Dragonball Legends

About a year back James Marsters told 411 Mania that the sequel has been green lit. This year he now says he has yet to hear any official word on the sequel to Dragonball Evolution, but hears rumors they might start up again.

Al Norton: Is there any word on a Dragonball sequel?

James Marsters: I haven’t heard anything officially. I’ve heard there are rumors we might start up again but nothing official so I am in ignorance but always at the ready.

Read the rest of the interview here.

Official Source

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!

James Marsters stated in an interview last month with Blockbuster that he was “counting” on a certain extended fight scene that never made the final cut of the film. Of course we all know that there is not an extended fight scene between Goku and Piccolo in the Dragonball Evolution DVD.

As Piccolo, Marsters is hidden under layers of latex and pea-green make-up, and it’s hardly the first time he’s worked under such conditions. “Acting isn’t comfortable,” he says, matter-of-factly. “It’s one of those jobs that’s never going to be comfortable, and like race car driving and mountain climbing, it’s no good whining when it’s uncomfortable.”

A Dragonball fan for many years now, Marsters says he jumped at the chance to play the role. What’s more, he conspired to make his character older and uglier than the producers had originally intended, even though that meant longer spells in the make up chair. “In the manga,” explains the actor, “Piccolo starts very old and decrepit. The reason he’s angry enough to take revenge on the Earth is because the Guardians of Earth stole his youth. If he was young and good looking in the movie, he would have collapsed into a general kind of villain that I no longer understood.

James Marsters “I was willing to be fired over that one. I believed in it that much. I was sitting with the make up guy saying, ‘Older, older, OLDER!’ And he said, ‘Dude, I don’t think the producer is going to like this.’ But I told him, ‘The producer is not here – just do it!’ In the end I got my way, and Piccolo works all the better for it.”

“I’m looking forward to the Dragonball Evolution DVD, because I’m counting on the extra package showing a lot of the fight that was cut. We shot twice as much as was used and I tore myself up for those takes, so I want to see those shots. I baked the cake,” says Marsters, wrapping up, “and now I want to taste it!”

Unless these extra cuts are included in a future re-release of the DVD or as a director’s cut, we won’t get to see them.

Click here to read the rest of the interview. Thanks goes to Steve for the tip.

The actress Eriko Tamura (who plays Mai) was recently interviewed by RealTVFilms. She mentions only a little bit about her role on Dragonball Evolution, but a bit interesting none the less.

While attendig the convetion, Monster Mania, James Marsters (Lord Piccolo) did some Q&A sessions. And during one of these sessions, he discussed his role on Dragonball Evolution.

That’s right! Well according to James Marsters that is.

In a recent interview with James (Lord Piccolo), he mentions towards the end that he can actually tell that there is going to be a sequel. Here’s the portion of the interview where he mentions the sequel. (Note that this interview was published in the June edition of a German magazine entitled “Nautilus“, so yes it is new.)

In Spring and Summer, I’m on tour in Europe. Check for dates and ticket on www.jamesmarsters.com. And then we’ll start shooting the second Dragonball movie. (grins) I’ve just heard that I can actually tell that there is going to be a sequel.

So, according to James…the sequel to Dragonball Evolution (Dragonball Reborn “pending title”) will begin filming sometime after Summer of this year. Hopefully we will get more info on this. A single actor confirming the sequel is not enough for me just yet.

Source : Civilized James (read the rest of the interview here)

UPDATE – According to his official site, James Marsters just got back from touring in Europe. This could mean filming for the sequel to Dragonball Evolution will begin shortly. Let’s just hope we hear some actual confirmation on this very soon. But when that first piece of sequel media hits, you’ll find it here.

And as a reminder, James Marsters will yet again be attending Dragon Con this year. It starts September 4th.

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…

Visit Bulma.nl for the rest of the images.

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.

Here are a few new interviews with Justin Chatwin, Jamie Chung, Chow Yun Fat, James Marsters and James Wong.

Although the box office results for Dragonball Evolution for the US premiere was pretty bad (due to lack of promotion), it appears the sequel may truly be green lit. We get more confirmation from James Marsters in this recent interview.

Al Norton: You mentioned other movies in this series, obviously in a project like this there is hope of doing more but are you already set for them?

James Marsters: I was told the day before yesterday that we’re green lit for the second film and it’s ok to tell the press.

Al Norton: So are you going to just stay in shape? Did you have a little post-production celebration of being able to eat what you wanted?

James Marsters: No (laughing). I went from grueling workouts during Dragon Ball to shooting in eastern Europe for two films, getting a little out of shape but not bad at all. I’m on a good workout now but as soon as I get back from playing music in May the stunt crew is going to have me again.

When I signed on for Dragon Ball I knew it was all about transformation. The characters start at one power level and they transform into a new and more powerful version of themselves, and that happens to each of them more than once. It’s going to be very important to step up and give that physical transformation so that every movie that comes down the road makes the audience go, “oh my god, is that the same guy?” I’m going to have to keep topping myself and frankly I was in better shape for Dragon Ball than I was for Buffy.

Al Norton: Have you seen the finished product?

James Marsters: Yes, three times. I like it better every time. Twice in English and once in Japanese. It was dubbed but I chose to think that the acting was very good.

Read the rest if the interview here.

But, I would only take this with a grain of salt since this interview was taken on the 10th (the day Dragonball Evolution premiered in the US).