Saiyan Island

They need to keep joon park. that would be idiotic if he was not in there.

Zgirl: There will be a sequel the press allready knew it before James said anything. I’m guessing that Joon Park won’t be in the sequel hence why he didn’t knew about it.

can anybody translate this???
basically it says that there will be a second movie ..

La pilule sera très difficile à avaler pour les fans du manga d’Akira Toriyama pour le film Dragon Ball Evolution. La Twentieth Century Fox le sait bien. Comment expliquer, avec un budget de 50 millions de dollars, un tel balayage, d’autant plus qu’il existe de nombreux investisseurs prêts à donner un coup de fouet à ce film ? Nul ne le sait. Pour anticiper la colère des fans, la directeur de la société s’est offert une sortie médiatique étrange car, lors de son discours habituelle de juin, il n’a pas prononcé une seul fois “Dragon Ball Evolution”, contrairement aux autres films de la FOX qui sont sorti depuis septembre. Cela s’est directement vu au box-office. Sans surprise maintenant le film de James Wong, a réuni au total international de 56 millions de dollars. La FOX reste bouche bée. Les 300 millions de dollars prévu par la FOX pour le film n’ont pas été ateint. Loin de là. Décidemment, la société de production n’a pas dit son dernier mot et veut faire de Dragon Ball Evolution une trilogie.

Selon le journal Siglomovie, un second opus n’a jamais autant d’actualité depuis la sortie. Cela a commencé il y a un peu moins d’1 semaine avec les déclarations de James Marsters. « (…) Ensuite, il y a le film Dragon Ball. Nous allons effectivement démarrer le tournage de Dragon Ball en été 2010 (sourire). Je peux vous dire qu’il y aura une suite… ». Des déclarations qui ont fait un grand boom chez les fans du manga car aucun ne pensait revoir d’aussi tôt le projet d’un second volume. Et pourtant, le projet pourrait se mettre en réalité. Toujours selon le journal, James Marsters est de retour en Europe. Cela signifie donc que le tournage pourrait bien commencer plus tôt que prévu. Dès la rentrée, d’après nos infomrations…
Selon un proche du dossier contacté par nos soins, le tournage comencera dès le mois de septembre, et plus particulièrement le 4 septembre jusqu’en fin nomvembre. Pour le titre du film, rien n’a été évoqué si ce n’est Dragon Ball Reborn. Mais rien n’est moins sûr.

Dragon Ball Evolution, une suite ? Le sujet n’a jamais été aussi chaud…

@helioSSJ: can you put the source to that?? the http link??
thanks

More news
it says that because of the fury of the fans the script is beeing rewrited by james wong , that´s the reason of the delay of the shooting that will not be i the summer but in september, and that they are looking for a very build up body actor it says that maybe is for ten shin han but my guess it´s nappa. and 3 other actors with long hair .. and more but if some translate it´s better

« Acteur costaud, avec de l’expéricience dans le métier, pour jouer dans un grand film hollywoodien ». Telle pourrait être la petite annonce faite par le réalisateur James Wong et la scoiété de production qui dirige le film, Twentieth Century Fox. C’est donc désormais une quasi-certitude : le film live du manga culte d’Akira Toriyama, Dragon Ball Evolution, va subir une deuxième adaptation. Alors que James Marsters avait annoncé la semaine dernière qu’une suite verrait le jour en 2010, aujourd’hui, le journal sud-américain El SIglo, annonce dans son édition du jour que la suite du film de James Wong devrait subir quelques changements. “Les changements”, comme annonce le journal, devrait intervenir dès le mois d’août prochain. Tandis que le tournage commencera en septembre…

Toujours selon la même source, Eriko Tamura (Mai) ainsi Joon Park (Yamcha) et les lycéens ne seront pas reconduits dans ce deuxième opus. Ainsi, la direction cherche actuellement une personne de grande taille avec une grosse carrure (Ten Shin Han ?) et trois autres personnes de tailles moyenne avec des cheveux assez longs, nous informe le journal. Les recherches aurait déjà débuté mais aucun nom n’a pour le moment été évoqué dans les locaux de la FOX.

Selon un proche du dossier contacté par nos soins, un des salariés travaillant sur le projet nous déclare ceci. “Je sais que beaucoup des fans sont contre cette nouvelle orientation. Je respecte cela, mais sachez que toute l’équipe est à fond sur ce projet. Cela a toujours été l’une des principales préoccupations de James Wong de faire une trilogie, c’est juste que nous n’avions jamais pensé que le FOX nous donnerait cette opportunité. Toutefois, je ne peut rien vous dire de plus, nous attendons confirmation pour cette suite.”, nous a ainsi déclaré un des salariés de la FOX.

I don’t belive for 2 seconds that their will be a sequel to this pile of trash!

Fox is stupid but their not that stupid! Maybe if it was direct to dvd and animated then it would sound more realistic….

@heliossj-
Thats pretty cool that he is rewriting it because the fans are pissed but hopefully its good enough

Also i cant believe Wong is directing it again, why? Didnt fox learn anything from the first

@jon: I know right? Like why use him twice when he didn’t get it right the 1st time? I don’t get it.

@helioSSJ: Thanks for the news, but to be honest I’m more scared than ever before! lmao, The whole Wong thing has got me worried, not gonna lie. And of course the fact that Fox will most likely ruin it, even IF Wong steps up…really not liking the scenario. I wish I could read French (those articles are in french right? ), they look very informative lmao!

The hate for wong is well placed, but, you can’t however forget the writers! The script for the first one was just awful! And some of the dialogue, YUCK!

@Zgirl: yes it´s in french but i´m portuguese so can´t really translate i understand what it says but to translate for english…better not …
and yes i can´t believe that wong is still in the project becuse is rewriting the story because of the fans but the fans dont want him…
fox is a very strange company…..
i don´t understand the only thing that i hope is that the next two movies are better done but 50 millions isn´t much..
in the begining fox had put apart 300 millions for the dragon ball triology now they are spending half the original budget.. can´t understand that but……………… we will see…

@Alex: but it was wong that rewrited the FIRST dragonball soo we have to blame wong not ben ramsey

oh my god dragonball evolution was a big flop in germany
Dragonball Evolution Fox $23,719 in this weekend it was in number 31 f**k

well i notice one thing it was only in 8 theatres so not that bad

@helioSSJ:
hey yo
can you give me the link where you got this info???
i already trnaslated what it says
i just want to know where does this info comes from
see ya

“Actor tough, with the expéricience in the trade, to play in a big Hollywood film. ” That could be early announcement by the director James Wong and scoiété production directs the film, Twentieth Century Fox. It is now a virtual certainty: the film live manga cult of Akira Toriyama, Dragon Ball Evolution, will undergo a second adjustment. While James Marsters announced last week that would emerge later in 2010, today the South American newspaper El Siglo, said in its issue of the day as a result of the film by James Wong should undergo some changes. “Changes” as the newspaper announcement, expected as early as August. While the shooting will start in September …

According to the same source, Eriko Tamura (Mai) and Joon Park (Yamcha) and students will not be renewed in this second opus. Thus, management is currently seeking a person of great size with a big build (Ten Shin Han?) And three other medium-sized with fairly long hair, the newspaper informs us. Research has already begun but no name has yet been mentioned in the premises of FOX.

According to a close the file contacted by us, one of the employees working on the project, we said this. “I know that many fans are against this new direction. I respect that, but know that any team is to build on this project. This has always been a major concern of James Wong to make a trilogy, it’s just that we never thought that FOX would give us this opportunity. However, I can not tell you anything more, we expect to confirm this result. “We said one of the employees of the FOX”

thats kind of what it says in english
i used google to translate it so in some parts it may not make sence

@helioSSJ

Well if thats the case than Wong should be totally scrapped from this project.

I’m sure you guys no more about this stuff than me so I’ll take your word.:D

so there doing a second movie with changes cool but is it true.

@helioSSJ: forgive me the skepticism, but anyone can invent that, in fact, throughout the year and a half before the movie was released, we had lots of those fake news around here,,, so.. i wont believe anything unless i see real confirmation by fox

if this is true,, then this is the worst we could hope for,,, another dragonball movie by james wong with 50m budget,,
and with the way wong ended dragonball evolution,, im scared to think what he´ll do in the sequel

Alright any one liked the first and 3rd final destination, well james wong wrote those, and directed them, i think that since he is doing it he may actually get it right some what and alot more bloody, remember how much was in the first and 3rd final?? look im kinna scared for it but maybe there is some hope.

@nanjiro

i dont think wong had a choice, remember he didnt write it, ben did. i think wong may either do one of the 2 things, reboot it with the same people but Better story line, cause as we can tell from final destination, james wong can be dark. so lets see what he does.

This is just a wish list. I want a Dragonball movie that is as fantastic as possible. I want to see Tien with three eyes! i dont care if it’s not believable. i want to see the Flying Nimbus dammit! Piccolo needs to stretch his arms when he fights, (not all the time…maybe once.) I want to see Krillin with those 6 monk dots on his fore-head. and krillin shouldn’t have a nose obviously. i want to see a giant Great Ape. Sky scraper size, mo fos. i want to see the blood. i want all the emotion the anime has. i want to see piccolo’s antennae. i want the fighters to get bigger when they power-up. i want the energy blasts and/or balls to look more like the anime. i want it to look exactly the same as the anime. the way the energy blasts and/or balls looked in the anime is perfect the way it is. i dont think anyone hates the way the energy blasts look in the anime. i know its too much to ask for. This is just a wish list. I WANT A DRAGONBALL MOVIE TO BE AS FANTASTIC AS POSSIBLE…TALKING ANIMALS AND ALL. I DONT CARE IF ITS UNBELEIVABLE. ITS SUPPOST TO BE UNBELEIVABLE…ITS A MOVIE. ITS ENTERTAINMENT!

@The Seeker:
Lets hope, they won’t go and make the movie you want, cause you’ll be the only one to like it.

gram18
Or you’ll be the only one who don’t like it.

guys forget talking animals and other weird thinks because of the 50 millions budget we can´t ask that much.. let´s hope for a good script this time, good and longer fights and longer movie .

@stephen: actually ben ramsey wrote about 5 drafts acording to him (i doubt he would publicly lie about this),, his original draft was way more faithful to dragonball than what was used, but was too budget prohibitive (those are his words) and james wong used one of his drafts and REWROTE it.. so the final script was done by wong,, not ben ramsey,, id love to see ben ramseys original script though

anyway, i think wong already proved how mediocre he is,, he had the dragonball storyline served to him, and he translated it into a such a bad movie,, im not saying its easy, just saying he did a horrible job at it
he doesnt deserve another chance,, let someone else, who is already a proven director-writer, have that chance

colt

No alot of people wouldnt like it exact like the anime I wouldnt mind if they added most of those elements back but they wont. Today in movies it’s all about realism honostly thats what every movie aims for. So you probably wont see talking animals that just wont happen but I would like to see an athentic tien an krillen more likly krillen.

@helioSSJ: I don’t feel like translating everything. Essenially, it states that Akira Toriyama must be very dissapointed because DBE bombed. The fans are up and arms at DBE destroying their beloved franchise. Also, Fox expected to rake in 300 million but the movie only made 56 million (so far anyway). Then they delve in Marster’s interview stating that a sequel should be out in 2010. Its a very hot topic and the fans seem split.

@godofwar2k6: so the only confirmation that there is a sequel comes from an interview of james marsters posted on a FANSITE? or is it confirmed by fox somewhere else?

17 June 2009
CONFIRMED: DRAGON BALL WILL BE RESET AND NEW TRILOGY

Agencies | El Bravo

After the U.S. producers experienced a major failure with the signing of Dragon Ball: Evolution, we get information from our correspondents in Miami that Dragon Ball will be restarted and not only that, but also confirmed a forthcoming trilogy.

Such confirmation said the spokesman for 20th Century Fox, Abraham Sullivan:

“If we have another movie (Dragon Ball), we are currently discussing the resumption of the trilogy” Sullivan said our correspondent.

“The only problems we have are the scripts are not finished yet and will be reviewed by our executives, as well as walk in the search for a new director to make such delivery” said the spokesman for the Fox

Dragon Ball: Evolution was a big failure in 2009, so we are very slope of the next installment of this famous series.

@nanjiro

It is confirmed by James “I have lied so much about this movie, no one will believe a word I say” Masters and in an interview conducted in april and released in may, so……. it reallly isn’t going to happen, this movie hasn’t managed to break even (let alone make a profit) and even Wong stated that the sequel depended on the American box office doing good which we all know was beyond horrible.

So would you really believe someone that stated that Piccolo would begin old and decrepit and get younger (I’m sorry maybe if he had been in the movie longer than 8 minutes, they could have portrayed that better, or maybe Masters thinks that having a hood makes you old and decrepit and not having it makes you young), that the budget for the movie was 100 mill, that the fight between him and Chatwin had forced them to trust each other since it had been physically demanding for both of them, that the fans would enjoy it, etc, etc.

In fact since Masters confirmed it, I’m positive it won’t happen.

Wingo quit crying he’s not lieing about it I woudnt be suprized if a sequel does happen. Reguardless its not the actors faults it did so bad they didnt direct an write the movie.

@The Seeker: Yeaa entertaining is one thing, but being unoriginal is something entirely different. Toriyama already did all the amazing things you can do for DB, so we need someone else to take it one step further…and if that means that Krillin has a friggin nose, or that the energy blasts are not EXACTLY the same, so be it. But your right, its not a stupid idea to add in some of the little details like the animal people or w/e. As long as the next one has AMAZING action and interesting character development (something you don’t see alot of in the anime) then I’ll be happy.

@chago: Thanks for the translation! lol

@Son Goku: Yea thats exactly what I think. You can’t blame any of them, cuz they didn’t make any of the changes or crap like that.

Just random thinking about the whole “to stay true or not stay true to the source” thing…I just feel that if I’m going to see a movie, I wanna see a kickass movie. Like for example, with Transformers…I don’t know the source material except through that 3D cartoon that was on a LONG time ago, “Beasties” (or “Beast Wars” if you’re American). So when I saw that, I only knew the basics aand some of the characters names, but I loved that movie cuz it kicked ass!! It was a good MOVIE and not because it was based off Transformers, it was just great on its own. I have NO idea if the die hard fans of Transformers would agree with me or not, and for all I know they could’ve hated what was done. But either way that movie was a good movie! SO my point is, that the treatment of DB should be no different. If you wanna change the story from the source material, FINE! Whatever, go nuts! But for christ sake, make it worth our while!! Cuz I will totally be willing to forget all the little things that I loved about DB when going to see this movie, so long as the favour is returned with a movie that will blow my mind!

@Zgirl:
Though I hated Transformers, I agree with the point you are trying to make. It doesn’t matter if the movie is faithful to the little details, as long as they nail the basics and go out and make a good action movie.
@The Seeker:
I never like the talking animals in DBZ, I think it’s a distraction from the tone of the series, plus in DBZ they don’t do much apart from hanging around.
In any case, I think talking animals, a noseless Krillin or a 3 eyed Tien (I’d love if they could find a way to have a 3-eyed Tien actually without it looking weird and distracting) would look downright creepy in a live-action film and alienate anyone not familiar with the series.

@Colt:
Or maybe only you and seeker will like it

@gram18: Wow I never knew there were people who didn’t like Transformer lol. I assumed they were out there but never actually heard from them. Anywho, yea thats what I was getting at lol. And yea the talking animals and all that, it might be odd depending on the direction of the movie. DB isn’t some sacred scroll that can never be touched! People gotta leave some room for interpretation.

DBE is okay. Hopefully we can get some things redone in a sequel. Dragonball is always changing so keep it going.

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/transformers_the_movie/
http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1808716430/critic
Almost half the reviews were negative, there are many people not liking transformers and for a good reason.

Michael Bay has a very bad reputation as a filmmaker.

@gram18: I wouldn’t say all Bay’s movies were flawless, but I certainly don’t hate the majority of what he’s done. Thats what I think anyway…and either way he gave Transformers a better treatment than what Wong gave to DBE. lol

And yea most of those reviews made sense, I can’t argue anything said, but I don’t necessarily agree.

@Zgirl:
I don’t hate everything he’s done, but I do think his movies are really flawed. My favorite Bay movie is by far the Rock, it’s not as uneven as the rest. I guess the island was also passable, despite the universal beating it got.
I just don’t like that so many fans suggest that Bay would be a good director for Dragonball. He’s no Cameron, Spielberg, Fincher etc. I don’t think he would be able to offer much more than pyrotechnics and to me Dragonball is so much more than just pyrotechnics.

the reason i dont want bay doing a db or dbz movie is because he’ll just skip the development and story and just add special effects. and one of the reason we love db and dbz is the story and characters the fighting is just basically a plus. so yea no bay and its also not his style, i rather have GULLMEO DEL TORRO. and yea zgirl your right he defiently gave dbe a way better treatment to transformers than db

i say for a db movie nail the story and main characters personality and have some cool action scenes and when you get to z(espically frieza saga) go all out on the fighting and energy blast. and add little cameos and details for the fans. but for me no talking animals i mean people would just be like oh great more cgi talking animals i mean it would be great to have oolong and bulma saying piggy piggy lol but it just wouldnt go great for a movie but theres more fanisty in dragonball then just talking animals

@gram18: Yea I would agree with you on that, he’s obviously not the most spectacular director out there. Although the DB/Z series are action cartoons, there is still a lot more to them than that, so we could definitely use someone who can find a balance between action and compelling plots.
@DB/Z/GT FAN: Yea that’s honestly all i care about as well, the characters and the story. The fighting was great, but as its been stated DB is much more than a bunch of muscle heads beating on each other. lol

the first one was good, but as any one can tell with all other sequels, this next one is going to be a fuck of a lot better, in the end it is hard enough to make a live action movie out of a cartoon like dragonball z, it takes a lot of time and money, but its about time they did, and there is already talk of a third one coming out, sweeeeeeeeeeeet!

If the sequel does in fact happen, I hope they do the World Tournament that happens at the end of DB before moving on to the Saiyan Saga. Perfect chance to introduce Tien, the Crane Hermit, make Yamcha look some kind of competant, and do much better fight scenes!
As for the Saiyan Saga, anyone else notice at the beginning of the movie, they said that Piccolo AND an Oozaru attacked Earth 1000 years in teh past? That puts Saiyans on Earth WAY before Goku! If they do the Saiyan Saga, let it be Nappa (Nathan Jones) and Vegeta (anyone BUT Robert Patinson) from the start, and play it off as Goku being sent to Earth to see why Raditz hadn’t got the job done.
As for directing, Guillermo del-Toro would be alright, but I want a movie that’s not just cool-looking makeup and sets. The producer of DBE was Stephen Chow, director of Kung-Fu Hustle and Shaolin Soccer. Just have Stephen and James Wong switch roles and the fighting’ll be squared off. As well, Stephen’s style of directing is very anime-style, with the characters’ mannerisms and style of storytelling.
And I want DRAGONBALL fights, not DRAGONBALL Z fights. DBZ fights rely on flying around, energy blasts and burst-zone fighting for the awesomez. DB fights were more martial-art oriented, having a lot more fighting and a lot less light-speed filler-fighting. The Goku-Piccolo fight in DBE: DBZ fight. Mai vs Chi Chi: DB fight.

can’t wait

you are right they need to put all that shit on the movie for the fans

c’mon since 2002 i have being looking forward to this movie, I can’t believe how much it blows, I thought this movie was gonna be crazy…the next (MATRIX) because dragonball has so much potential this movie could be so awesome, the next top box office movie of th year, I think the actors work pretty hard for what they had to work with, i think the movie itself needs to have more action, drama, and longer fight scenes…I really do hope they continue the triology as a dragonball fan i have no choice but to obtain the dvd on blue ray, and im looking forward to see goku transform into a super sayian if it goes that far.

Well, not only a sequel, but there are acutally three movies in the Dragonball Evolution trilogy. The upcoming sequel is known as: Dragonball: Reborn. I do not know the third title but i found this out on YouTube. Yes, what i have said is true. No lying. Go to YouTube and see for yourself… type in: Dragonball sequel.

I AM SERIOUS! DO NOT THINK IM JOKING!