i go on? a movie like this will cost a shit tone of money! not that im complainin or anything, but i just hope this movie comes out alright…

Comment by Darrien

Apr 9, 2008 @ 7:09 pm

i realy want to see goku turn into a ss5

Comment by linuk

Apr 12, 2008 @ 5:29 am

but admiral nayru, me and everyone here as fans of db, dbz want to see the best of dragon ball series so if they decided to do it then they should know they would be needing to spend tons of money…. and im sure everyone wants to see goku in action as a ss

Comment by SHAHRUL

Apr 20, 2008 @ 6:38 pm

I hope the film is exactly like toriyama’s plot (in major percents). i hope the film will never let down DB fans like the x-men film-maker did.

Comment by King of Kings

Apr 21, 2008 @ 11:35 am

X-men as a whole didn’t let fans down. However, X3 and Superman Returns did. As for the DB films, it’s not just about the DB fans… there aren’t as many DB fans as there are X-men/Spider-Man/Superman/Batman etc. fans. So let’s work with getting a good Stephen Chow flick and expect a story remade for today’s audience. I love DBs and all its incarnations, but don’t expect the anime to be brought into technicolor live action like Schumacher did to Batman 3!

Comment by julio

Apr 22, 2008 @ 6:11 am

for the goku i think they should of used the guy that came out one the movie distric b-13 as leito

Comment by jmendoza

May 1, 2008 @ 6:21 am

who will play the role as vageta,gohan,nappa,and goku brother i forgot his name?

Comment by reinearl

May 4, 2008 @ 4:21 pm

goku’s brother is napa.

Comment by rs_chaosmaster

May 20, 2008 @ 5:30 pm

From what i have heard this is going to be a trilogy the first one is called dragonball which we already know. The second one I heard will take place in the frieza saga and wil be called Dragonball Z. And the third one will be the cell saga and will be called Dragonball Z 2. They start filming for the 2nd movie in october or november from what i read!

Comment by rs_chaosmaster

May 20, 2008 @ 5:32 pm

Oh and Goku’s brother is not Nappa lol it is Raditz!!!!

Comment by CISCO

Jun 1, 2008 @ 9:49 am

I DONT KNOW WHY THEY ARE CALLING IT DRAGON BALL Z WHEN THEY DONT HAVE VEGTA OR ANY ONE ELSE FROM DRAGON BALL Z !!!!!!!

Comment by kaze klozed

Jun 4, 2008 @ 10:39 am

ss3 or any other super saiyan isnt until later in gokus life. Start from the beginning and introduce all charachters as they were in the toons. Dont mess up the rest of the films with the first one. Of course we want to see Goku and Picollo wup eachothers ass.

Comment by kaze klozed

Jun 4, 2008 @ 10:46 am

I think they also need good actors or the story is going to look stupid. Danny de vito as Krillen (HAHAHA) only what I heard

Comment by Somebody

Jun 15, 2008 @ 5:37 pm

So here’s the deal. Dragonball is the PERFECT starting point for this. Many DBZ fan have not seen the original manga brought to the Anime Cartoon series and it’s a shame. It explains alot about the person who is Goku and how he met his wife/friends/learned to fight/etc. To be fair, this is going to have a decent amount of CG. Remember, Goku learned the Kamehameha wave as a child. Yes seeing a live action Super Saiyan would be nice, the series is not just about seeing super saiyans. The story *although a bit immature in spots* is intricate and detailed. The real question is just how true to form are they going to keep this? Bulma has already had a drastic hair color change issue and they’ve opted not to go with the CGI hair for Goku. Not to mention, no Oolong, Puar, etc? I understand the need to make it a bit more big screen compatible. Let’s just hope they don’t screw up and have piccolo in dresses and doing ballet. Ok that’s a lil extreme, but my point is made.

Comment by SHAHRUL

Jun 19, 2008 @ 3:01 am

DB is so special among its fans. Its not just a manga, but a story of a boy named son goku who saved the world for many times in a world that never exist with his team that toriyama named it as Z team. As for the film maker, please do respect toriyama and never change the plot. Good luck for the film maker. The characters sholud be oriental faces that DB, like toriyama said “Its more to chinese touch than the japanese side,”. Whatever, good luck guys.

Comment by NEKO MAJIN

Jun 19, 2008 @ 3:09 am

Why don’t you guys introduce Nekomajin to the audience in this DB Movie , if only you guys want to make difference. Nekomajin is a strong cat (a cat like Karin), he did not appear in DB manga, but only appear in Nekomajin Z manga, Goku also appear in the manga, they’re friends. Just a suggestion.

Comment by SHAHRUL

Jun 19, 2008 @ 3:20 am

Majin Buu (he also mentioned Mr Satan’s name in Nekomajin Z), Vegeta, Onix (a saiyan), Goten, Grieza (freeza’s son) also appeard in Nekomajin Z. That Chatwin doesnt look like a kid anymore, and he seem doesnt fit to represent goku at the time goku defeat piccolo jr in wushu world tournament in durian island. please dont take it seriously with my comment about mr chatwin.

Comment by Jordan

Jul 11, 2008 @ 6:06 am

Dragon Ball Z is doing very well in some places, it has not gone out!!!!!!!! It is still popular!!!! I hope this movie helps it’s chances of gaining even more popularity!!!

Comment by Sinye

Jul 12, 2008 @ 3:41 pm

Stephen Chow’s not even involved in this flick, or it won’t turn out this terrible to the point the Japanese are organizing for a boycott

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