EXCLUSIVE: Details of ‘Dragonball’ Reshoots Revealed, Cast Member Jamie Chung Talks Sequels



Not long after the first trailer for “Dragonball” underwhelmed the internet, our friends over at Cinematical discovered that Fox was scheduling reshoots for the big-screen adaptation of the wildly popular anime/manga, presumably to fix a bunch of scenes that looked awful in the teaser.

Half true, “Dragonball” actress Jamie Chung told MTV News. They are only re-shooting ONE scene. One very big, very important scene.

“I think it’s just one scene that they’re gonna have to reshoot and it’s the end fight,” Chung said of what they were re-tooling. “I fortunately will not have to go back. I think it’s the big fight between Justin Chatwin and James Marsters.”

That would be between hero Goko and villain Lord Piccolo, names that sound vaguely dirty but apparently aren’t. Chung, on the other hand, plays Chi Chi, which doesn’t sound dirty but is. Got all that? Good, me neither.

“Like, ok, Chi Chi. I heard rumors [that] each character is named based off a fruit. So I was being interviewed by this guy from Japan, and I was like, ‘Is it true? Is Chi Chi a name for a Japanese fruit?’ He was like, ‘No…it’s kinda like an international saying for…’ ‘Oh right, boobs!’” Chung laughed of the unintentional comedy of her character’s name. “There’s no way around it! We shot it in Mexico so my trailer said Chi Chi. It’s a name I can’t seem to shake.”

She’s going to have to get used to it. According to Chung, sequels are already planned for the anime adaptation, with all the main actors signed on for multiple projects.

“We’re signed on for two more,” she said. “Hopefully, I hope the movie does well. There’s lots of places that Fox wants to go with this.”

And you? Underwhelmed by what we’ve seen so far? Or have high hopes for this monster property? Sound off on your thoughts below.

Exclusive: Dragonball 2 to go to an “interesting place”



Dragonball: Evolution, the first live-action adaptation of the popular manga, hasn’t even hit our screens yet, but the script for a proposed sequel has already been written, according to Justin Chatwin, who plays Goku in the upcoming film.

Speaking to SciFiNow last month, the 26-year-old actor said that he was signed on for potential sequels, and that he was excited about the prospect: “If there were to be a sequel I think it… well, I know that it would go to a really interesting place, because they already have the second script written.” When pressed for details, Chatwin revealed a little more about the direction of the celluloid version of the franchise. “It’s really, really cool. The second one goes more into the whole legacy and the genealogy of Dragonball. It goes more in-depth into a real Dragonball series, the kind of intergalactic world of Dragonball.”

Dragonball: Evolution stars Justin Chatwin, Emmy Rossum, and Chow Yun-Fat. The film is released in the Japan on 13 March 2009, the United Kingdom on 3 April 2009, and the United States on 8 April 2009.

Dragonball Evolution Sequel: It’s (Probably) Not Going to Happen

The good folks at DBlegends.com spoke to a representative at Fox, who stated that a sequel to the much-criticized Dragonball: Evolution is still possible… maybe. In 20 years perhaps? This is what she said:

It could happen. Who knows? We have Wall Street 2 coming out this year, and the first one was 20 years ago!

In other words, it’s not going to happen. Wait, let me rephrase that. It’s not going to happen while the fanbase still cares. Maybe we’ll get a movie years from now and they’ll treat it like Speed Racer (an old anime that was brought back to life as a movie in 2008) but not as a relevant, kick-ass, big budget action tent-pole.

Fox is clueless. They don’t know what made the anime great and they certainly aren’t smart enough to hire a writer that does. Back when we reported constantly on DB:E on the real dbthemovie.com (long story short: don’t visit that shitty site anymore, THIS is the true new home of dbthemovie) we were optimistic. But our optimism quickly died shortly after watching the movie. It wasn’t the worst thing in the world as some people claimed, but it wasn’t good. It was like The Phantom Menace without the awesome special effects and budget.

I do understand those of you who want more movies. I do too. But I don’t want any more from Fox. If there ever comes a day when Fox sells the film rights to a competent company, THEN I will be interested, and then maybe we’ll finally get our Dragonball movie.

From this point on I probably won’t be updating on Dragonball: Evolution. It’s over, there’s no point in continuing to beat a dead horse. However, if any new substantial evidence comes to light about a sequel or remake, I will do my best to find out everything I can. Until then, we’ll be resuming normal non-evolution related posting shortly. I’ve been dealing with a death in the family so I couldn’t update the site until now.