More Dragonball Images: Master Roshi, Bulma, and Yamcha!
By Nix | May 22, 2008 (8:38 pm)
The guys over at Dragonball The Movie fansite has landed more scans from Weekly Young Jump magazine (I think that’s a magazine, although the title doesn’t really make sense) that shows more characters from the movie, including Chow Yun Fat as Master Roshi, Emmy Rossum as Bulma, and Yoon Park as Yamcha. And yes, another good look at Justin Chatwin as Goku. Is it me or does Goku look a whole lot like Elijah Wood from the “Lord of the Rings” movie?
A young boy named Goku seeks out upon his grandfather’s dying request to find the great Master Roshi and gather all seven Dragon Balls (of which he has one) in order to prevent Piccolo from succeeding in his desire to use the Dragon Balls to take over the world.
The ball is unleashed in 2009.
All images from DBtheMovie.com. Head over there for more.















Hold on what happened to James Kyson Lee(original actor for Yamcha)? Master Roshi does not wear Hawiian shirts in the anime but i guess it’s a nice change. Emmy Rossum looks hot and Justin Chatwin’s hair is good. But no Krillin and Tien.
he so does wear hawaiian shirts!!!!
One more thing Joon Park looks too old for Yamcha. Yamcha’s a teenager not some dude in his mid 30’s.
I know right!? Isn’t he supposed to be Bulma’s age, or a little older?! Casting is suck.
unleashed strait to …DVD
Yea, Yamcha’s suppose to be a teenager….. and Goku is suppose to be a kid…..
Man with his hair like that, it makes it forehead look HUGE haha
No, Let me correct on that dude…if you know your Dragonball history,
you would know that the movie is during the Piccolo Jr Saga and during that time goku was a full grown YOUNG man…SEE FOR YOURSELF. Watch episode 133 of Dragonball.
its about it someone know what they are talking about i cant stand these hater
All I can say is……wow. It takes balls…Dragon-sized Balls to put out this poster with a straight face.
Speed Racer is about to get some company…
AE.
Why don’t they just change the movie’s name to “Speed Bomb” instead?
At least that way it’ll probably do a little better in Asia than it will now
How about Dragon Bomb Priverson? Does anyone know what to to happened to James Kyson Lee? I can’t stand looking at his replacement. He was way better and younger. I don’t why Toriyama won’t sue or boycott. Funimation should at least.
what is needed is vegeta (vicious, relntless killer) film looks good apart from no vegeta
I hate how, fox looks like they are gonna ABSOLUTELY ruin this movie and stray as far from the story as possible….yet ‘cos im a MASSIVE fan i’m gonna waste money and sit through this rubbish film…and the worst part?! i’m gonna enjoy it!…yeah, it won’t deserve to be called dragonball but i’ll LOVE it and wait patiently for the sequels like everyone else….cos we are mugs and FOX knows it. grrr….. peace!
thats what im talking bout im still gone see it to. i just hope the special effects are worth it. Where r the muscles that some of the cast suppose to have? See they messing up all ready DAMN!!!!
why does everybody dis this movie? so much things like “its too different from the source blah blah”, and like goku is not buff blah blah, its dragonball… not dragonball z… they can get a new actor for Z, but for now goku needs to be young and thin.
and for the hair and costumes… search “goku cosplay” on google, look at the pics, nomatter how good the costume and hair is, it still looks SILLY! dbz costumes and hair would suck in live action.
and about not using asians for goku… even in the anime goku doesnt look asian…
and im gonna puke if piccolo has green skin,wears his costume and has feelers.
imagine someone walking around in that getup…
doesnt matter if it doesnt pleases DB fans, this movie isnt for them, its FOR THE WORLD. and the world likes something they can relate to, so ty for enrolling goku in school XD
A Dragonball movie’s that’s not made for DB fans but for the world…how dumber can xericho get?
Besides, DB fans is basically the world now.
and oh, james kyson lee auditioned, but wasnt good enough for them i think.
Is this DB or DBZ? The only reason I’m asking is because I saw a sickass DBZ trailer on Yotube with Freiza as the main villain.
This is going to be a really really bad film.
Remember street fighter the movie.
Silly costumes and no real idea of whats going on.
How about just making the best ever CGi film, better than
lets say Final Fantasy??
Wich will be a challange on its own.
This is a film aimed at those who worship Hollywood instead of the world, which will soon be shunning it
Where is the tail? I’m getting worried…
Looks like this movie is going to be a flop. The actors look nothing like the characters. At all! Bulma: Blue Hair. Looks like some cheezy 10 dollar movie.
who ever said “this movie is not meant for DB fans” is as dumb as dumb can get, as an adult, if i walk by the movie theatre and see a poster of some power rangers looking kid’s movie, u wont see me saying “OMG i gotta watch this flick NOW”… but since i grew up with DBZ… if i see any movie with that title on it.. i gotta watch it ASAP and buy the dvd… and games if any come out… and since its not secret that the Dragon Ball/Dragon Ball Z/Dragon Ball GT fan base and community is freaking huge… and only gets bigger by the minute… its very ignorant to say the movie is not meant for us… the Dragon Ball Fans… Try naming that movie “Daichi’s Adventure” or some shit like that and not mentioning it has anything to do with dragon ball and sit back and wait to see the charts on how well its doing in Theatres lol….
i seen better photo shop work done by kids then what this movie seems to offer… but oh well… it has a dragon ball title, so im gonna have to watch it and cry after and bitch about it.
i saw a movie once that was meant to be a dragon ball movie… but at least the producer had the respect not to put the dragon ball title on that garbage… it was called something else, i dont remember exactly what… i did a pretty good job on blocking it outta my memory since it was so horrible.
i hope this guys know what they are doing… if they arent going to use top notch tech to make this with the best Computer Generated Graphics then they shouldn’t even bother.
as if life didn’t suck enough already some people set out to destroy the few good things left in it… i hope this isn’t one of those cases.
oh and by the way… Goku is a small “elementary school” age kid in Dragon Ball who bearly reaches Bulma’s ass height… so who the hell is that 20 some year old in the picture?
Tiko if your a real fan of dragon ball you would know that near the end of dragon ball before z, goku fights picollo jr there goku is a skinny young man or late teen. youtube serch db episode 133 and you’ll see. thats what their basing the movie from . those episodes.
the only hair Master Roshi has is not exactly on his head… so Mr. Chow better shave that shit off and glue it to his face…. and it better be white hair too…
i hope this “movie project” is just some huge joke on all of us DB fans hahaha… that would be more merciful then watching a shitty adaptation.
Goku come out in his “grown up” form until episode 133 of a
153 episode series… to base the movie in those last 20 episodes is down right stupid if you ask me, lets just forget about the other 85% of the series and concentrate on a twisted last 15% of it… 15% that is most likely very different then the last 20 episodes we remember and will probably have nothing to do with the real story hahahahahaha.
Let’s just hope it’s going to be better than Dragon Ball the Magic Begins.
if yall would read the damn sketch this is when goku fights piccolo at the end of dragonball and his a young adult then not a little kid.
yep yep rob.
and too many posts tiko, you could have done that with one.
and one thing… when was DBZ ever about story? lol, of all the animes, it probably sucked on story, same thing every saga, new more powerful enemy, hero becomes more powerful, blah blah.
its was all about the FIGHTS man! i dont care what hollywood does to the story, throw in a massive fight with superspeed and insane explosions, then its DBZ. all of us here were probably not even teenages when we saw the anime, we didnt care bout the story, it was the fights! and we still loved it! if the fights look like the Neo VS Smith fight from matrix (with powers), then im happy.
theres is only one
thing important thats not in this movie, not krillin, not hair, no costumes, nor story, nor fight nor anything …. where on earth is his tail?
Ok, if you’re asking about his tail, then you’re not really a fan of Dragonball. And I mean that in the nicest possible way. Think about it. Yes this is the Goku vs Piccolo Fight and yes they’re screwing it up because it was KID Goku that punched a hole through the green guy. But they decided to go with Young Adult Goku. Now tell me this: Did Young Adult Goku EVER have a tail? Answer that and you’ll have your answer as to why Goku doesn’t have a tail in this movie.
Also, from what I’ve heard, they decided not to go with Kid Goku in the movie because they would be tempted to make it more of a kiddie movie. I think they’re trying to stay away from that. To that end, if they decide to start the sequel with the Raditz Fight, expect Gohan to be a little older. Like, say, 10-ish. Now, if they were doing this right, they would ask Jet Li to recommend some 5 or 6 year old Kung Fu prodigy to play Gohan. But they’re probably not smart enough to do that. That and that kid would probably make Chatwin look like garbage. Though, many people believe he’s doing a great of that himself. Personally, I’m going to reserve my opinion until after the movie came out. I didn’t think the main character of Forbidden Kingdom was going to be any good, but after I saw it, I was impressed. Kid knew how to fight. Speaking of which, THAT is how Dragonball should be done! And I swear the main character looked like Goku, down to the Gi. If Dragonball even comes close to Forbidden Kingdom, it’ll be a fun ride.
Lastly, for what it’s worth, here’s my beef so far:
1. Yamcha is taller and more muscular then Goku… WHAT?!
2. Roshi has hair in all the wrong places… WHAT?!
3. Yamcha, apparently, stole Roshi’s shades… >.>
Yeah.. Forbidden Kingdom was satisfactory.. This movie.. I don’t know, man.. Looks really messed up.
Iznt bulma emmy rossum that one girl from AMERICAN PIE what was the name I think its nadia or something……yeah she is dam she looks so different
Um no she was never in American Pie. She was in The Phantom of the Opera, The Day After Tomorrow, and Poseidon.
In episodes 133-150(?) in DB around the world tournament focussing on piccolo being the bad guy of the mini saga, i yamcha and tien were slightly taller and more muscular than goku, Tien DEF was. Goku was an adolescent, some sites ranging from 17-19 years old and he does look like a teenager (albeit a very athletic/muscular one) and tien and yamcha are about 3-4 years older (again, dont quote me, do the research for yourself) . Most people can clearly see the difference in physical appearance in say a 17-19 and a 20-23 year old man ESPECIALLY if they exercise. Therefore, the yamcha being older/hencher isnt a big issue to me. Aslong as in subsequent movies goku “catches up” in height/physique its cool.
As far as costumes, this is a hollywood movie, nt some lame cosplay. The budget for wardrobe will be big so im assuming they COULD make the costumes look good/authentic but judging by the pics, they couldnt care less.
Goku NEVER went to school! I refuse to believe that casting him as a school boy works! part of his character was that he was unintelligent! sure, he was tactically smart at fighting, but he couldnt work out 16 minus 1 in his head ( DBZ episode at the great saiya man saga). ANY teenage school kid would LAUGH at how dumb that is. Its part of his jovial nature/innocence and that innocence is PRECISELY which makes him forgiving and unusually trusting to even his enemies. A trait that MAKES his character. Also that innocence plays a big part in learning the “spirit bomb”.
for the people worried about gokus tail,it was removed when goku was training with kami after he beat demon king piccolo,it didnt show u it happnin but thts what happend.im not goin 2 get my hopes up 2 much 4 the movie,but im not goin 2 sit and slag it either,until ive seen it.cant wait 2 c wat the super kamehameha looks like and piccolos big attack,nt sure wat its called,but its similar 2 vegetas final sacrafice.also im hopin the movies goin 2 b a success so they bring out the sayain saga in a film,been rackin ma brain thinkin who cud play nappa,any suggestions.i think jet li wud make a good vegeta tho,hes small like vegeta,but as we know packs a powerful punch.any fans who fancy talkin dbz ma msn is boab@random.com
a green n bold james masters is what’s gunna make this movie the dogs pajamas
feck everyone else come’on piccolo
Yeash,
Guys, can we wait just a little bit before we completely distroy it. I mean come on, what do you expect? DragonBall Z live action film, doesn’t exactly sound good to begin with. Do you all expect it to be perfect? I know Speed Racer wasn’t good, but I can at least say it was F!@#ing better than the original animated series. Dragonball Z is a way over the top series to begin with. Do you all think the movie isn’t?
The movie hasn’t even come out yet, so no one can really judge it.
Of COURSE i can judge it before it comes out! its an opinion and it hurts/benefits no-one! jus throwing it out cos im bored!
but its true….there will have to be a LOT of cgi/sfx added to justin chatwin to make him look anywhere near goku. If that is an “official ” poster for the movie,i.e. the finished product, then they arent gonna stray from that image too much, so of COURSE its gonna suck hard.
I still think its gonna suck, BUT im still gonna watch it anyways jus cos i WANT to know! Live action DBZ never gonna be great? nah..it has HUGE potential, but fox are gonna dumb it down and screw with it cos it “may” not be popular! SCREW THAT!!! theres a HUGE fan-base across the world already!any desk-jockey who could do any kind of research on google can see that….
To the person who posted this blog: the title of the magazine doesn’t make sense because it’s Shonen Jump, and not Young Jump!
This movie will be terrible. Goku looks like a wimpy runt and man where’s his Gi? Jeans and a T-shirt? All the actors are no-name nobodys mostly TV actors, that always spells disaster in a movie…I’m a huge fan of the anime I won’t even rent this when it comes out.
hey dudes is krillen going to be in the movie …… i heard that vernon troyer the miget is going to play him
and dude master roshi is bald lol
I hope that they at least wear the same costumes like in the serie. Or they really fuck up the movie
Look, the movie has potential…..doesnt mean that its actually gonna be good….Hollywood has the tendency to take something good then fucking it up the ass and give you a drug ridden back ally whore. I fear that fox will make this movie into that drug ridden back ally whore, I really do….
As for the actors playing the characters you cant really bring cartoon characters in live action so looks CANNOT be the same. They would look rather stupid, dont you think? No matter how good the costume design is….I mean, could you imagine someone dressed up like someone from the kingdom heart series? With all those belts? ohhh god….all I got to say is that I think that the costume wear is okey and have only ONE complaint about it: “WHERE IS MASTER ROSHI’S TURTLE SHELL ON HIS BACK?!?!” HAHAHAHA
I dont expect much from this movie story wise, dragonball wasnt exactly shakespear what matters was the fight scenes! If the fight is this movie is awesome….Like really awesome not just some standard shuddy fight scene but like full epic battle DB style then this movie will do okey….Not only will it appeal to the fans but those also who are not familiar with the original….and who knows? Maybe after the film it will dreate a new fan base and the new fans will discover the TRUE glory of dragonball….
Well, this is just my opinion flawed like everyone elses…
Just wondering about the point with new fanbase, does anyone have an idea of how the psychology of the Mario ‘fans’ that ‘joined’ the fanbase after watching the movie evolved?
Nice comment Raziel.
What most of you harcore moronic fans fail to realize is that GOKU IS ACTUALLY 16 THROUGHOUT THE SERIES. He just looks young because saiyans age so slowly. “But then he should still look young!” I don’t care. Just stop saying that he IS so young.
This movie looks AWESOME. Everyone knows it’s going to be awful. Any movie anyone tries to make of a series like this will be awful. So quit crying like a bunch of idiots and LAUGH AT IT. I want to see this movie because it’s going to be so bad that it’ll be GOOD.
EEUWWW!!! *Dies* WTF!?!?! I’m fine with most of the characters (I think) but what the hell happened to Goku and what’s with hair!!! What happened to Bulma!!! Emmy Rossum really? And What’s up with “As for the actors playing the characters you cant really bring cartoon characters in live action so looks CANNOT be the same” Have you seen the japanese cosplayers?!? Cannot be the same my ass! I’m not asking that they get plastic surgery to look exactly like the characters (that’d be freaky) but couldn’t they look even remotely closer to what the characters looked like not the “oh i gelled my hair spiky i’m goku and i dyed a couple of strands blue i’m bulma crap” at least wear the stupid costumes! The only good thing I’ve heard so far about this movie is that it’s gonna be produced by Stephen Chow so I guess it wont suck as much. Plz let it not be another speed racer!
Actually, Stephen Chow got thrown out of production since January, so he’s got absolutely nothing to do with this movie.
Dude where is Krillin??????
They really should do something with his hair it’s stupid. Like vegeta said “a saiyans hair is black and it never changes.” Until Super saiyans come around. Roshi should be bald, and Piccolo should have green skin dont change it.
Personally, the movie looks silly. I have no doubt I will watch it, but I am not expecting much out of it. Goku’s hair… come on… at least be longer. Bulma’s hair… supposed to be blue, but I guess I can deal with emmy’s. Roshi I have no issues with. Yamcha’s character is a little weird lookin’. Can’t wait to see piccolo, my favorite character of the series. Chi chi is perfect. I don’t know why krillin isn’t in the damn movie, he followed goku from the very beginning pretty much. If they put chaotzu in there without krillin, I will be pissed. I don’t think this will be a good movie, but hey, no one is perfect. I will watch, only to criticize… it will be worth it. Forgive me for simplistic writing, but I am tired… heh. I just had to comment. Maybe later I will write something a little more dickens.
you retards gocku is a adult on piccolo saga pay attention if your a real db fan or dbz.
and the dbz trailer with freiza was a fake and if bulma had blue hair look corny irl think about it.
its goku not gocku. and wasnt goku sent 2 planet earth frm planet vegeta. u sound kinda dumb. i think.
Yeah, Goku is a teenager in the Piccolo saga in DB and Bulma’s hair WOULD look really bad if it was blue.
I’m actually excited for this movie to come out.
It’s going to be NOTHING like the anime/manga, but it’ll be interesting too see the story play out in live action none-the-less.
hey guys, again, i am a huge db/dbz fan, loved all the sagas, and like most fans was disappointed with dbgt. This film…. oh my god. What have they done to our show?!?! Seriously, i don’t know how much money these people were paid to change it so drastically from what most of us know and love, but they will kill off future fans of the series with this retarded and and inaccurate rendition of toriyama’s creation.
haha)
So, some ideas then to make this a little better, or what should have been done in the first place: Jatwin would have been fine to play gohan or teen goten, but not goku, personally i would have had Brandon Fraser play adult goku (i know it’s a weird choice, but other fans may agree if they have a look at some of his acting, it’s actually very similar to the way goku behaves in the show, and he is a big guy, same as the show… and most importantly he can pull off the cheesy grin
So anyway, goku should never go to school as decalex said, it is his character to be, well, not unintelligent, but ignorant of the way the world works and some of it’s finer points. Costumes wise, i see nothing wrong with giving them the orange gi, but they should not use the ones from the show down to every detail, model them more on the shaolin uniforms and edit them a bit to give them a different style. AND PUT KRILLIN IN THE FILM.
Here is what i think they should have done though: Don’t rehash the same story we all know, instead create a film about the saiyans just before the time of Bardock (gokus father no less) and the fights they had in space, and tell the story of how Frieza took them over leading to a sequal about the show we know. erm, if i think of any more (heaven forbid) i’ll post it right up here, weyyy.
DAMN THAT MOVIE WILL LOOK GOOD IF THEY CHANGE THE ACTOR OF GOKU CAUSE
THAT DUDE LOOKS STRAIGHT OUT LIKE A FUCKIN GAY GUY, THE ACTOR PLAYING
MASTER ROSHI LOOKS NOTHING LIKE MASTER ROSHI, MASTER ROSHI HAS LIKE A
MEAN AS GOATEE WHICH IS WHITE AND HE’S FUCKEN BOLD FOR GODS SAKE THAT
FUCKEN CHINO HAS HAIR M. ROSHI IS BOLD. CAN NOT FORGET THE DUDE
PLAYING YAMCHA COME ON ANY OTHER CHARACTERS GOING TO LOOK GAYER THAN HIM YAMCHA HAS LIKE A MEANASS SCAR IN HIS FACE AND THIS FOO DOESN’T HAVE 1, AND SINCE WHEN DID YAMCHA HAVE BLONDE HAIR.
THIS MOVIE IS GOING TO BE WHACK AS FUCK JUST BY LOOKING AT THESE GAYASS ACTORS THAT LOOK NOTHING LIKE THE CHARACTERS.
A Dragonball Z movie? Wack? Sir, you astonish me.
sometimes, certain things are best left in an animated form so as not to tarnish our gr8 memories of them. I never really wanted them to make a DBZ movie cos all they are going to do is commercialise an awesome and brilliant series that is DBZ. as i have read in a previous comment they should’ve attempted a movie that is like Final Fantasy VII Advent children and that way hair, muscle tone and characters almost identical to their originals and could’ve been done without the hassle of trying to create them as actual people and still messing it up in more ways than one
can any1 imagine the budget for chatwin’s hair gel alone? lol
Goku looks nothing like goku, add at least a little bit of animation give bulma blue hair damnit and make yamcha a white tennager. also shave master roshis head and make his beard white. yall are going to ruin the show with these changes. and make tien and krillin please yall lick already enough, and it looks like goku is wearing a american eagle shirt/ WTF?
xericho’s got it right
i dont mind the story so much as long as its not some crappy 10 dollar movie i want the FIGHTS with lots of effects cant wait to see the kamehame but if you ask me piccolo shold be digital
Also the costumes are way off but whatever goku could ight an awesome battle with a crappy outfit as long as its awesome
My only regret is im still gonna see it cause i love dbz and then come home crying about the money i lost hehe
I think, this is only a waste of time and money!! I think it will looks like a Mortal Combat movie (with no story and with no DB feeling, but with a lot of effects.) I am going to watch it, just because I will prove that I am right. I watched original anime 4 times, and I loved that strong story and that feeling. Everything was great. But here is Goku student on a high school.
I never saw goku on a high school. In anime he was brave, strong, pure hearted, he was everything but a student. I mean Gokus personality will be absolutely different. In that case it wont be Goku at all.
I’ll wait for the bootleg if I were you
the characters dont look anything like goku and chichi.
the guy thats playing goku looks like a gay guy and chichi. omg.
and i heard that goku was gonna be in high skool and thats not even in thr cartoon soo.. ya. im dissapointed.
Wow another person who’s either a girl who like DB and DBZ or a retard using a girl’s name because he can’t come up with one on his own.
What does being a girl and liking DB and DBZ have to do with anything? I’m a girl and I’ve loved it since I was a kid.
It’s just a little strange that girls would like a show like this. No offense but I thought this was a guys only show.
None taken.
I know a lot of girls who like the show, though. xD!
We like the punches to the face just as much as guys do!
Something tells me….(maybe the pasta i just ate),that this movie just might be a hit………i hopw the same!
c’mon, cause…look what happened to transformers…no one really expected………
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pasta rules!
Was the pasta spoiled? Or did it contain hallucinant?
Priverson–just shut up.
We all get how you don’t think this is going to be a hit, but no one really cares about your sarcastic comments anymore.
Stop spamming the site and let people have their own opinions without you bashing them into the ground.
“Stop spamming the site and let people have their own opinions without you bashing them into the ground”
Say that to those at the sites that do nothing but brag how awesome this flick is
HEY EVERYONE
I HAVE ANOTHER POST,I WANTED TO TELL ALL THE DBZ FANS THAT WHEN IM FINANCIALLY RICH ENOUGH,I’LL MAKE A DBZ MOVIE ON MY OWN,AND IT WONT DISSAPOINT…..:P..xD