‘Dragonball’ … Goku pic and Teaser Poster

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Yes … the rumors are true. They ARE making a live-action movie of Dragonball, which was shot in Mexico and is currently in post-production. The movie has a tentative release date of April 8, 2009. I’ve seen several episodes of the long-running, insanely popular Dragonball anime series, but was never a big fan. I saw the series as a cool Saturday-morning cartoon sort of experience, but prefer the more serious anime options available. James Chatwin (The Chumscrubber, The Invisible) plays the role of Goku, the young fighter who seeks out the great Master Roshi, played by Chow Yun-Fat (Hard Boiled, Bulletproof Monk). He is tasked with finding and gathering all seven of the mystical dragonballs, before the evil Lord Piccolo, played by James Marsters (Winding Roads, P.S. I Love You), can find them and use them to take over the world. What are the chances of this film being successful, outside of pre-teen Yu-Gi-Oh playing boys?