Dragonball Z: The Live-Action Movie

[some guy you dont know]

i like the show, alot of people do. but a live action movie? ok, i dont have high hopes for this. it'll be waterworld all over again

[emperor26]

Why can't Hollywood just use original ideas instead of adapting everything that they assumed would be big hits?

Anyway, I'm going to just skip watching the adaptation of the anime.

[Mr. Marshmallow]

Originally Posted by emperor26

Why can't Hollywood just use original ideas instead of adapting everything that they assumed would be big hits?

Because no producer in Hollywood wants to take that risk. You forget, Hollywood is still making original ideas it is just that producers are not accepting original ideas. Original scripts for movies come out every day and are being written by writers every day.

The trouble is that people don't want to invest their money into a project unless it is a guaranteed hit. That is why they remake movies, buy TV shows and turn them into movies, because it makes it easier for people to associate with those shows and films because they already know them.

Thus, producers don't have to worry about people feeling iffy about going to movies they are not familiar with. Face it, originality isn't dead it's just that business is alive and kicking a lot harder. Making movies means making money and sadly people don't want to invest 100 million dollars into something unless they are sure it's a smash hit.

It's a sad truth but it's the real truth.

[frankie_fan]

I'm now only concerned about who's going to be playing who. This is going to be interesting!

[Mr. Marshmallow]

Originally Posted by frankie_fan

I'm now only concerned about who's going to be playing who. This is going to be interesting!

Heh me as well. This actually isn't the first time word of a DBZ live action movie has existed, years ago there was a huge buzz over a fake poster and a fake LIVE Piccolo image popped up over the web. More specifically, the big thing people wanted to know was who would play who, like you said FF.

There was a "list" that came out listing most voted and favored actors to play the DBZ characters. I don't agree with nearly any of them except for a couple, and Goku's choice: Robin Shou (Mortal Kombat's Liu Kang). For some reason I think that's PERFECT casting but that's me. Here are other choices fans voted on years ago:

Vegeta: Jet Li, Ray Park
Piccolo: Wesley Snipes
Bulma: Jessica Alba
Android #18: Camerian Diaz
Krillin: Danny Devito
Chi, Chi: Eliza Dushku
Master Roshi: Dana Carvey
Frieza: Vin Diesel

Now down here are the ones that I DO agree with that people voted on:

Nappa: Bill Goldberg
Trunks: Leonardo Decaprio
Android #17: Joseph Gordon Levitt
Yajirobe: Jack Black
Tien: Orlando Bloom

[frankie_fan]

I read somewhere that someone suggested Hugh Jackman as Goku.

[Mr. Marshmallow]

That is true, supposedly when they started doing this he was originally cast as Goku and he was fired just as quickly. Of what I understood, Ray Park, Jessica Alba, Hugh Jackman, and Bill Goldberg were the only celebrities who were actually confronted and MOST LIKELY to have discussed these roles.

While most of the names are just hearsay, those I listed above had the best chance of being accurate. They also mentioned rumors of George Lucas doing the special effects while Dean Devilin (producer of 1998 Godzilla, Independence Day, Day After tomorrow) was going to pay for the film.

The original rumored film was supposed to start in the Saiyans saga, going straight through Raditz and stopping after the defeat of Vegeta to set up the Namek/Frieza saga. But if the casting sheet for this accurate DBZ movie is correct, were going way back to Dragon Ball to Piccolo's father and PILAF.

I recall seeing Mai being mentioned in there and Mai was apart of Emperor Pilaf's little gang of villains so we might even see him in there as well.