There have been numerous rumored reports stating that the Dragonball Evolution film will re-release into theaters. However, nothing is neither official or confirmed on this. ...
Thanks to our user Iron Maiden, we have acquired a ton of new pictures from the set of Dragonball Evolution. This set mainly consists of Eriko Tamura as Mai, but also reveals a few interesting Lord Piccolo (James Marsters) images as well. These are the only new set pictures available at the moment, but if we get sent some more we will post them. Check out all the new DB Evolution set pictures after the break!
Sci Fi UK was looking for specific questions to ask James Marsters (Lord Piccolo in Dragonball Evolution) at last weekends SFX Weekender. I sent in a question regarding the planned sequel to Dragonball, but it seems they might have stayed away from any Dragonball talk at this event. Here is a portion of a Q&A session during SFX Weekender. Now I am not sure if this was the same Q&A Sci Fi UK planned or not. According to their Twitter page, their interview with James Marsters may be exclusive. I will report any other details when available.
Also, James will be appearing at the following events in the next couple months : Supanova Expo 2010, FedCon XIX 2010, Phoenix Comicon and Philadelphia Comic Con. I may attend the Phoenix Comic Con, but that event is a little over three months away. Special guests for that event include : James Marsters, Ray Park and Mike Mcfarland (Master Roshi from FUNimation DBZ).
Civilized James posted a bit about a new interview with James Marsters. Apparantly this new interview is mainly about Dragonball Evolution. No word if he mentions anything new since the only scan that was provided is quite small and not clear enough to make out any of the interview (shown to the right). If anyone has a copy of this issue or knows where I can obtain a full scan, go ahead and mention it in the comments. I will be greatly appreciated if done and will give credit to anyone that helps out here!
Justin Chatwin was recently interviewed again. During this interview new images were revealed from promo shots/behind the scenes from the film. Here’s the video interview.
And here are a few of the new images from Dragonball Evolution.
The more behind the scenes footage we see, the more we realize how much of the Goku vs. Piccolo fight was cut. What good could come out of cutting a fight in a DB film…
Nothing major, just a couple new and short questions towards James Marsters (Piccolo) about Dragonball Evolution. James does say something quite interesting in this interview. Although it is over 10 days old, it is one of the newest interviews since the film’s release.
Would you guys like my review on the film? I did promise one 2 months back when it premiered in Japan and all…Anyways hopefully we hear some news on the sequel whether it’s good or bad. Stay tuned.
In a recent interview, the cast of Dragonball Evolution shared their thoughts on the film.
Have you all watched the movie? What did you think when you watched yourselves performing the superpowers with the CGI?
Jamie Chung: It blew my mind! James would not even give us even a sneak peek as to what he was working on. He would go into his Bat Cave and do his editing. I didn’t hear back from anyone for the longest time and finally we sat down and watched it. It blew my mind! It was two hours long and it went by in five minutes! I was like: ‘That’s it?! No!! None of my scenes were cut, thanks James. I was so impressed with all the special effects. It was so magical.
Justin Chatwin: I was nervous because there has never been an American adaptation of a manga, so James is really pioneering this ground for film makers. I was nervous, because I was like: ‘ Alright, I’m in an orange ninja suit with half a foot long hair, running around doing ninja stuff. This was either going to be really good or the end of my career. It might as well do it now rather than later! (Jokes) When I sat down to watch it, I was really nervous, but once the movie started, the music comes in and the characters come to life and just the colours and the tone, and the balance of violence and comedy ” once it started, I mean, it started and then it ended and I was really happy. I think it’s a super fun movie. It’s up there in the vein of movies I loved growing up, like Ninja Turtles, Batman and Back to the Future, movies like that.
James Marsters: It reminded me of a freight train. It left the station and it didn’t slow down. There are moments when I used to watch the anime where your jaw would just drop, there would be certain moments in the cartoon that the fight would happen and you would be like: I cannot believe I just saw that. And that was very much like the film. Right out the gates in the beginning of this picture, you’re just blown to the back of your seat with the back-story, then you’ve got the fight on the wires and it all builds to the end in the desert. There were quite a few moments when I was like: Oh my! That’s so huge. I was very happy too.
IGN recently spoke with James Marsters and Justin Chatwin (Lord Piccolo and Son Goku) which whom spilled the beans on the upcoming sequels to Evolution.
Firstly, Marsters told us why he hopes the film is successful enough to get a sequel and how many DB movies he’d like to see: “I hope [the movie does well] because my character only really gets interesting in the second film, I mean he’s interesting now! But his journey is really developed in the script for the second movie.”
He went on: “All I know is I’ve been signed to three movies, but I would like to make five — seven of them. You could just pretty much paint by numbers using the wealth of source material to easily get the seven films. There’s that much there.”
Meanwhile, Chatwin is also obviously thinking about Dragonball as a series of movies, with the actor seeing Evolution as an introduction piece to the wider universe.
Marsters as Lord Piccolo and Chatwin as Goku.
He said: “There’s a whole generation of kids waiting to be introduced to Dragonball, so this first movie is really important for that. I mean the main plot is the battle between Piccolo and Goku, but this first film still serves to introduce the characters and where they’re from and what they’re deals are. And so to cover that ground really takes up most of the first movie.”
He goes on: “I know what they have in store for the second one and it’s really cool! It’s more in the vein of the Dragonball saga… it goes into other places, there’s other characters, other fighters and there’s a lot of action that is just really awesome.
“It actually goes more into Dragon Ball Z land and it’s just really exciting. It goes into the whole legend of Dragonball. I cant really say more than that, but it made me think this is a cool franchise to be a part off because there’s so much we haven’t shown yet.”
Thanks to our user Iron Maiden, we have acquired a ton of new pictures from the set of Dragonball Evolution. This set mainly consists of Eriko Tamura as Mai, but also reveals a few interesting Lord Piccolo (James Marsters) images as well. These are the only new set pictures available at the moment, but if we get sent some more we will post them. Check out all the new DB Evolution set pictures after the break!
Sci Fi UK
Civilized James posted a bit about a new interview with James Marsters. Apparantly this new interview is mainly about Dragonball Evolution. No word if he mentions anything new since the only scan that was provided is quite small and not clear enough to make out any of the interview (shown to the right). If anyone has a copy of this issue or knows where I can obtain a full scan, go ahead and mention it in the comments. I will be greatly appreciated if done and will give credit to anyone that helps out here!
