Fox Wants to Reboot Dragonball?
You know the drill. Take this with a grain of salt, Fox sucks, and so on.
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.
So, Fox is (allegedly) discussing a reboot that would potentially kick start a trilogy. “…Cool.” This comes from a blog on HoyCinema, which is about as reliable as James Marsters.
UPDATE: It’s fake, folks.
@DB/Z/GT FAN 4EVER:
idc he was horrible in action scenes. watever fuk dragonballas a whole im no fan after this movie bye
lol
no I dont want a 15 year old with the lead part go find one that can act you nimrod. There wont be any I dont want to watch a little kid as goku. Jon foo is perfect end of story I doubt thats who they will get because there fox but he’s perfect.
They really fuck up when the made the dragonball evolution PG because that took away what made dragonball what it was. I mean they could have easily made it PG 13 at the least, it would’nt have hurt anybody by them doing so. They were just so greedy and want to hurry up and rush the movie for quick money. This should be a lesson to everyone, when you don’t listen to the fans you suffer the ultimate consequence of movie failure. This should be common knowlegde to all directors out there. hopefuly the learned their lesson which I highly dought.
@DB/Z/GT FAN 4EVER:
- Goku is asian!
- No, Goku is an alien!
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- Goku must be 14-15 y.o.
- No, nobody is gonna buy that a 14-15 boy is so strong.
But, if Goku´s an alien? xB
I go for a 14-15 y.o. Goku, closer to the beginnings of Dragon Ball than a 18 highschool student. It`s a fantasy universe come on,
For example, I couldn´t imagine the Neverending story with chatwin playing Atreyu xD
I think I reboot would be outstanding, and makes more sense then a sequel to DB:E. It also makes sense for them to already by thinking about it, they made close to 60 million on a crap movie made for 45 million. They made decent profit, and they know everyone hated it. As stupid as Fox is, they do realize an oppurtunity to make some money. They make a reboot with a new director and a new script, if not a new cast as well. Spend more money, do more promotion, and make more money. It seems to me, at least, that there is talk going on a Fox, whether it be a sequel or a reboot. There are no new ideas in Hollywood so a new Dragonball is not out of the question.
@nelson18: Yea that makes sense. And I get what your saying, it can be interpreted that way, and if it’s true, theen yeaa they obviously will not keep the cast. I personally don’t care at this point…I don’t get how they can reboot something so fast. To me it’s seems like they’re digging a bigger hole to die in BUT if the movie is better, I don’t care. lol Whatever works to make DB/Z the best thing around, I’m all for that!
@Pitts: Very well said. And if this is a reboot and not a sequel, than redoing Dragonball makes sense, and making it a good story in general and not following the original word for word is the smarter approach when making movies.
@Mr.kennedy: #1, Don’t call me dear, #2, if it’s true that it’s a reboot, then you’re right. If its NOT a reboot, and its a sequel, then most likely you’re wrong. But with a new director, who knows what he’ll want to do.
@t-moore: I sorta get what your saying…DB isn’t that popular with the kids these days, however if Fox targeted the generation that DID grow up on DB, they would have better luck and more popularity. Fact is, if you make a great movie it doesn’t matter what it’s based off of because people will want to see it no matter what.
@lol: Hell no, a 15yr old Goku is just stupid alright?! I don’t wanna see 15yr old Goku in what will possibly be a DBZ style movie. The character’s age was never the problem, the fact that the writers made him an average 18yr old was the problem! And Chatwin was just acting as the writers and director told him to (well that’s what it seemed like anyway)! If its true that its a reboot, fine get someone else BUT NOT A 15YR OLD!!, But if it’s a sequel, I would personally like to see what Chatwin can do.
@Pitts: I meant to say, I agree with everything you said about DB (forgot to write that), and the fact that they can make awesome movies based off other things, so why can’t they do that to DB? The fact that you consider Twilight a good series scares me lmao!! Just my pointless opinion.
The whole news of a reboot is fake, it is just something that hoycinema wants to add for hype for their site. Worse is that some of you want history to keep repeating. Some still want a teen or tween to play Goku, yet we are getting a kid of the Airbender movie.
i say dont reboot i loved dbe and they should just make the next movie longer and better but you people who are hatin on the acters and directer STOP! and dont say im not a fan just because i liked dbe and note this the first show i ever watched was dragon ball and ive seen every episode of db,dbz,and even dbgt. SO PLEASE DONT REBOOT! and then i will be happy.
one more interview.. see it´s a sequel with a change of direvtor and style only (only but that´s very good i think)
the saga likely Sayen in the new movie Dragon Ball Evolution has so far been a drop of optimism in a sea of darkness. Today, the second volume is stationary, or almost. Even if everything looks good for it is a still lacks confirmation, not FOX, but the actors. However Reborn Dragon Ball seems to move faster than expected. Friday, during an interview for the Mexican site HoyCinema, Abraham Sullivan, spokesman for Twentieth Century Fox, had expressed about the likely return of Dragon Ball Evolution. “The only problems we have at the moment on the action film Dragon Ball Evolution, it is the scripts. There are not yet completed. Thus the script completed, it will then be reviewed by our leaders (ndrl, FOX) and we’ll see what we will. ” Statements that are not remain insensitive to the fans of the manga Akira Toriyama. As a result, most observers will have their eyes on this project, which trimmed from the star in video game Atari Dragon Ball Raging Blast.
Nothing is impossible. Twentieth Century Fox has already demonstrated a few days ago, taking by surprise everyone for Ball Dragon Reborn. But where is there really? Yet at the time of writing, only the actors and the production company have agreed and have already signed their contract, according to Justin Chatwin. But FOX seems to change his habits a bit. Also according to the spokesman of the Twentieth Century Fox, the company amércaine seems to have tired of the work done by James Wong, director of the first volume. Abraham Sullivan has already made clear: “(…) we are also under way to find a new project manager.” Remember, almost all of the crew signed a contract for two films yet, apart from James Wong …
sorry i used google translator but we get the point
STOP! with the comments about goku being white in dbe i think its good and that chatwin was the best choice for goku and also i still think they shouldnt reboot and just make a sequal thats better and fox good work on dbe i gave it a 9/10.so PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! dont reboot.
ok people, i´ve already said that´s a sequel with another director and style well not me fox so why are you still dreaming with a reeboot????
i really wanted a reeboot but…
and please dont say that dragon ball is 9/10*** because, f**k if that´s a good movie dont tell me that it couldn´t be better much better ok you like the movie but f**k it can be much much better
@austin vargas:
ya just do a sequel and the reason they probly made it pg was because its dragonball not dragonball z i liked dbe so i should just
reboot and wait another 1-3 years for another movie so i think
you should just make a sequel and make that pg-13 or rated R
causethats when all the real fighting starts i say they make dagonball reborn.:D
I say they should attempt (I don’t even care if this take 5 years to do) to sum up Dragonball in 30 minutes to an hour then go through the Vegeta Saga or some thing like that. Actually, they could avoid the kame and Piccolo all together, because we all know that the fans really just wanted a DBZ movie, not a Dragonball movie
@Adrian: i think that they should make the next movie 2 hrs and pg-13. @heliossj: please calm down i loved the movie its my opinion so just stay calm.
@Adrian: i also think that your goin fuckin crazy when you say it should be rated r.
Yea keep dreaming for a rated R DB/Z movie
…anyway the only reason I still think it sounds like a sequel instead of a reboot is because in this statement by this Abraham Sullivan guy, he never uses the word reboot…he sorta implies it, sorta doesn’t. Its still too early to tell, and I wouldn’t be surprised if they abandon the whole thing once DVD sales come into play. In fact I’m a little shocked that Fox is already talkin reboots or sequels this early on, and with such poor numbers. I obviously want to be wrong about this, and I still hope that all these rumors are true, but its just too soon to say anything to be honest.
no!
What we need is what the dragonball story really is. its a story about a young boy who has amazing strength. wtf if you guys think that making goku will make this shit any more believable, then forget a dragonball movie altogether. movies dont HAVE to make sense at all to be good movies. look at the transformers series. humanoid alien robots? come on. you guys are being ridiculous for not wanting what the story of dragonball really is. goku needs to be 15 maybe even 16 becuase thats what the story is! jesus christ a real fan would want the real story, or at least an adaption worthy one. goku is a monkey boy in dragonball not monkey 27 year old. fools.
@Son Goku:
i would love if you kept the gay comments to yourself. no one says nimrod you ass
@lol: a real fan would know goku is 12 at the start of db not 15………anyway enough of that bs this so called “Representative” never said reboot or anything of that nature it’s just implied.
@KEOLA:
haha dont tell me what a true fan is. i bet you wouldnt know that the manga gets his age wrong twice, or that it took master roshi 3 years to climb up korin tower and 3 years to get korins water. or that piccolos henchman was in fact a pterodactyl thing and that piccolo jr is the only “namek that piccolo gives birth to. or maybe that the only girl sayin besides pan and bra is fasha that we see in the anime. dont tell me what a true fan is. i only said 15-16 for the actor not for goku himself.
im a REAL fan. and only REAL fans should submit ideas to this movie.
@lol: you know I was just messing with you right……jeez calm down and besides there is no such thing as a real fan just fans and fanatics……and judging from your post you are the latter.
Yeye and by the way, reboot all the FOX staff and anyone who tried to make that movie…just…stop the massacre please. Be human !
But yeah anyways don’t take this info to heart it’s probably bogus.
I’m a real fan an your no better then any other fan here LOL so go fuck your self. Who are you to throw out the word real fan there are tons of those here.
i think there fixing the scripts.
so reeboot means they are doing a remake?
liek with willy wonka and the chocolate facory, to Charlie and the chocolate factory?
i think piccolo should be that tall guy in 300 who was kicked into the hole by Leonidas…….
@DPA: GOKU IS NOT ASIAN HE IS ONLY 1 RACE AND THAT RACE IS SAYIAN!!!!!!!!!!! PLUS IN DB/Z/GT THEY NEVER DEAL WITH RACE, SURE SUM CHARACTERS LOOK A CERTAIN RACE BUT JUST CAUSE YOU LOOK LIKE IT DOESNT MEAN UR THAT RACE. LIKE IM A MEXICAN AND SOME PEOPLE TELL ME I LOOK ASIAN BUT IM NOT. AND GOKU DOESNT EVEN LOOK THAT ASIAN I MEAN LOOK AT HIS HUGE EYES AND HE IS SAYIAN!!!! as for the whole 15 year old thing you gotta look at in a movie point too i mean everybody would just look away or just be facepalm at a bad acting 15 year old kid. but not im not sayin go for that just because its not believe i want it to be not believeable i mean thats were evolution really screwed up trying to make it realistic so no reality fuck that and that what makes dragonball/z/gt so cool that its not based on reality
@Cuh: not really i think piccolo should stay james masters cause i mean he was so into the character and if you cant get him then get ray park cause i mean he looks like piccolo also
this reboot is probably fake but still i dont want another dragonball movie from FOX unless they can fix the story i mean dbe is just one of those movies that you put when ur bored and basically so bad that its good and also kinda makes you appreciate the anime more. for a dragonball fuck all that “he was just an average kid” goku was NEVER average and people seen that to many times so it would be refreshing for them to see a cluessless happy going warrior to be the hero instead of a dark average kid. and if we make goku who he really is then people will like him way more and keep krillin and tien can make like a cameo and bring kami.dbe had that shot but fucked it up with showing us that lame fight in the tornument.
@Austan: i like that idea but i dont think we should do that i mean cause the other people would be confused and be like wtf is going on. Like say you didnt know nothing about a popular franchise and they suddenly made into a movie but skipped the info to explain stuff and then your lost so thats why. plus it would be cool to make a db movie 1st then a Z so when raditz tells goku hes sayian the other people would be like holy shit it could be a cool little twist of how a warrior sent to destroy the earth actually is saving it instead
They can reboot it.
No Problem.
But please lat Justin Chatwin and James Marsters be Son-Goku and Piccolo again.
@lol: wtf? Real fan my ass. Knowing a bunch of facts doesn’t make you a real fan…you’re no more real than me or half the people here. I get what your saying in a way, but on the other hand I think a story about a 15yr old will only appeal to kids, which is the #1 problem with this movie in the first place.
i would prefer a reboot over a sequel.
@DB/Z/GT FAN 4EVER: You are aware that air bending is a real martial art right? Nickelodean/Avatar didn’t make it up, its real. Its a real form of “Chi”. Chi/Ki are basically the same things anyway. I wish people would understand that “bending” wasn’t just Avatar stuff. Damn Nickelodean.
Also whats with everyone saying Micael Bay should direct? So since he did Transformers he must be the best director ever, right? News flash: Just about every movie of his before Transformers was a joke.
I for one think if they truly are doing a reboot get Peter Jackson or Zack Snyder. I know that’d never happen, but they do fantastic jobs with adaptions/remakes. I mean look at Watchmen, it was almost exactly like the graphic novel. Unfortunatly the movie bombed because of immature audiences. That movie should have done so much better ._.”
And 2 weeks ago, Walmart was doin preorders for Watchmen and DBE. Watchmen containin the Director’s cut and all this bonus shit it would have been 20.82. DBE containin little to no bonus features was gonna be 25.93 <_<” Well now its changed but I was like “Wtf?”
I still like DBE though. Reboot or Sequel, I will see the next movie. Considering there is one. Just get a director that atleast knew who Goku was before getting the job. I wonder if in the deleted scenes of DBE if Goku will say everyone’s favorite line that he didn’t say in the actual movie.
@Zgirl: I’m sick of fans saying “Oh I sure wouldn’t want seein a movie of a 14 year old kid defeatin bad guys” or “GOD WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE THE SAME THING OVER AGAIN WITH REAL PEOPLE?!”
Okay seriously I loved DBE, but wtf? What kind of fans are you? So what ya didnt like watching Dragonball and watching a young boy do some of the most incredible shit in the world, shit the world’s strongest martial arts fighter (Master Roshi) spent years trying to do? I thought that was incredible.
And whats with the “GOD I HATE WHEN ITS THE SAME THING” So what you never rewatched DB/Z/GT at all? So it wouldn’t be epic to see the same thing you saw in the anime of Goku vs Vegeta in live action? I sure as hell think it was.
Being open to changes is one thing, but being all for is another. Im sorry but it seems everyone forgot that Dragonball was an adventure comedy, not Dragonball Z which was more darker compared to DB. Ya say it sounds retarded for a little kid to beat up grown ups? I think itd be retarded for a 20 year old to shout “NO BALLS!!!!” When looking up a girl’s skirt.
@SSJ4Pikachu: If every DB fan in the world gathered and went to the theatre to see a TRUE Dragonball movie, it would make more money than it would need ot. We don’t need the support of outside fans is my point. So it doesn’t matter who finds it appealing.
i loved the movie
but wat would make the reboot bitchen
is maybe going straight to dbz
but show flashbacks of dragonball instead of makin another dragonball
kinda like once upon a time in mexico
i agree with ssj4pikachu
people need to stop bitching about DBE and realize
“hey its an adventure/comedy intended for children”
my only complaint was the director and writer
now thats not to say that they are shitty
but the dragonball movie is not for them
just like i suck at football
but that doesnt mean im a shitty athlete
and james wong is not a shitty director
and ben ramsey is not a shitty writer
@SSJ4Pikachu: First of all, I don’t need a lecture about DB being an adventure comedy, and DBZ being much different. Everyone knows that, and yes a lot of people forget that. In fact, I’ve always felt that Toriyama still kept the comedy going even in DBZ, it was just less frequent. Now in the movie, they took out Goku’s extreme moronic behaviour, so I don’t get what your talkin about with the whole no balls deal. Besides, Chatwin may be 25/26, but he was playing an 18yr old, sooo again, I don’t understand what the big deal is (he doesn’t look like he’s in his 20s anyway!). And I never said I didn’t like that Goku was young IN THE SERIES! It was the most awesome part of the story, seeing him grow from a kid who kicked ass, to a true hero. HOWEVER, in a trilogy of movies, it just won’t work. Not because it isn’t appealing to us fans, but there just isn’t enough time to fit all that in. You’ll end up with something shitty like Benjamin Button, and spend too much time on your intro and not enough time on some of the other aspects of the character. So yea, starting him at 14, 15 or w/e, its just not a reasonable timeline for three movies…hence why they should do more than three, but thats not gonna happen. So, you end up with an older character, and start with a later villain.
Now if this is a reboot, and not a sequel, then maybe the young age thing could make sense. I personally don’t think they need to waist their time on the older villains and young young Goku, but it could work. If this is a sequel (and that’s the feeling I’m getting, u can disagree if u want) then going backwards age wise makes no sense whatsoever, even with the whole new direction idea.
And as far as the whole copy and pasting of the anime, I’ll say it again, IT DOESN’T MAKE SENSE FOR A MOVIE! A movie is only 2 and a half hours long (possibly), and there might only be 2 left, YOU CAN NOT FIT ALL THE SERIES INTO 2/3 MOVIES! There will be changes, and obviously they won’t copy each fight scene exactly as it was done in the show. Changes are realistic, and as long as the essence of DB/Z is there, who gives a F***?
@andyboy: Trust me, everyone understands that this movie was made for the kids! Thats the whole problem, ok? They targeted EXCLUSIVELY to kids, and they didn’t even try to appeal to ANYONE else. I’m not saying they don’t deserve to enjoy a DB movie as well (what kind of monster do u think I am lol), but if a kid can enjoy the Dark Night, then they will enjoy a better and slightly (for lack of a better word) “darker” DB movie. And you right, with a new director, who is better suited for DB, this could work for a lot of people…but Fox is in charge soo you never know what you’re gonna get.
F**K BAD NEWS
“We are also en route for a new project manager.” Speaking this is how the spokesperson for Twentieth Century Fox, Abraham Sullivan, in the last week. One way for him to put pressure on FOX regarding the director’s first opus, James Wong. The case of James Wong seems to become increasingly problematic for the president of Twentieth Century Fox. Separating them would be seen for most fans of Dragon Ball as a new ambition to FOX. No more soap operas of the main actors of the Hollywood film, up to James Wong. But if the director came from Hong Kong, it could cost more than $ 1 million to FOX! What do Think a little more production company of American cinema.
It is a certainty: Dragon Ball is really a suite. But who will handle the project? According to the tabloid English Premiere, it would seem that James Wong could stay and eventually achieve the second opus. According to the director’s contract, if a departure was made before 2014 then FOX should pay James Wong some 1 million. Beset by financial difficulties, the FOX certainly did not need a new case for him from the shadows at a time when the leaders of the society did not need. However, FOX does not want to stop there. Indeed, according to the same source, the president himself should meet Wong, at a dinner for the director breaks his contract. But James Wong would surely reject this proposal.
It is complicated for the FOX …
I DON´T KNOW WHAT TO THUNK ANY MORE…….
I THINK I WILL FORGET FOR A WHILE THAT THEY WANT TO DO A DRAGONBALL MOVIE, UNTILL NEWS OF CONFIRMATION OF DIRECTOR
If you aren’t going to post a source, don’t post anything.
http://dbz220.skyrock.com/
don´t get it i thougth that you wanted news here?????????????????????????????????
go see …
@Adam: f**k i go here every day for more than a year i stayed away from the figths here i never insulted nobody (well not interly true james wong is an exception)
i don´t manufactur news
maybe they are not true but it´s news that appear in other countries
true or false don´t know but at this time nobody knows nothing
@SSJ4Pikachu: ohhh thank you for infoming me on that i didnt know
but just so people wont bicht THAT MUCH i say we stay with ki. and yeah your right watchmen was amazing and it did do poorly just because people were 2 dumb 2 pay attetion to the whole thing and cause people wanna talk about mr Manhattan but i didnt even notice it cause i was to amazed at how the story went and syner would do a good job but he really shouldnt do that much of the slow motion unless he can do it at the right time unlike wong(party scene) but yea i enjoyed dbe and if its a sequeal or reboot ill watch it cause its always been my dream 2 see a dragonball/z/gt live action movie
@helioSSJ: then hopefully so that way it goes too long and FOX looses the rights to dragonball and we can give them to some other company
im just sayin that it should be a young person in the lead because if there is certain elements like the comedy and fighting, and a great supporting cast it can be a good movie. and no one can tell me what kind of fan i am. a real fan is someone who rushed home every day after school when they were little to watch. a real fan is someone who respects what the story really is and still manages to enjoy dragonball after this abomination of a movie. some one who buys all the video games and just shows as much respect. but drssing up as goku to a movie premiere is kinda creepy lol.
@Son Goku
you seem to think your really tough when people arent even aknowledging you. you seem like someone that would get picked on in school and takes your anger out in a blog by posting random gay insults like nimrod. id say grow a set and talk to people in real life like that not in some blog.
@zgirl
i dony know you, i dont wanna know you, so dont @ me saying things like im not a real fan
Anyway, I’m positive that most 15 year old actors can do a better job that the one Chatwin did (just look at the cast of Harry Potter, they have given a somewhat believable performance during their run). And regarding the asian thing, hell I don’t care if he’s asian or white but whoever plays Goku better be able to fight extremely well, be extremely likable and be able to play a believable dumb and not some forced version of dumb (and no thank you to strawberries in the reboot).
As far as the french fanmade video and the guy that stated that if they had a bigger budget, they probably wouldn’t be able to do something better, have you seen Brain Dead and the other early Peter Jackson films? if that was the case TLOTR trilogy would have ended extremely cheesy and would have bombed at the box office, mostly because what matters is the ideas and visions they have and they would hire a team of professionals to develop their vision.