Dragonball - New trailer more action

Shortened domestic trailer for Dragonball shows never before seen footage and effects from the film with an emphasis on the story's prophesy. To beat Lord Piccolo, Goku (Justin Chatwin) teams with Master Roshi (Chow Yun-Fat).

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Dragonball - New Trailer

Here is the new trailer for the Dragonball film that is directed by James Wong (Final Destination, The One, Final Destination 3).

The young warrior Goku (Justin Chatwin) sets out on a quest, racing against time and the vengeful Lord Piccolo (James Marsters), to collect a set of seven magical orbs that will grant their wielder unlimited power.

What happened to Chow Yun-Fat (Master Roshi)? He used to be in cool films with slow motion gun fights and doves flying all over the place. Plus James Marsters was Spike in Buffy and now he is a crappy looking Lord Piccolo. What happened to you Chow and James?

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New Dragonball Photos - Master Roshi, Goku, Piccolo and Bulma

Cinepop had these photos. Above is James Marsters, as Piccolo, looking constipated.

The cast includes Justin Chatwin (The Invisible) as Goku, James Marsters (Buffy - The Vampire Hunter), Jamie Chung, Chow Yun-Fat and Emmy Rossum (The Phantom of the Opera).
James Wong directs. James Marsters above reaching for the toilet paper with his giant hand.I don't know much about the whole Dragonball universe so I'm not going to comment on whether the photos do justice to the manga. Let me know if they do or don't.

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Official Dragonball Promo Teaser

Dragonball is adapted from the manga created by Akira Toriyama; the work was also turned into a Japanese anime series that played all over the world. It tells the story of an alien sent to destroy Earth, who has a change of heart and decides to join the humans in their fight against various aliens and bad guys. Justin Chatwin is starring as the hero Goku, while James Marsters will play the villain Piccolo in the sci-fi adventure.

Here's a better quality version of the recently posted Dragonbal Teaser Trailer. Again, what do you think?

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Dragonball Promo Teaser released - Is it any good? You Decide

A promo teaser for Dragonball was shown at Brand Licensing Europe 2008 this week. That video has now leaked online and can be watched using the player below. The full trailer will be released with Max Payne.

Written and directed by James Wong, the April 10 release stars Justin Chatwin, James Marsters, Jamie Chung, Emmy Rossum, Eriko Tamura, Joon Park, Chow Yun-Fat, Texas Battle, Randall Duk Kim and Ernie Hudson.

20th Century Fox is releasing the Dragonball movie in theaters everywhere on April 3rd, 2009.

All our other postings on all things Dragonball (posters, news etc) can be found here.

The first trailer posting has been removed but here is another one which should still work. Let me know if it stops!

What do you think? Is this going to be any good? What do you Dragonball fans think of it? Is it faithfull or a big fat waste of time? Leave a comment with your thoughts.

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Dragonball - Japanese Poster

This is the Japanese poster for the movie Dragonball. It stars Justin Chatwin who was the son in War of the Worlds. Directed by James Wong who did a load of TV stuff such as The X-Files, Space Above and Beyond as well as Final Destination 3, Black Christmas and The One. I know next to nothing about the anime, Dragonball Z. However, Andy D knows a bit about it so over to him:

In my experience the cartoon had mastered the art of stringing out a single cliff hanger incident over a dozen or so episodes to the point of tedium!! The fighting was cool, when they got round to it, and we were always waiting for Goku to go "Super-saiyan" and kicks somethings' ass.
The protagonists go through an unending cycle of fighting, winning, losing, learning important
lessons, then returning to the fight. As the series progresses, the heros continue this cycle by using miraculous devices to achieve life after death, continuing their on-going battles, with the dead heroes continuing to learn lessons in order to defeat their challengers. There're 519 episodes across all the volumes... so brace yourself.

Straight out of Wiki, LOL. I like the last sentance... that summed it it...
A monkey-tailed boy named Son Goku is found by an old martial arts expert and raised as his grandson. One day, during a full moon, Goku transforms into a giant ape and accidentally kills his adopted grandfather, but later has no recollection of it. Several years later, Bulma, on a quest to retrieve the seven Dragon Balls and have her wish granted by the dragon that will appear, meets Goku, now living alone with the four-star Dragon Ball that he treats as his dead grandfather. Goku decides to accompany Bulma on her quest, and along the way, meets and befriends many martial artists, undergoes rigorous martial arts training regimes and educational programs, and faces various challengers and villains, often at the Tenka-ichi Budokai.
As the series continues, Goku goes from childhood into adulthood, and his first child, Son Gohan goes through similar experiences. As Goku evolves, so do many his rivals, including Piccolo and Vegeta, with some changing from evil to good. Goku himself dies and comes back to life several times, and becomes the top martial arts superhero in the universe.

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