DBZ LIVES!!! LOCK YOUR DOORS, AMERICA!!! - VGF

Falco53 · 06-26-2004, 06:55 PM

Source: IGN
Dragonball Z's Alive
Live-action DBZ movie back on track.

June 25, 2004 - Just when fans were beginning to think that all hope was lost for the live-action Dragonball Z, today's Variety scoops that 20th Century Fox has hired screenwriter Ben Ramsey (The Big Hit) to adapt the property for the big screen.

In addition to The Big Hit, Ramsey has scripted the forthcoming adaptation of Marvel's Luke Cage and Columbia Pictures' Static. The trade tips that he'll be paid $500,000 for the gig.

20th Century Fox initially fast-tracked the project when the rights were acquired in Spring 2002, but development stalled out and DBZ was feared to be DOA. In fact, an unnamed Fox rep was recently quoted as saying, "We won't be making that movie." Sounds like that was premature.

The hit Japanese anime series was adapted from the Dragonball manga by Akira Toriyama. Back in '02, he told the Hollywood Reporter, "I have always drawn my manga with the desire to create something unique to comics, something that can only be expressed in the form of comics. I felt that if I didn't do so, the reason for the existence of my comics will become weak. But recent movies have surprised us by entering such territory that used to belong only to comics with wonderful technology and wisdom."

As the trade describes it, DBZ follows "the adventures of an adult humanoid alien who's just discovered that he was sent to Earth to blend in and destroy our population but instead elects to protect it from an oncoming alien onslaught."

Fox production exec Peter Kang is shepherding the flick.

No other talent is attached to the film at this time. Screenwriter Tedi Sarafian (Terminator 3) was previously attached to the project and director Roland Emmerich was reportedly interested at one point.

Oy. Here's hoping it will end up being a bajillion times better than the anime, thus average.

Rattan · 06-26-2004, 07:33 PM

I've known about this for years. It can't be done. It will suck.

Jimmy Neel · 06-26-2004, 07:48 PM

I just can't imagine DBZ as a movie. Sorry, I don't think it would work.

**Wyborn** · 06-26-2004, 07:59 PM

NOOOOOOOOOOOOO! YOU BASTARDS, WHY CAN'T YOU JUST LET IT DIE!

PenguinMan · 06-26-2004, 08:58 PM

.......

WHAT

THE

CRAP?!?!!?

Erdawn Il Deus · 06-26-2004, 09:16 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Wyborn:
NOOOOOOOOOOOOO! YOU BASTARDS, WHY CAN'T YOU JUST LET IT DIE!

LET IT DIE??? WHY CAN'T THEY JUST ****ING KILL THE COCKROACH!?!?!

[ June 26, 2004, 09:18 PM: Message edited by: ERDAWN crushing your hopes & dreams ]

Rattan · 06-26-2004, 10:24 PM

Think about it. Some american celebrity like Matt Damn or Ben Afflek as Goku. Scary.

Falco53 · 06-26-2004, 10:28 PM

Personally, I think DBZ sucks anyway. I was happy to find out that they weren't going to make one after all. But apparently that wasn't true.

I think it's possible to make a good DBZ movie, I'm just not expecting one.

Seriously, who could play the DBZ characters? Um, Jet Li? Jackie Chan? I have no clue. If Matt Damon or Ben Affleck wound up being Goku I would go see the movie just to laugh at it.

Dark Magus · 06-26-2004, 10:34 PM

Ah hell.

SuperLuigi64 · 06-26-2004, 10:57 PM

Vin Diesel could play Tienshinhan. As for the rest of the cast....iono [img]tongue.gif[/img]

IT'S THE SEVENTH SIGN! SATAN APPROACHES! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO *falls to the ground twitching and convulsing*

Seraph · 06-26-2004, 11:09 PM

What about the rumor that its not just one movie they're planning, but 4 based on the Sayian Saga, Freiza Saga, Cell Saga, and the Buu Saga?

SilverWind · 06-26-2004, 11:20 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Wyborn:
NOOOOOOOOOOOOO! YOU BASTARDS, WHY CAN'T YOU JUST LET IT DIE!

Well said. o-o

Erdawn Il Deus · 06-26-2004, 11:25 PM

Hehehe.

Vin Diesel as Frieza. =]

Rattan · 06-26-2004, 11:39 PM

Live action though. How the **** are they going to pull it off?

Its a bad idea. But think about what....what happens if it does well? It'll open the doors for more crappy anime-->American Live action movies. Holy god Yu Yu Hakusho, Kenshin, Gundam, Inuyasha....the travesty!

Sim Kid · 06-27-2004, 01:47 AM

^You just created mind burning images of Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron quality Yu Yu Hakusho and Inuyasha movies with someone like Ben Affleck playing Yusuke and Mike Meyers playing Inuyasha. Get them out. NOW.

Quote:

Originally posted by Wyborn:
NOOOOOOOOOOOOO! YOU BASTARDS, WHY CAN'T YOU JUST LET IT DIE!

Words of a sage.

Rattan · 06-27-2004, 02:08 AM

DAMN YOU! I just gtot an image of Mike Myers, with a white wig, with dog ears, red jacket and parachute pants on. Why?!? He looks like a crappy cosplayer!

Erdawn Il Deus · 06-27-2004, 02:57 AM

I don't think this will work at all. WHo in their right mind would sink low enough to play in a movie like this?

Jonathan Resop · 06-27-2004, 03:02 AM

Wow...They've gone from suck to blow...-jay

PenguinMan · 06-27-2004, 03:19 AM

^ Actually, I think both are the same thing. A suck is just a reverse blow. [/nerd]

Tad Venture · 06-27-2004, 09:22 AM

....Crap, NO....

This can't be happening. This is the most retarded idea scince 4Kids dubbing One Piece.

06-26-2004, 06:55 PM	#1
Falco53 Senior Member Join Date: May 2000 Location: Happy World Land Posts: 2,744 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Points: 6,099.47 Bank: 500.00 Total Points: 6,599.47 Donate	Source: IGN Dragonball Z's Alive Live-action DBZ movie back on track. June 25, 2004 - Just when fans were beginning to think that all hope was lost for the live-action Dragonball Z, today's Variety scoops that 20th Century Fox has hired screenwriter Ben Ramsey (The Big Hit) to adapt the property for the big screen. In addition to The Big Hit, Ramsey has scripted the forthcoming adaptation of Marvel's Luke Cage and Columbia Pictures' Static. The trade tips that he'll be paid $500,000 for the gig. 20th Century Fox initially fast-tracked the project when the rights were acquired in Spring 2002, but development stalled out and DBZ was feared to be DOA. In fact, an unnamed Fox rep was recently quoted as saying, "We won't be making that movie." Sounds like that was premature. The hit Japanese anime series was adapted from the Dragonball manga by Akira Toriyama. Back in '02, he told the Hollywood Reporter, "I have always drawn my manga with the desire to create something unique to comics, something that can only be expressed in the form of comics. I felt that if I didn't do so, the reason for the existence of my comics will become weak. But recent movies have surprised us by entering such territory that used to belong only to comics with wonderful technology and wisdom." As the trade describes it, DBZ follows "the adventures of an adult humanoid alien who's just discovered that he was sent to Earth to blend in and destroy our population but instead elects to protect it from an oncoming alien onslaught." Fox production exec Peter Kang is shepherding the flick. No other talent is attached to the film at this time. Screenwriter Tedi Sarafian (Terminator 3) was previously attached to the project and director Roland Emmerich was reportedly interested at one point. Oy. Here's hoping it will end up being a bajillion times better than the anime, thus average.

06-26-2004, 07:33 PM	#2
Rattan Veteran Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: The current whereabouts of my being is here. Posts: 11,034 Thanks: 0 Thanked 5 Times in 1 Post Points: 11,769.15 Bank: 500.00 Total Points: 12,269.15 Donate	I've known about this for years. It can't be done. It will suck.

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Jimmy Neel Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Utah Posts: 577 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Points: 1,262.00 Bank: 500.00 Total Points: 1,762.00 Donate	I just can't imagine DBZ as a movie. Sorry, I don't think it would work.

06-26-2004, 07:59 PM	#4
Wyborn Zelda Mod Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: All over the place Gender: Posts: 12,325 Thanks: 86 Thanked 437 Times in 269 Posts Points: 14,891.55 Bank: 71,521.32 Total Points: 86,412.87 Donate	NOOOOOOOOOOOOO! YOU BASTARDS, WHY CAN'T YOU JUST LET IT *DIE!*

06-26-2004, 08:58 PM	#5
PenguinMan Spin the Disc Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: THE ARCTIC CIRCLE!!!!1 Gender: Posts: 10,731 Thanks: 1 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts Points: 5,292.00 Bank: 500.00 Total Points: 5,792.00 Donate	....... WHAT THE CRAP?!?!!?

06-26-2004, 10:24 PM	#7
Rattan Veteran Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: The current whereabouts of my being is here. Posts: 11,034 Thanks: 0 Thanked 5 Times in 1 Post Points: 11,769.15 Bank: 500.00 Total Points: 12,269.15 Donate	Think about it. Some american celebrity like Matt Damn or Ben Afflek as Goku. Scary.

06-26-2004, 10:28 PM	#8
Falco53 Senior Member Join Date: May 2000 Location: Happy World Land Posts: 2,744 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Points: 6,099.47 Bank: 500.00 Total Points: 6,599.47 Donate	Personally, I think DBZ sucks anyway. I was happy to find out that they weren't going to make one after all. But apparently that wasn't true. I think it's possible to make a good DBZ movie, I'm just not expecting one. Seriously, who could play the DBZ characters? Um, Jet Li? Jackie Chan? I have no clue. If Matt Damon or Ben Affleck wound up being Goku I would go see the movie just to laugh at it.

06-26-2004, 10:34 PM	#9
Dark Magus Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Gender: Posts: 6,260 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Points: 1,996.00 Bank: 500.00 Total Points: 2,496.00 Donate	Ah hell.

06-26-2004, 10:57 PM	#10
SuperLuigi64 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Louisiana Gender: Posts: 7,695 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Points: 3,644.90 Bank: 574.34 Total Points: 4,219.24 Donate	Vin Diesel could play Tienshinhan. As for the rest of the cast....iono [img]tongue.gif[/img] IT'S THE SEVENTH SIGN! SATAN APPROACHES! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO falls to the ground twitching and convulsing

06-26-2004, 11:09 PM	#11
Seraph Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Heaven or Hell . . . that all depends . . . Posts: 5,560 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post Points: 14,837.57 Bank: 158,109.53 Total Points: 172,947.10 Donate	What about the rumor that its not just one movie they're planning, but 4 based on the Sayian Saga, Freiza Saga, Cell Saga, and the Buu Saga?

06-26-2004, 11:25 PM	#13
Erdawn Il Deus Senior Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Threading the jeweled thrones of earth under my sandalled feet Gender: Posts: 2,985 Thanks: 4 Thanked 45 Times in 39 Posts Points: 22,361.27 Bank: 742.97 Total Points: 23,104.24 Donate	Hehehe. Vin Diesel as Frieza. =]

06-26-2004, 11:39 PM	#14
Rattan Veteran Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: The current whereabouts of my being is here. Posts: 11,034 Thanks: 0 Thanked 5 Times in 1 Post Points: 11,769.15 Bank: 500.00 Total Points: 12,269.15 Donate	Live action though. How the **** are they going to pull it off? Its a bad idea. But think about what....what happens if it does well? It'll open the doors for more crappy anime-->American Live action movies. Holy god Yu Yu Hakusho, Kenshin, Gundam, Inuyasha....the travesty!

06-27-2004, 02:08 AM	#16
Rattan Veteran Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: The current whereabouts of my being is here. Posts: 11,034 Thanks: 0 Thanked 5 Times in 1 Post Points: 11,769.15 Bank: 500.00 Total Points: 12,269.15 Donate	DAMN YOU! I just gtot an image of Mike Myers, with a white wig, with dog ears, red jacket and parachute pants on. Why?!? He looks like a crappy cosplayer!

06-27-2004, 02:57 AM	#17
Erdawn Il Deus Senior Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Threading the jeweled thrones of earth under my sandalled feet Gender: Posts: 2,985 Thanks: 4 Thanked 45 Times in 39 Posts Points: 22,361.27 Bank: 742.97 Total Points: 23,104.24 Donate	I don't think this will work at all. WHo in their right mind would sink low enough to play in a movie like this?

06-27-2004, 03:02 AM	#18
Jonathan Resop Banned Join Date: Dec 1969 Posts: 1 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Points: 34,085.00 Bank: 500.00 Total Points: 34,585.00 Donate	Wow...They've gone from suck to blow...-jay

06-27-2004, 03:19 AM	#19
PenguinMan Spin the Disc Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: THE ARCTIC CIRCLE!!!!1 Gender: Posts: 10,731 Thanks: 1 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts Points: 5,292.00 Bank: 500.00 Total Points: 5,792.00 Donate	^ Actually, I think both are the same thing. A suck is just a reverse blow. [/nerd]

06-27-2004, 09:22 AM	#20
Tad Venture Moderator of Awesome Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Location, Location. Gender: Posts: 23,504 Thanks: 484 Thanked 634 Times in 374 Posts Points: 80,687.23 Bank: 94,554.82 Total Points: 175,242.05 Donate	....Crap, NO.... This can't be happening. This is the most retarded idea scince 4Kids dubbing One Piece.