Dragonball Evolution

by on Mar.24, 2009, under recent movies

Dragonball Evolution is a 2009 American live-action film adaptation of the Dragon Ball media franchise being produced by 20th Century Fox.

The story centers around the adventures of the lead character, Goku, from his childhood into adulthood.

The film began development in 2002, and is directed by James Wong and produced by Stephen Chow.

It was released on March 13, 2009, in Japan and Hong Kong, and is scheduled for release on April 8, 2009, in the United Kingdom, Australia and the United States.

Justin Chatwin was cast as Goku, and James Marsters portrays Lord Piccolo, the antagonist of the film.

Synopsis
Goku (Justin Chatwin) goes on a journey to find Master Roshi (Chow Yun-Fat) and gather the seven mystical Dragon Balls before the evil Lord Piccolo (James Marsters) can.

Along his way, he meets Bulma (Emmy Rossum) who then joins him to help him in his mission. When arriving at Roshi’s place, he is not welcomed with an embrace but has to fight Roshi.

Roshi soon learns that Goku is the grandson of Gohan (Randall Duk Kim) and thus trains him to prepare him for the ultimate battle with Lord Piccolo to prevent him from collecting the powerful Dragon Balls.

Directed by James Wong
Produced by: Stephen Chow, James Wong
Written by
Screenplay: James Wong, Ben Ramsey
Manga: Akira Toriyama

Starring
Justin Chatwin as Goku
James Marsters as Lord Piccolo
Jamie Chung as Chi Chi
Emmy Rossum as Bulma
Joon Park as Yamcha
Eriko Tamura as Mai
Randall Duk Kim as Grandpa Gohan
Texas Battle as Carey Fuller
Ernie Hudson as Master Mutaito
Chow Yun-Fat as Master Roshi

Music by Brian Tyler
Cinematography Robert MacLachlan
Editing by Chris G. Willingham
Distributed by 20th Century Fox
Release date(s)
Japan March 13, 2009
United States April 8, 2009
Running time 100 minutes
Country United States
Language English