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Emmy Rossum Blogs About 'Dragonball' Shoot
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Don't get me wrong, I'm all for movie-production blogging; what could be better than getting the information from the horse's mouth? That is unless they spend most of the time rambling about everything else. Unfortunately this is the case with Emmy Rossum's contribution to her MySpace page with news from the Dragonball set in Mexico. If you're looking for details, I wouldn't get too excited. There are a few hints, but for the most part the info you are going to get is that Rossum's character rides a motorcycle, and will have a lot of 'interaction' with Joon Park in the film, whatever that could mean.Dragonball is based on the classic manga, Dragonball Z. Ben Ramsey's adaptation centers on "A young boy named Goku who seeks out upon his grandfather's dying request to find the great Master Roshi and gather all seven Dragon Balls (of which he has one) in order to prevent Piccolo from succeeding in his desire to use the Dragon Balls to take over the world". Rossum stars as Bulma, and is joined by Chow Yun Fat (Rossum's unlucky passenger on the motorcycle), James Marsters, Joon Park, and the hotly-debated Justin Chatwin as Goku.
The cast has been pretty chatty since the film started shooting in Mexico back in November. Just last week, Marsters, who plays Piccolo, gave a little pep-talk on the Dragonball blog about the film. Mainly it it was praise for director James Wong, which appears to be the opposite of most popular public opinion. Dragonball is still filming on location and is set to hit theaters on August 15th, 2009.
'Dragon Ball' Gets an Emmy and a Girl of 'Heroes' Legend
Filed under: Action », Casting », Comic/Superhero/Geek », Remakes and Sequels »
Last month, we got a serving of James Marsters and Justin Chatwin for James Wong's upcoming Dragon Ball movie. Marsters signed on to play the villain Piccolo, while Chatwin nabbed the starring role of Goku. Now, according to The Hollywood Reporter, they will be teamed by a few women and another bad guy. First up is Emmy Rossum, Jake Gyllenhaal's love interest in The Day After Tomorrow. Aggravatingly, there's no word on who she'll play. However, there is some info on the other two additions. Eriko Tamura, who recently stole Hiro's heart on Heroes and made for quite the rift between the time traveler and Kensei, has signed on to play Mai, while Joon Park, who used to be a member of the Korean pop group G.O.D., has signed on to play Yamcha.*So two more, at least, have joined the bad side -- unless Yamcha will show up as his reformed self. He is a thief who reforms and becomes a Z Fighter, while Mai is one of Emperor Pilaf's two minions. I imagine that means Pilaf will be cast soon, so that Piccolo has a someone to free him from his confinement in an electric rice cooker. Now, I love strange, zany stuff, and Dragon Ball is full of it, but can they really pull this off in any way that'll be amusing -- either in a serious or tacky way? I'm getting Super Mario flashbacks, and even that source material wasn't this wacky.
Also, HoyCinema has posted the pictures from the film's production, which don't show too much, but should give you an idea about the film's look.
*Unfortunately, Heroes fans, this means no chance for Hiro's lady to meet his best friend. According to earlier rumors, Ando (James Kyson Lee) was going to play Yamcha.
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