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Tuesday
21Oct2008

'Dragonball' Headed for Reshoots

I don't want to say this is a sign of trouble or anything, because movies do reshoots all the time. And because the film isn't even expected in theaters for almost another six months, I don't want to overstate it. But here's the deal: Dragonball is going back in front of the camera.

The only reason this raises an eyebrow is because the project has already been blackjacked by its own fans for reasons ranging from where it's focusing the story to the casting of Justin Chatwin as Goku to the skin tone of Lord Piccolo. And apparently, the people the trailer needed to impress weren't impressed. So did Fox go back to the drawing board?

Dragonball The Movie has tracked down a casting call from Actors Status saying that producers are looking for Tibetan- and Nepalese-speaking actors for a shoot that begins on October 30th. This can only mean one thing: They're looking for Tibetan- and Nepalese-speaking actors!

Look, there are a lot of people who kind of want this thing to fail. Purists don't want a live-action movie giving a half-assed effort while Hollywood cynics root for a lot of adaptations to fail because they think the studios should nurture more original ideas. And when you see the material from the film - whether it's in a trailer or in production photos - it doesn't look all that good, so news like this just adds to the feeding frenzy.

Who knows: Maybe the reshoots will make the movie better.

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Reader Comments (5)

This movie is gonna rock!!! yihaaaa!!

Wednesday, October 22, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterDjiNN

At this point I rather have something over nothing, but I will take this as a sign that they see some problems whatever they are and are trying to fix them.

Wednesday, October 22, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterOrinn

this movie will fail b/c FOX is too busy trying to dazzle ppl with special effects when they care nothing for story, char developmnt, or consistancy

I will NOT be watching it, they wont get any money from me

Friday, October 24, 2008 | Unregistered Commentertiba

I want to see Robin Shou playing Goku. I don't think anyone could fit in Goku's role more then Robin.

Tuesday, October 28, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterEvilMajikMan

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Sunday, November 9, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterVEGETA_DTX

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