Justin Chatwin Joins ‘Dragonball’ Movie

Wed, 14 November 2007 at 12:55 pm

Japanese manga phenomenon Dragonball Ball Z is coming to the bigscreen, per Variety.

Justin Chatwin (War of the Worlds) and James Marsters (Buffy, Angel) have joined the cast and will begin shooting later this month.

Chatwin, 25, will star as Goku, a powerful warrior who protects the Earth from an endless stream of rogues bent on dominating the universe and controlling the mystical objects from which the film takes its name. He has already begun training with 87Eleven, the stunt performance company behind the action sequences in The Matrix, The Bourne Supremacy, Mr. & Mrs. Smith and 300.

Marsters, 45, is onboard as the film’s villain, demon king Piccolo.

Dragon Ball Z:The Movie is set for a worldwide Aug. 15 release.

DO YOU THINK Twentieth Century Fox made good casting choices — YAY or NAY?

Posted to: Dragonball, James Marsters, Justin Chatwin
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# 1

marykate @ 11/14/2007 at 12:01 pm

HELL NO! ******* UP ON OF THE BEST SHOWS EVER! WHO EVER MAKES THIS SHOULD DIE THE CAST SUCKS BALL!

JUST FOR THIS I HOPE NO ONE GOES TO SEE IT!

# 2

marykate @ 11/14/2007 at 12:01 pm

KMNK

# 3

miks @ 11/14/2007 at 12:03 pm

third!

# 4

Vivi @ 11/14/2007 at 12:06 pm

A movie… can be interesting I guess.. Will it have Vegeta?

# 5

Naomi @ 11/14/2007 at 12:09 pm

WHAT?!!! not dbz! why hollywood, why????

# 6

yuki @ 11/14/2007 at 12:10 pm

what?? I can’t imagine Dragon Ball is coming into big screen. Dragon Ball was my fave cartoon.

# 7

Fan_From_Italy @ 11/14/2007 at 12:25 pm

A movie?? Dragonball movie?? I really love Dragonball, I watch it every day, but I can’t imagin a movie!

# 8

Tracy @ 11/14/2007 at 12:29 pm

SPIKE!!!!

I have no idea what Dragonball is, but now I’ll have to go see it.

# 9

tessa @ 11/14/2007 at 12:32 pm

WHAT?! haha.. This will be the next “Transformers”

# 10

Rita @ 11/14/2007 at 12:50 pm

Americans making Dragonball?? NO friggin’ way… I can already predict some horrible Japanese-to-English translations on the way.

# 11

Gina @ 11/14/2007 at 1:08 pm

This is seriously going to Ruin dbz forever… T_T what a shame… I used to LOVE that show..

# 12

~*~Get Real~*~ @ 11/14/2007 at 1:40 pm

YUMMYYYYYYYYY…..SPIKE ALERT 8 )

# 13

Eric @ 11/14/2007 at 1:45 pm

Well, if it’s anything like the anime, there will be a lot of constipated looking charging up moves. How are they gonna do the hair!!! It’s not gonna work.

# 14

Eric @ 11/14/2007 at 1:45 pm

Well, if it’s anything like the anime, there will be a lot of constipated looking charging up moves. How are they gonna do the hair!!! It’s not gonna work.

# 15

sheccid @ 11/14/2007 at 1:58 pm

i love it dragon ball the best manga

# 16

Angie @ 11/14/2007 at 2:00 pm

you can’t have a American dragon ball…. they fucked it up enough with the theme song let alone the dialog when they translated it! and as much as i love james but i must say LMFAO if they have him as Piccolo and the dude from WOTW can’t pull of being goku! and as Vivi says above i wounder if they will include vegeta i can’t imagine someone playing vegeta

# 17

Tim @ 11/14/2007 at 2:36 pm

haha wow i have a ball feeling about this.

# 18

gambit @ 11/14/2007 at 2:50 pm

i didn’t know piccolo was a demon king and villain, i thought he was mostly good, but I haven’t watched in years.

# 19

shan @ 11/14/2007 at 3:44 pm

this would only work with an Asian cast

# 20

[~Famous~] @ 11/14/2007 at 3:48 pm

LOL @ 19

None of characters are Asian… LOL Sooooo why would it only work w/ an Asian cast?

# 21

MovieMadness @ 11/14/2007 at 4:12 pm

oh hell no. they should have gotten somone older and cooler to play Goku. who the hell is that kid and how stupid will he look with spiked hair.

# 22

alexandria @ 11/14/2007 at 4:35 pm

i LOOOOOOOOVE dragon ball z, and i dont think you can cast it too wrong…if their doing the voices. having it be a live movie with people is just going to mess it up. if they do the movie it should be ANIMATION!!!!

# 23

Jerome @ 11/14/2007 at 4:58 pm

hahahaha wow…I’m a former DBZ fan and I want to see how they are going to do this with the “kamehaha” or whatever hahahahahaha hopefully it won’t be cheesy!

# 24

jUSTIN IS AWESOME @ 11/14/2007 at 5:07 pm

I love Justin Chatwin. He’s still underrated, but he can act, he’s quite handsome, and has the most soulful eyes. I have to admit though, he does have some feminine side, but I’m sure he’s gonna make it. He looked awfully cute in War of the Worlds and was incredible in Invinsible. One of my fav movies of the year. I recommend it to anyone!

# 25

April @ 11/14/2007 at 5:27 pm

I think its absolutely ridiculous how a JAPANESE manga with JAPANESE characters are being cast by WHITE BOYS. Are there going to be ANY Asian Americans in this film?!

Once again our Asian American men are getting screwed by the media.

# 26

Passing Through @ 11/14/2007 at 5:28 pm

I don’t have the slightest idea what Dragonball is…but, let’s ask the important questions: Is my Spike gonna get nekkid? If so, it’s GREAT CASTING…if not…it’s still great casting…I just won’t be as enthusiastic about his new gig…

# 27

jen @ 11/14/2007 at 5:37 pm

I LOVE SPIKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

# 28

Spirit @ 11/14/2007 at 5:54 pm

I just hope we get shirtless Spike! It’s been a long time coming!!!

# 29

Cynthia @ 11/14/2007 at 6:30 pm

Okay, is Justin Chatwin going to be Goku as a kid? Goku is supposed to be tall and muscular. James Marsters is Piccolo, shouldn’t Piccolo be tall like the cartoon character as well. I heard Tom Welling auditioned for the Goku role. I hope they make him grown up Goku because he has the height and the physique for that cartoon character.

# 30

fand @ 11/14/2007 at 8:55 pm

hay no ma no entiendo lo que dice que lo tradusca alguien xD

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