Dragonball (2009)

Director:

James Wong

Writers:

Akira Toriyama (comic) and
Ben Ramsey (adaptation)

Release Date:

8 April 2009 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Fantasy | Sci-Fi

Plot:

A young boy named Goku seeks out upon his grandfather's dying request to find the great Master Roshi and gather all seven Dragon Balls (of which he has one) in order to prevent Piccolo from succeeding in his desire to use the Dragon Balls to take over the world.

Plot Keywords:

Based On Comic

Status:

Post-production

Comments:

Status Updated:

24 March 2008

Note:

Because this project is categorized as being in production, the data is subject to change; some data could be removed completely.

Cast

Justin Chatwin	...	Goku
other cast:
James Marsters	...	Lord Piccolo
Emmy Rossum	...	Bulma
Yun-Fat Chow	...	Master Roshi
Jamie Chung	...	Chi Chi
Joon Park	...	Yamcha
Randall Duk Kim	...	Grandpa Gohan
Eriko Tamura	...	Mai
Ernie Hudson
Texas Battle	...	Carey Fuller
Shavon Kirksey	...	Emi
Luis Arrieta	...	Weaver
Richard Blake	...	Agundas
Julian Sedgwick	...	Mr. Kingery

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Filming Locations:

Durango, Mexico

Company:

Dune Entertainment

Trivia:

To attain the quintessence of Dragon Ball, many of the actors were given unique hairstyles to resemble their anime counterparts (Emmy Rossum in particular was given two separate wigs for her role as Bulma, a traditional blue one as well as a never before seen pink one). Justin Chatwin, though, has no such hairdo since James Wong felt his hair resembled Goku's spiky hairstyle close enough without actually being silly.

Movie Connections:

Version of "Dragon Ball Z: Doragon bôru zetto" (1989)