Cast and characters
- Justin Chatwin as Goku: a powerful warrior who protects the Earth from an endless stream of rogues bent on dominating the universe and controlling the mystical namesakes of the film.
- James Marsters as Lord Piccolo: The villain of the film. Marsters explained that this incarnation of the character is "thousands of years old and a very long time ago he used to be a force of good, but [he] got into a bad argument and was put into prison for 2000 years. It got him very angry, and he finds a way to escape and then tries to destroy the world. The cool thing is, anybody who has seen Dragonball knows that Lord Piccolo transforms into a character named Piccolo, and that is a whole other ball of wax. [...] Heroic wouldn't be the wrong term by the end, but it's a long journey." He also confirmed Piccolo will retain his physical appearance from the anime. Marsters is a fan of the television series, which he described as being "the coolest television cartoon in the last 50,000 years [because] it’s got a Shakespearean sense of good and evil." Piccolo was intended to look handsome, but Marsters and the make-up artist chose to give him a decrepit complexion, having been trapped for thousands of years. Although the make-up process tended to take four hours, the first time it took seventeen hours to apply, and Marsters had difficulty breathing.
- Jamie Chung as Chi-Chi: Goku's love interest. Stephen Chow had been interested in casting Zhang Yuqi, whom he worked with on CJ7, in the part.
- Emmy Rossum as Bulma: She aids Goku after her father's Dragonball is stolen by Piccolo.
- Chow Yun-Fat as Master Roshi: Goku's mentor.
- Joon Park as Yamcha: A desert bandit that aids Goku and Bulma on their quest. James Kyson Lee auditioned for the role.
- Eriko Tamura as Mai: She is a chief enforcer of Piccolo's and a shapeshifter.
- Texas Battle as Carey Fuller: A high school bully. He is an original character created for the film.
- Luis Arrieta as Weaver: A classmate and friend of Goku. He is an original character created for the film.
- Randall Duk Kim as Grandpa Gohan: The adoptive father and grandfather of Goku who teaches Goku everything he knows about martial arts.
- Ernie Hudson as Master Mutaito: Master Roshi's former sensei and the one who sealed Lord Piccolo away for centuries.
The singer Mario was turned down for a part in the film.
About the movie
Live-Action Dragonball premiere date is decided. The Kamehameha will be unleashed all at once throughout Japan on March 13th, 2009.
“This movie is a boy’s coming-of-age tale. And I like Goku very much,” said Justin Chatwin.
Chow Yun-Fat is Master Roshi. What will become of the funny scene “Pafu-Pafu” ?
Emmy Rossum is Bulma. She will ride around on very cool motorcycles.
Now live-action Dragonball is in production in Hollywood, its official premiere date is decided. On Friday the 13th of March 2009 the movie will be released throughout Japan ahead of the world.
Needless to say, Dragonball is the great masterpiece comic of Akira Toriyama. It has sold more than 300 million copies in the world so far, and still continue to sell. In this movie, Hollywood’s hopeful good-looking young actor Justin Chatwin plays starring role Goku. He talked about his favorite scenes, “I think it is the action scenes. They are filled with many very ambitious scenes we have never seen before. Kamehameha is very challenging too.”
The brilliant actress Emmy Rossum plays Bulma who travels with Goku. “The emperor Asian movie” Chow Yun-Fat plays Master Roshi. James Marsters plays lord Piccolo. And Japanese world-class actress who is active in Hollywood Eriko Tamura plays Mai. Though many of this movie is still veiled in secrecy, here are four very rare pictures that Shuupure (Weekly Playboy) got secretly. How will Goku prevent the ambitious Piccolo from taking over the world? Next March, its secret will become clear.
Release
20th Century Fox originally announced Dragonball would be released worldwide on August 15, 2008. In March, they announced they were delaying the film to April 3, 2009 as the original release date put it in competition with four other films plus there was no time for post-production. The release date was once again changed to April 8, 2009 as it was an Easter Holiday. The release date was changed for the third time, and is now set to hit theaters for a Friday release on April 10, 2009. However, Japan gets the film March 13, 2009.Sequels
Dragonball has been announced as a planned trilogy with Marsters already signed up for two sequels.
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