Dragonballfilm posted a photo of a poster at the XIV Salon Manga Barcelona, which reveals a contest is being held to win a pre-screening for the film.
“Release date is April 2009″. Feel the Vital Energy. Win your very own pre-screening of the film. Kamehameha!”
Unfortunately, no other promotion seems to be present at the event.
The TV program NHK special in Japan aired a very short clip from the movie today. Thanks to the magic of the Internet we can now view it online.
Aint it Cool News reader Don sent in a review for a supposed early cut of the film. It contains spoilers if legitimate, but honestly it sounds like something anyone could have made up.
I am a huge fan of your site and constantly visit here but this will be my first time emailing you about something. I love geek movies because there is nothing better than a well made geek movie. Well after watching the 95-100 minutes (excluding credits) of the movie i say this movie was solid. Ya you heard that right. I simply love the anime but I was very very nervous about it being made by fox. After all the studio has been making nothing but shit lately. Another reason why I was worried about this movie is that the director is James Wong who made final destination 1 & 3 and The one starring Jet Li. What I watched had unfinished sfx and with no scoring done yet. Also… they will be adding one or two scenes which will be shot sometime end of october.
Now let me list the positives of this movie
It looks like 20th Century Fox will be promoting Dragonball at various different events this year from around the world. Cinema Expo in Amsterdam had a booth in June, as well as Brand Lincensing Europe earlier this month, and now we have word of 3 more events.
On October 23rd, 20th Century Fox Korea held a 2009 line-up road show at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Hannam-dong, Seoul. At this time, X-MEN and Dragonball special trailers were shown. But unfortunately Joon Park didn’t appear in this trailer. The trailer was edited centering around lead actor Justin Chatwin, Yun-Fat Chow and Emmy Rossum.
XIV Salon Manga Barcelona will feature a Dragonball booth and possibly a trailer. It will be held October 30th to November 2nd in Barcelona. For more information visit their official website. Via movieland.
Jump Festa will be held on December 20th in Japan. 20th Century Fox will be running a booth at the event where they say a secret movie trailer may be shown.
According to Actors Status, Dragonball will begin filming again (for additional scenes and/or retakes) on October 30th. If you’re between the ages of 20-70 and are fluent in Nepalese or Tibetan, this information may be for you.
DBLegends just got word from Fox that their new target date for the theatrical trailer is December 12th, 2008. The Day The Earth Stood Still premieres on December 12th from 20th Century Fox, so we are assuming the trailer will be attached with it (although that isn’t confirmed).
Our friends at DBLegends talked with Fox about the status of the theatrical trailer and if the teaser we leaked would be shown with Max Payne. As it turns out, the trailer that was leaked was never meant to be shown to the public, and Fox was working on a different one that was scheduled to premiere with Max Payne. But, because the film’s special effects are still not completed, it has been delayed until later this year.
First off, we love your enthusiasm for the film. We are so sorry to ask that you remove the content. It is not meant to irritate or discourage you and your readers from following this film campaign. It’s just that the pieces of content that are being leaked were not created to be used this way. They were only meant to be shown to potential Licensing & Merchandising partners who need to make partnering decisions far in advance of release date, and the content has not been approved for online use. Elements like music clearances and even talent approvals have not been pursued because we had no intention of having this go online. Alot goes into a trailer or video being authorized for online use….
We had hoped to have a really kick-ass trailer done by MAX PAYNE’s in-theater date, but because alot of effects shots are still being worked on – we’ve decided to wait until there is more material to work with, so we can really “wow†you and the fans. This is not uncommon for a film that still has 6 months until it goes in theaters. It looks like the real trailer will be released a little later in the year.
Again, thanks for all your interest. I am happy to update you when we get new artwork and approved video to distribute. We appreciate you removing the content, and don’t mean to cause you any headaches with your readers
Thanks to an anonymous source, we have received a longer, DVD quality version of the leaked expo trailer posted yesterday.
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