OlderJustin Chatwin Joins ‘Dragonball’ Movie
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?
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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…
I LOVE SPIKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I just hope we get shirtless Spike! It’s been a long time coming!!!
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.
hay no ma no entiendo lo que dice que lo tradusca alguien xD
How can you make Piccolo white. He should be played by Samuel L Jackson and no one else! That dude is not Goku, either.
seriously people all your just bitching about the hair or that the cast don’t look like the characters.people if they took all the elments (ex. the unproportional hair) it would just look retarded man this is just another transformers live movie bitching syndrom
man, some of these comments are crackin me up! XD
HECK YES! I freaking love it!
Noooooo… this is so disappointing to see my childhood fave get whored by hollywood. XD
Seriously, GOKU IS F-ING ASIAN. I won’t even be picky, give me a chinese, japanese, korean actor, anyone to play Goku.
I love Dragonball. I watched Goku grew from a cheeky kid, to be the strongest & the nicest hero out there, till the final chapter where he’s already a grandfather & living his life to the fullest.
I agree with #31 Kate, Samuel L Jackson should be perfect as Piccolo. To answer #18 Gambit, Piccolo was an enemy at first but later in Goku’s life, he will be a mentor & a best friend to Goku’s kid.
Hollywood, please don’t messed up the story, or else you’ll be like destroying one of my best childhood’s memory.
How can they make a Dragonball Z movie that doesn’t even take place in the drangonball z timeline if Demon King Piccolo is the villian. Since the demon king Piccolo saga is the last of the original Dragonball series. This movie will just piss off pure DBZ fans and probly make tons of money just like Transformers did. That movie fit no where in any of the universe’s and had no plot but lots of great special effects. And this will be the same. I think all the human characters should be played by japanese actors since demon king Piccolo and Goku are aliens they can get away with it.
I am so disappointed. I love DBZ. Why didn’t they cast any japanese actors, I think that would’ve been a better choice. This movie is going to be a huge disappointment. I can feel it–why screw a classic–so sad
Well it’s about time they have set an official date. This movie has been in the making for sooooo long. Hopefully the movie is decent. And like others are saying…will Vegeta be there? Althought I doubt it, since Picoolo is the villain. I wonder if this is the beginning to start a sort of DBZ trilogy or something? Maybe the sequel will have Vegeta as the villain?
at least get an asian guy to be goku. that would work muuuch better.
justin is cute but why would you have a non-asian cast playing in a japanese movie where all the main characters are asian?
it’s definitely going to be a flop.
The movie is entitled “Dragonball” and is based on the original manga, NOT not the later anime “Dragonball Z”. The manga’s creator has said his characters were not specifically Asian. Piccolo is a demon, for heaven’s sake. And I wouldn’t describe Goku–who will be about age 18 in the film–as being exactly human, either. Producer Stephen Chow and director James Wong certainly had no reservations about casting non-Asians, so why should anybody else?
Yes, Yes, Yes . . . sign me up . . definitely gonna watch this movie. Love Spike, and the other guy looks absolutely delicious as well!!!
NOOOOO….BEST ANIME WITH WORST CAST!!!!!!!!HELLLLLL NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. THOSE GUYS WILL LOOK LIKE IDIOTS….That’s what i thought….Jeezz
WHY ARE THE ONLY CASTING F*CKIN WHITE PEOPLE FOR AN ASIAN CHARACTER!????? WTF WTF WTF????!!!!!!
Once again Asians are getting screwed up the as* and not properly being reprented by the WHITE MEDIA!!! boycot this film immediately! !!!!
omfg thay are going to run the best manga ever into the ground
and who thay have playing the parts look nothing like the cartoon
for good sake goku is like 6 3 that kids like 5 9 wtf
but i will say i love spike my fave show of all times
angel
but i still think this is bad casting
I was starting to lose faith but thank god they have Spike oops i mean James. Really great actor - loved him in Buffy.
:D I CANT BELIEVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
IT’S ALWAYS BEEN MY DREAM TO SEE A REAL DBZ MOVIE!!!!!
I’M THE HAPPIEST GUY IN THE UNIVERSE!!!
:) :p :D
I love that they are making a dragon ball movie I originally thought it would be a DBZ movie but i think this will be better because we’ll get to see Goku young. I am in a love hate relationship with the casting though I love Justin Chatwin as Goku cause he is hot and has that Goku like grin. I also like James marsters as king piccolo (not piccolo but king piccolo). I found out that they have casted emmy rossum as bulma and Jamie chung as Chi-chi. I think those casting suck emmy is way too innocent and sophistocated looking to be bulma we need someone feisty. Jamie Chung is too ****** and old looking to be Chi-chi. I’m not sure why people are bitching about not having an all asian cast. Goku isn’t really even asian he is an alien so he has a different ethnicity all together besides many of the other character will be asian. If you wan’t an all japanese cast go to Japan and convince them to make a movie dragon ball movie. Whoa mine was longer than anyone elses :)
Cast sucks ass… come on!!!! a white dude as goku??!!?!? and a no name actor too! terrible.. still a die hard dbz fan though although i think this sucks!
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