20th Century Fox’s big screen live-action adaptation of Dragon Ball Z is set to begin filming in Durango, Mexico. According to Mexican newspaper El Norte, filming will take place in many different locations in Durango, including Mexiquillo Forest, Marley Ranch, Hacienda la Providencia, La Joya Ranch, Laguna Seca de Santiaguillo and a forum from a Convention Center in the Culture Institute. The production will also film volcano Nevado de Toluca in Estado De México. Apparently 85% of the movie will be shot in Mexico.
Last I heard, principal photography was set to begin November in Montreal, Canada, although the article claims that filming will begin in January (and continue til March). Maybe that’s just the Mexico start date? Or maybe the location and start dates have been changed. We still have not heard any official casting announcements for the project, so a January start wouldn’t surprise me.
James Wong (Final Destination) will direct the adaptation of the popular manga and anime series. Created by Akira Toriyama, Dragon Ball Z tells the story of an alien sent to destroy earth, who has a change of heart and decides to join the humans in their battles. I’m not quite sure the series could ever be done in live action and not look stupid. But who knows, Hollywood executives thought the same thing about Batman before Tim Burton came around (A guy in a bat costume running around?). But with Wong in the helm, I don’t have much faith for this film adaptation.
via: comingsoon
November 7th, 2007 at 8:29 am
Ithought that the final fight scene in Matrix Revolutions between Neo and Agent Smith was exactly how Dragonball Z blink fighting should look in a live-action film. Anyone agree?
November 7th, 2007 at 8:33 am
DBZ good idea execution TBD
probability of success 30%
November 7th, 2007 at 2:08 pm
Cool, bringing revenue to my grandpa’s hometown.
November 8th, 2007 at 6:32 pm
I agree that the final Matrix fight was stolen right out of a DBZ episode, especially when they punch each other and the force makes them fly away from each other. and also when the force of their hits make the rain stall for a second. The wathowski bros stole that from DBZ for sure.
November 28th, 2007 at 2:49 pm
Using the cinematic fight techniques from the end of “Matrix Revolution” and also, has anyone seen “The Covenant” ? The way they shoot out their withcraft blasts (lol), it’s a great way to look at possibilities for DBZ Ki blasts. Although, I think they would be better off making this film all CGI. Kinda like “Final Fantasy Advent Children”. This would probably make things easier on everyone Money wise, not having to pay for full acting, just their voice overs, and when it comes to punching someone through 5 straight buildings, or flying around through what seems to be 100’s and 100’s of miles of unoccupied terrain, right outside of a town (DBZ Classic) this would allow that as well.
December 2nd, 2007 at 11:53 am
well I beleive that if the dbz movie would be almost the same as matrix revolution and the convenant and also Beowulf it could be a good movie but one problem.How will they spike up goku’s hair when he is super saiyan mmmmm any way let’s see what Wong gonna do
January 13th, 2008 at 3:53 am
I love the anime series :D all 3 . This well be BIG . above 300 Spartans or Bewolf :x ..
Go! .. . well GILET . they well use a lott of gel .. or glue :-”
March 10th, 2008 at 9:10 pm
I THINK IT IS GONING TO COST LOT OF MONEY TO MAKE .. BUT AT THE END THEY’LL GET BACK THEIR MONEY N A WEEK ,, WHEN THE MOVIE IS RELEASED .. HOPE THEY PULL IT OFF NICELY ,,
March 11th, 2008 at 4:46 am
IF ONLY THE WACHOWSKI TEAM HELPED, OR THE PEOPLE WHO WORKED IN OTHER GREAT SPECIAL EFFECTS MOVIES. BUT COME ON! WONG? I RESPECT HIS WORK BUT I LOVE MY DBZ AND I WANT SOMEONE WITH EXPERIENCE IN THE FIELD U_U
March 11th, 2008 at 12:16 pm
wong is pretty good @ his work .. i think he’ll do just fine
April 18th, 2008 at 11:38 am
I don’t think people should be complaining about Wong personally, because NOBODY in Hollywood can ever make a live-action Dragonball movie without it getting boycotted by the Japanese and the rest of the world.