Dragonball Live Movie Info

Intro:

Dragonball is a 2009 live action film adaptation of the Dragon Ball franchise. The film follows Goku, played by Justin Chatwin, and his quest to obtain the mystical Dragonballs before the evil Lord Piccolo, played by James Marsters, does. The film began development in 2002, and is directed by James Wong and produced by Stephen Chow. It is scheduled for release on April 10, 2009. There are current plans for two sequels.

Release note:

20th Century Fox originally announced Dragonball would be released worldwide on August 15, 2008. In March, they announced they were delaying the film to April 3, 2009 as the original release date put it in competition with four other films plus there was no time for post-production. The release date was once again changed to April 8, 2009 as it was an Easter Holiday. The release date was changed for the third time, and is now set to hit theaters for a Friday release on April 10, 2009.

Cast

* Justin Chatwin as Goku: a powerful warrior who protects the Earth from an endless stream of rogues bent on dominating the universe and controlling the mystical namesakes of the film.

* James Marsters as Lord Piccolo: The villain of the film. Marsters explained that this incarnation of the character is "thousands of years old and a very long time ago he used to be a force of good, but he got into a bad argument and was put into prison for 2000 years. It got him very angry, and he finds a way to escape and then tries to destroy the world. The cool thing is, anybody who has seen Dragonball knows that Lord Piccolo transforms into a character named Piccolo, and that is a whole other ball of wax... . Heroic wouldn't be the wrong term by the end, but it's a long journey." He also confirmed Piccolo will retain his physical appearance from the anime. Marsters is a fan of the television series, which he described as being "the coolest television cartoon in the last 50,000 years because it’s got a Shakespearean sense of good and evil." He admitted, "When I got the role I had doubts. The more I live with it I realize that I am going to rock this harder than I have anything in my life."

* Jamie Chung as Chi-Chi: Goku's love interest. Stephen Chow had been interested in casting Zhang Yuqi, whom he worked with on CJ7, in the part.

* Emmy Rossum as Bulma: She aids Goku after her father's Dragonball is stolen by Piccolo.

* Chow Yun-Fat as Master Roshi: Goku's mentor.

* Joon Park as Yamcha.

* Eriko Tamura as Mai: She is a chief enforcer of Piccolo's and a shapeshifter.

* Texas Battle as Carey Fuller: A high school bully. He is an original character created for the film.

* Luis Arrieta as Weaver: A classmate and friend of Goku. He is an original character created for the film.

* Randall Duk Kim as Grandpa Gohan: The adoptive father and grandfather of Goku who teaches Goku everything he knows about martial arts.

* Ernie Hudson as Master Mutaito: Master Roshi's former sensei and the one who sealed Lord Piccolo away for centuries.

* Shavon Kirksey as Emi: another original character created just for the film.

[Info from Wikipedia]