...that I had posted here a few months ago. And I am told that "FOX is finally ready to spill the beans on the movie. On July 14-18 FOX will have a special release of pictures, info, and the new poster at an anime convention" to be held in July. But the good thing is that they went back to a storyline that is much much closer to the show, and Mr. Roshi is back to Mr. Roshi and not Mr. Lee. I wonder if he is going to be the pervert cook that he is in the show?
Anyway, here is the info that I know from a reputable source. So reputable that Funimation had quoted something that was taken from this site and posted somewhere else on the web to a someone high up at Fox and got in trouble for having that info when it wasn't supposed to be public:
"Cast:
Here's what you've been waiting for. Some actors have signed contracts and some have simply said they would do it. Some characters have not been cast yet but those who have are subject to change. Remember, anything can happen between now and filming. Other actors have been cast but they are all unknowns and I don't know who they will play. Once I know I'll put it up here.
Goku - Hugh Jackman (X-Men, Swordfish, Van Helsing). Due to Jackman doing too many other movies at once and slowing down production of DBZ he is being considered to be replaced.
Vegeta - Ray Park (Sleepy Hallow, Star Wars: Episode 1, X-Men). Ray was their first choice. Then they got Guy Pearce. Then they gave the part bact to Ray. Make up your god damn mind!
Piccolo - Sam Wheeler (Unknown) This is a new actor. Apparently he's a big 6'7" black guy with a deep voice. Sounds good to me.
Raditz - Jason Bateman (Teen Wolf Too, Necessary Roughness, The Sweetest Thing). A lot of people probably have no idea who this guy is. He's been around for a while and has been on a number of TV shows.
Nappa - Bill Goldberg (Universal Soldier: The Return, WWE Wrestling). This is a fan favorite for Nappa and even though I think he sucks as an actor he does look just like Nappa and is probably the best choice.
Tein - Orlando Bloom (Black Hawk Down, Lord Of The Rings, Pirates Of The Caribbean). I think this is a very good choice. He's probably kinda skinny but he looks just like Tein with a shaved head.
Bulma - Jessica Alba (P.U.N.K.S., Idle Hands, Dark Angel). Yes, she will have blue hair.
Puarr, Oolong, King Kai - These guys will be CGI. And don't worry, Puarr and Oolong will only have small cameos. The voice actors from the show will do the voices for these characters on the movie.
Premise:
Okay folks. This is from the second script that was written by Tedi Sarafian. The first one was rejected. Good thing to because it sucked balls. This one is much better. I'll try my best to describe it from what Mr. Z has told me. As you can see it's going to be a very long movie. CONTAINS MAJOR SPOILERS!!!:
The movie starts off on the Saiyan's home planet. Bardock sends his son out into space along with several other Saiyan babys in their seperate pods, all heading towards a different planet. Shortly after being launched they are all blasted into dust and only Goku's (or Kakorot's) pod escapes and soon after crashes on Earth. He lands near a Buddist Temple where he is raised to be a kind-hearted boy by all of the monks. Years pass and the monks are unable to find an outlet for Goku's inhuman strength so they send him off to train with and old martial arts master, Master Roshi. There he meets Krillan and they become good friends. Roshi teaches them to use energy as a weapon (energy blasts) and all seems well until one night when Goku sees the full moon and transforms into a giant monkey, or Oozaru. Goku goes about his rampage until Krillan blasts his tail off and he returns to normal.
During that same time another alien ship crashes on Earth. This time it's Piccolo and he's carrying the Dragonballs with him. Now at this point Piccolo is one bad mofo and his only desire is to conquer Earth. By doing so he hunts down the srtongest fighters on the planet and kills them, but little does he know the the two strongest fighters are kids. Piccolo causes a good bit of damage that attracts the media and once Goku and Krillan get wind of it they head off to face him against Master Roshi's wishes. A huge battle takes place between the three fighters and at the end Krillan jumps in front of a blast to save Goku's life and dies. Goku freaks out, his tail grows back, transforms into the Oozaru again, and nearly kills Piccolo. But Piccolo finds out his tail is his weakness and he cuts it off, returning Goku back to normal. Goku is out cold and it looks like Piccolo will take the win. But Roshi shows up and stops Piccolo from killing Goku. Roshi is ready to hand Piccolo's ass to him but he lets him go in exchange for knowledge of the Dragonballs. Once Goku awakes Master Roshi explains to him what happened and he decides to find all the Dragonballs to wish Krillan back to life.
Unfortunately Master Roshi lives like a hermit and has very little money and resources to do such a thing. It would end right there but luckily Roshi is friends with billionare sceintist and owner of Capsuel Corp., Dr. Brief. Brief decides to finance their adventure and soon enough they, along with the daughter of Dr. Brief, Bulma, are on their way across the world to find the Dragonballs. They are all eventually found and the eternal dragon Shenlong is summoned to grant their wish. Krillan is revived.
10 years pass and Goku is now married to Chichi and has a 7 year old son, Gohan. Goku and Krillan have signed up to compete in The World Martial Arts Tournment. Once they arrive at the tournment they see that Bulma has signed up too. As the tournment begins and progresses the only fighters left in the final rounds are Goku, Krillan, Bulma, Yamcha, Tein, and a mystery fighter. As the final rounds are about to begin five pods crash into the stadium. In them are Raditz and four other Saiyans. Raditz tells his brother of his past and what he is. A hugh brawl between the tournment fighters and the Saiyans begin. All of the Saiyans are killed in the fight except for Raditz who snatches Gohan and flies off with him. Goku and the mystery fighter chase him down into a barren desert land. The mystery fighter reveals himself to be Piccolo. A battle between the three insues until Piccolo finishes off Raditz but not without killing Goku in the process. As Goku lay on the ground dying Piccolo promises him that he will find the Dragonballs and wish him back so they can have their rematch. Raditz transmits this to Freiza's mothership and tells Piccolo that his team mates are coming and will destroy Earth. Piccolo is major pissed off and blows Raditz away (cool.) Once the rest of the gang discovers what happened Krillan, Yamcha, and Tein begin their training with Master Roshi and another martial arts master, Mr. Popo. (Don't ask me how they came up with that one.) And Goku trains with Kai (aka: King Kai) in the afterlife. Meanwhile Piccolo takes Gohan with him in order to train him. He believes that Gohan could be the strongest one of them all.
Back at the mothership Vegeta and Nappa are ordered to go to Earth and retrive Kakorot and the Dragonballs. It takes two years for them to reach Earth and during that time everything pretty much happens the same way it did on the show. Everyone has grown much stronger, especially Gohan. The Dragonballs are gathered and used to bring Goku back to life. However it was too late because the Saiyans have already reached Earth and Goku must run through Snake Way before he can join his friends. The big battle starts and Yamcha, Tein, and Piccolo are all killed by Nappa. Goku finally arrives and quickly desposes of Nappa. Before he goes one on one with Vegeta he tells Gohan and Krillan to leave. They do as he says and the classic battle begins. Goku Vs. Vegeta. Once Vegeta finds that Goku is too much for him to handle he transformes into an Oozaru and nearly kills him. But Krillan and Gohan are back at ground zero and once Gohan transforms as well it's an all out giant monkey brawl between Gohan and Vegeta (cool again.) Vegeta rips off Gohan's tail and Krillan blasts off Vegeta's tail. They both return to normal and Krillan gives Goku the Sensu Beans. Goku is now back to his full strength but Gohan is badly injured. Vegeta tricks Goku into thinking he killed his son. Goku goes mad with rage and transforms once again but not into an Oozaru. Into a Super Saiyan. I think you know the rest...
Important Facts:
FOX is shooting for a PG-13 rating and a running time of somewhere between 3 to 4 hours. They are hoping for the DBZ movie saga to be 4 episodes long (4 movies). They will most likely be The Saiyan Saga, The Freiza Saga, The Android/Cell Saga, and the Majin Buu Saga. George Lucas' CGI company ILM has signed a contract to do the special effects so expect some kick ass action scenes and imagery.
Fun Tidbits:
Goku will go Super Saiyan at the end of the film during his fight with Vegeta.
The hair will be very unique. It will be relatively normal but still have "bounce."
Freiza will be mentioned but he will not make an appearance.
Goku's uniform will be blue and not orange.
Sets are currently being built at the FOX Studios in Sydney, Australia."
When I get more information I will pass it along to you. This sounds to be much better that where the first script was taking it. It is very close to the shows storyline, with a few exceptions, but omissions I and I am sure most fans can live with. Lets hope Fox does this right. They offered it to the guy who directed THE OTHERS and the original version of VANILLA SKY Alejandro Amenabar(he declined the job, but this was confirmed by Alejandro in a talk show), so it seems that they are trying to find a quality director. Apparently they have one, but they haven't said who that is until this comic convention. But what I am told, they want something with the power and emotion that LORD OF THE RINGS has. Rest assured, they don't want the Batman series. I would picket Fox if they released a movie that was like BATMAN AND ROBIN. Anyway, when I get news I will pass it along.
Later
Anyway, here is the info that I know from a reputable source. So reputable that Funimation had quoted something that was taken from this site and posted somewhere else on the web to a someone high up at Fox and got in trouble for having that info when it wasn't supposed to be public:
"Cast:
Here's what you've been waiting for. Some actors have signed contracts and some have simply said they would do it. Some characters have not been cast yet but those who have are subject to change. Remember, anything can happen between now and filming. Other actors have been cast but they are all unknowns and I don't know who they will play. Once I know I'll put it up here.
Goku - Hugh Jackman (X-Men, Swordfish, Van Helsing). Due to Jackman doing too many other movies at once and slowing down production of DBZ he is being considered to be replaced.
Vegeta - Ray Park (Sleepy Hallow, Star Wars: Episode 1, X-Men). Ray was their first choice. Then they got Guy Pearce. Then they gave the part bact to Ray. Make up your god damn mind!
Piccolo - Sam Wheeler (Unknown) This is a new actor. Apparently he's a big 6'7" black guy with a deep voice. Sounds good to me.
Raditz - Jason Bateman (Teen Wolf Too, Necessary Roughness, The Sweetest Thing). A lot of people probably have no idea who this guy is. He's been around for a while and has been on a number of TV shows.
Nappa - Bill Goldberg (Universal Soldier: The Return, WWE Wrestling). This is a fan favorite for Nappa and even though I think he sucks as an actor he does look just like Nappa and is probably the best choice.
Tein - Orlando Bloom (Black Hawk Down, Lord Of The Rings, Pirates Of The Caribbean). I think this is a very good choice. He's probably kinda skinny but he looks just like Tein with a shaved head.
Bulma - Jessica Alba (P.U.N.K.S., Idle Hands, Dark Angel). Yes, she will have blue hair.
Puarr, Oolong, King Kai - These guys will be CGI. And don't worry, Puarr and Oolong will only have small cameos. The voice actors from the show will do the voices for these characters on the movie.
Premise:
Okay folks. This is from the second script that was written by Tedi Sarafian. The first one was rejected. Good thing to because it sucked balls. This one is much better. I'll try my best to describe it from what Mr. Z has told me. As you can see it's going to be a very long movie. CONTAINS MAJOR SPOILERS!!!:
The movie starts off on the Saiyan's home planet. Bardock sends his son out into space along with several other Saiyan babys in their seperate pods, all heading towards a different planet. Shortly after being launched they are all blasted into dust and only Goku's (or Kakorot's) pod escapes and soon after crashes on Earth. He lands near a Buddist Temple where he is raised to be a kind-hearted boy by all of the monks. Years pass and the monks are unable to find an outlet for Goku's inhuman strength so they send him off to train with and old martial arts master, Master Roshi. There he meets Krillan and they become good friends. Roshi teaches them to use energy as a weapon (energy blasts) and all seems well until one night when Goku sees the full moon and transforms into a giant monkey, or Oozaru. Goku goes about his rampage until Krillan blasts his tail off and he returns to normal.
During that same time another alien ship crashes on Earth. This time it's Piccolo and he's carrying the Dragonballs with him. Now at this point Piccolo is one bad mofo and his only desire is to conquer Earth. By doing so he hunts down the srtongest fighters on the planet and kills them, but little does he know the the two strongest fighters are kids. Piccolo causes a good bit of damage that attracts the media and once Goku and Krillan get wind of it they head off to face him against Master Roshi's wishes. A huge battle takes place between the three fighters and at the end Krillan jumps in front of a blast to save Goku's life and dies. Goku freaks out, his tail grows back, transforms into the Oozaru again, and nearly kills Piccolo. But Piccolo finds out his tail is his weakness and he cuts it off, returning Goku back to normal. Goku is out cold and it looks like Piccolo will take the win. But Roshi shows up and stops Piccolo from killing Goku. Roshi is ready to hand Piccolo's ass to him but he lets him go in exchange for knowledge of the Dragonballs. Once Goku awakes Master Roshi explains to him what happened and he decides to find all the Dragonballs to wish Krillan back to life.
Unfortunately Master Roshi lives like a hermit and has very little money and resources to do such a thing. It would end right there but luckily Roshi is friends with billionare sceintist and owner of Capsuel Corp., Dr. Brief. Brief decides to finance their adventure and soon enough they, along with the daughter of Dr. Brief, Bulma, are on their way across the world to find the Dragonballs. They are all eventually found and the eternal dragon Shenlong is summoned to grant their wish. Krillan is revived.
10 years pass and Goku is now married to Chichi and has a 7 year old son, Gohan. Goku and Krillan have signed up to compete in The World Martial Arts Tournment. Once they arrive at the tournment they see that Bulma has signed up too. As the tournment begins and progresses the only fighters left in the final rounds are Goku, Krillan, Bulma, Yamcha, Tein, and a mystery fighter. As the final rounds are about to begin five pods crash into the stadium. In them are Raditz and four other Saiyans. Raditz tells his brother of his past and what he is. A hugh brawl between the tournment fighters and the Saiyans begin. All of the Saiyans are killed in the fight except for Raditz who snatches Gohan and flies off with him. Goku and the mystery fighter chase him down into a barren desert land. The mystery fighter reveals himself to be Piccolo. A battle between the three insues until Piccolo finishes off Raditz but not without killing Goku in the process. As Goku lay on the ground dying Piccolo promises him that he will find the Dragonballs and wish him back so they can have their rematch. Raditz transmits this to Freiza's mothership and tells Piccolo that his team mates are coming and will destroy Earth. Piccolo is major pissed off and blows Raditz away (cool.) Once the rest of the gang discovers what happened Krillan, Yamcha, and Tein begin their training with Master Roshi and another martial arts master, Mr. Popo. (Don't ask me how they came up with that one.) And Goku trains with Kai (aka: King Kai) in the afterlife. Meanwhile Piccolo takes Gohan with him in order to train him. He believes that Gohan could be the strongest one of them all.
Back at the mothership Vegeta and Nappa are ordered to go to Earth and retrive Kakorot and the Dragonballs. It takes two years for them to reach Earth and during that time everything pretty much happens the same way it did on the show. Everyone has grown much stronger, especially Gohan. The Dragonballs are gathered and used to bring Goku back to life. However it was too late because the Saiyans have already reached Earth and Goku must run through Snake Way before he can join his friends. The big battle starts and Yamcha, Tein, and Piccolo are all killed by Nappa. Goku finally arrives and quickly desposes of Nappa. Before he goes one on one with Vegeta he tells Gohan and Krillan to leave. They do as he says and the classic battle begins. Goku Vs. Vegeta. Once Vegeta finds that Goku is too much for him to handle he transformes into an Oozaru and nearly kills him. But Krillan and Gohan are back at ground zero and once Gohan transforms as well it's an all out giant monkey brawl between Gohan and Vegeta (cool again.) Vegeta rips off Gohan's tail and Krillan blasts off Vegeta's tail. They both return to normal and Krillan gives Goku the Sensu Beans. Goku is now back to his full strength but Gohan is badly injured. Vegeta tricks Goku into thinking he killed his son. Goku goes mad with rage and transforms once again but not into an Oozaru. Into a Super Saiyan. I think you know the rest...
Important Facts:
FOX is shooting for a PG-13 rating and a running time of somewhere between 3 to 4 hours. They are hoping for the DBZ movie saga to be 4 episodes long (4 movies). They will most likely be The Saiyan Saga, The Freiza Saga, The Android/Cell Saga, and the Majin Buu Saga. George Lucas' CGI company ILM has signed a contract to do the special effects so expect some kick ass action scenes and imagery.
Fun Tidbits:
Goku will go Super Saiyan at the end of the film during his fight with Vegeta.
The hair will be very unique. It will be relatively normal but still have "bounce."
Freiza will be mentioned but he will not make an appearance.
Goku's uniform will be blue and not orange.
Sets are currently being built at the FOX Studios in Sydney, Australia."
When I get more information I will pass it along to you. This sounds to be much better that where the first script was taking it. It is very close to the shows storyline, with a few exceptions, but omissions I and I am sure most fans can live with. Lets hope Fox does this right. They offered it to the guy who directed THE OTHERS and the original version of VANILLA SKY Alejandro Amenabar(he declined the job, but this was confirmed by Alejandro in a talk show), so it seems that they are trying to find a quality director. Apparently they have one, but they haven't said who that is until this comic convention. But what I am told, they want something with the power and emotion that LORD OF THE RINGS has. Rest assured, they don't want the Batman series. I would picket Fox if they released a movie that was like BATMAN AND ROBIN. Anyway, when I get news I will pass it along.
Later
