*INFO*
Now to get started with this. The movie is based on Dragonball, not Dragon Ball Z, but Dragonball. Which means kid goku or "son goku" (whatever floats your boat) trying to collect the dragonballs, before Piccolo Daimao. So basically if you have seen the DB series, its a "summary" of the entire series. Apparently the movie began production in 2002, and is scheduled to release in August 15, 2008
TheCast
Now even before a movie with live people was mentioned (japan has actually released one, which SUCKED B***S), there have always been speculation about charachter portrayals.
Names mentioned were such as, Danni DeVito (krillin), The guy from Mortal Kombat(goku) and so on.
Heres a link to a vid which has pretty good portrayals of charachters, and theyre actor counterpart:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=nms2_BNeiMM
Now to the real actors for DragonBall.
Justin Chatwin (Goku)
Who is he? You may know him as the emo kid in War of The Worlds.
Justin Chatwin
Apparently it was said that he naturally fits the part, as he already has the same hair?
I can seriously not see this on him, can you????
James Marsters (Piccolo)
Now this name is no stranger to those of the Buffy series as Spike. Yes the platnium blond demon is in as casted for Piccolo, who is the main villain of the film.
James Marsters
Now he has some similiaraties to Piccolo, yes i know hes not green but the silhouette of his chin and what not does have some reference to Piccolo.
Piccolo
I see similiarities!
Jamie Chung (Chi-Chi)
Now when i saw the name i had no idea who it was. When i looked for the picture, and found it, i thought: "Hey i've seen that girl before". Low and behold she was a castee of The Real World San Diego.
She plays goku's love interest.
Jamie Chung
Chi Chi
Emmy Rossum (Bulma)
Shes cute, she is most noted for her roles in : Phantom of the Opera, The Day After Tommorow, and Posiedon.
She plays the role of gokus aid, after her fathers dragon ball is stolen she joins the search/ fight against Piccolo.
Emmy Rossum
Bulma
Chow Yun Fat (Master Roshi)
Chow Yun Fat most noted for his roles in Asian movies, winning Hong Kong's "best actor" award 3 times, and Taiwan's 2 times. His films include: Replacement Killers, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, and Bulletproof Monk ( to name a few).
Awww, the perverted old man, with incredible super human strength is portrayed by a good actor, although most argue would have been perfectly played by Pat Morita a.k.a The Karate Kid (R.I.P) but nonetheless a good actor, acting as goku's mentor.
Chow Yun Fat
Master Roshi
Joon Park (Yamcha)
Apparently the actor, has a cameo in the upcoming movie Speed Racer, he is of Korean decent and was in a "boy band" named g.o.d
Yamcha himself is a dessert rat, in that he is a thief accompanied by his shape shifting friend Puar. Nonetheless a menace to goku, but later joins as an ally.
Joon Park....raising the roof
Yamcha
i included pictures for clarity
