Dragonball Evolution
A live-action adaptation of the Dragon Ball manga.
In 2002, 20th Century Fox acquired the live-action feature film rights to the Dragon Ball franchise from Shueisha.[1] Chow stated he was a Dragon Ball fan and cited its "airy and unstrained story" as leaving room for creation.[2] James Marsters accepted the role of villain Lord Piccolo, noting he was a fan of the original anime.[3] Plans for a sequel were in place at the time of release, but the film's reception caused Fox to cancel all subsequent films.[4][5]
The role of the main character Goku went to Justin Chatwin.[3] Brian Tyler created the film's score, which was performed by an 82-member Hollywood Studio Symphony ensemble.[6]
Quick Facts
- Director
- James Wong
- Screenplay
- Ben Ramsey
- Based on
- Dragon Ball, Akira Toriyama
- Producer
- Stephen Chow
- Starring
- Justin Chatwin
- Emmy Rossum
- Jamie Chung
- Chow Yun-fat
- Cinematography
- Robert McLachlan
- Editing
- Matthew Friedman; Chris Willingham
- Music
- Brian Tyler
Facts from the source article.
What the cited sources add
Marsters noted he still has a separated clavicle from the shoot because it was "just gnarly."[7] He explained that the production avoided paying for a stuntman to be made up like him, so they repeatedly put him on wires instead.[7]
References
- Wikipedia, "Dragonball Evolution" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Feature | the Dragon Ball Z American Debut Date"; Schilling, "20th Century Fox to roll with $100m Dragonball", Screen Daily, March 12, 2002 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- "Dragon Ball to become live-action film", China.org, December 15, 2007. facts only, no text reused. china.org.cn
- Wikipedia, "Dragonball Evolution" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Tatiana Siegel, "Dragonball comes to bigscreen", November 13, 2007; Coe, "Hellboy II: The Golden Army", Movies.ie, November 29, 2009; Rudolph, "James Marsters on Fame, Family and Life After 40", January 30, 2008 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Dragonball Evolution" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Pacheco, "The 10 Worst Action Movies of the Last 25 Years, Ranked", Collider, 2024-12-09 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Dragonball Evolution" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Parfitt, "Dragonball Sequels Exclusive", March 30, 2009 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Dragonball Evolution" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Goldwasser, "Brian Tyler scores Dragonball Evolution", ScoringSessions.com, February 6, 2009; Bertschy, "Dragonball Evolution - Review - Anime News Network", Anime News Network, March 16, 2009; Coleman, "Great Balls of Fire", TrackSounds; Dueck, "Dragonball: Evolution Soundtrack Review, Another Thrilling Action Score from Brian Tyler", Suite101, April 8, 2009; Hoove, "Dragonball: Evolution", ScoreNotes; Southall, "Dragonball: Evolution, Exciting action score marks a real return to form for Tyler", Movie Wave (original not read by u en.wikipedia.org
- Seibold, "James Marsters Knew Dragonball Evolution Was Doomed From His First Day On Set", /Film, June 2, 2022. facts only, no text reused. slashfilm.com
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