JM to be in DragonballZ live action movie

[shipperx]

James Marsters has been cast as the heavy in Twentieth Century Fox's live-action adaptation of the Japanese manga Dragonball, which is apparently about as popular over there as Harry Potter is, um, everywhere. Justin Chatwin — aka Tom Cruise's sulky son in War of the Worlds — has been tapped to play the good-guy lead, and X Files alum James Wong will direct the pic, which has been given a tentative release date of Aug. 15.

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[the-nites-gurl.livejournal.com]

That's awesome news!!!!!!! YAY :D

[fenchurche.livejournal.com]

JM on the big screen, yay!! Even if the guy is, yet again, playing the villain (what *is* with that?).

I bet his son is having paroxysms of joy, though.

[swsa.livejournal.com]

I'm happy for him, but also a bit concerned. That release date spells rush job. It's looking like a hastily thrown together project made solely for a few fanboys, ala Mortal Combat. Of course, any kind of film is a good move for JM, so hopefully even if the film is rushed and buried at the theater, he'll get some attention for it.

[kitmarlowescot2.livejournal.com]

Just...blinks.


Okay....so would James be Piccolo or Prince Vegeta ?

[kitmarlowescot2.livejournal.com]

James is going to be Piccolo. He will be green.
I saw this info on the wikipedia page on Piccolo. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3if4dd78b5e8cb039096286b7cdb7e6562

[deborahc.livejournal.com]

Why have I gotten nothing from JM's site about this? Is it that article that alerted people about his new role?

[shipperx.livejournal.com]

I picked it up from TVGuide. I saw somewhere that some UK site had it as well.

[swsa.livejournal.com]

Heh. I heard about it from Just Jared and CHUD. It's truly all over the place. JM got scooped. =)