DragonBall Movie to Get New Title?
December 4, 2008
By: Son Goshin
It looks like the title for the upcoming DragonBall movie is evloving, literally. According to a report on Superhero Hype, the title to the movie has been extended to "DragonBall Evolution". Why the sudden change of the movie's name is unknown, but hopefully we'll get some clarification on this directly from Fox soon. To discuss this, head on over to the Forums.
LAA Webcast Episode 2
December 4, 2008
By: Son Goshin
The second episode of the LAA webcast is now up for your viewing pleasure. Well, at least part of it. It's kind of hard to explain, I'll let Oak have that honor of doing so:
"OK, here's the deal: We've got 3, maybe 4 videos to upload for the second webcast. The first video will be uploaded today, Wednesday, December 3rd -- in fact, I'm currently waiting for Youtube to finish slurping up the 273MB file (I've been loading since the end of Tuesday). Video two should be posted December 4th. Video three should be posted December 5th. And video four, if there is one, should be posted December 6th.
This webcast features a departure from the previous style found in Webcast One and Public Service Announcement One, both on the account of multiple uploads, and on the account that what we did was rather experimental (and low-budget in its experimental nature). We tried. If we succeeded in any degree, then huzzah! ... and if we failed at many, er, any, places, well... constructive criticism is lovely."
So there you have it. Click on the image above to see Volchok and Oak embroiled in a show down for the ages! And as mentioned, please leave all comments and such over on the Forums.
Also, you may have noticed the forum looks a little different if you're not logged in. To view the entire forum and exclusive content for members, you must be logged in and registered. Look HERE for more info.
DragonBall Teaser Trailer Pushed Back Again
December 3, 2008
By: Son Goshin
First we thought we'd see a teaser for the DragonBall movie attached to Max Payne. When that didn't work out, we were looking forward to the release of The Day the Earth Stood Still this month. Well, it seems our hopes have been dashed again according to a couple sources. DBMB received word that there will be no DragonBall trailer this month:
" We had hoped to finish it in time for that delivery but it looks like it may be debuting later now. Still waiting to hear for sure."
This was later confirmed by Fox saying that the new target release date for a teaser will be January 2009. Kind of strange since the only movie listed for 20th Century Fox in January is Bride Wars. Well, we've waited 5 years, what's another month, right? To discuss, vent, or what have you, head on over to our Forums.
Second "20th Century Boys" Live Action Trailer Is Up
December 3, 2008
By: Son Goshin
A first look at the second film in Yukihiko Tsutsumi's trilogy of 20th Century Boys is now available. The first movie premiered earlier this year, and the trailer for the second installment is now up over on Twitchfilm.
The story centers around a young man who finds out that disasters happening are similar to the fantasies and plans he and his friend created years ago as children. Apparently the trailer was available on Youtube 2 weeks ago, albeit in horrible quality. A clean version hasnow been posted, so cehck it out. Afterwards, head on over tot alk about it on the Forums.
Death Note 2 Premieres in Canada; DVD Release Coming Soon
December 3, 2008
By: Son Goshin
Tonight, Death Note: The Last Name will make its premiere in select Canadian theaters. Also, like the 1st Death Note movie, you can plan on seeing the 2nd out on DVD soon. VIZ Media will be releasing The Last Name on DVD February 10th.
To discuss, head on over to the Forums
Bubblegum Crisis Live Action Movie in Pre-Production
November 25, 2008
By: Son Goshin
Singaporean media group Axxis has updated their page with a new pre-production picture of the upcoming Bubblegum Crisis live action/CGI movie. Just go to the upcoming titles in the Axxis lineup section.
Axxis announced back in May that there will be 4 films valued at more than $135 million. Their site describes it as being about a team of 4 young, female mercenaries who call themselves the Knight Sabers. They make it their mission to deal with Boomer threats and protect their city. We'll have more info as it becomes available. For now, discuss over on our Forums.
Dragon Ball Z and One Piece OVA Now Streaming
November 23, 2008
By: Son Goshin
If you recall, on the recent Jump Anime Tour, new specials of DragonBall Z and One Piece's Romance Dawn were shown for the first time. Well, Jumpland's own site is streaming both OVAs for free until January 31 of next year!
Luckily, the special has been subtitled into English. To watch it, head on over to Jumpland's English website HERE. You will need to be on Windows to watch it and must download the browser on the bottom left of the page. You can discuss the contents of either OVA on our Forums.
Astro Boy Teaser Trailer Released!
November 22, 2008
By: Son Goshin
The time has finally arrived for the world to catch a glimpse of the upcoming Astro Boy movie in action. Moviefone has the teaser trailer streaming over on their website. It's short, clocking in at 48 seconds, but it's great to see Astro Boy whizzing around in beautiful CGI.
Astro Boy will hit theaters on October 23, 2009. You can discuss this awesome news over on our Forums.
Speaking of the forum a special Public Service Announcement has been made by our very own Oak, which you can view HERE. Follow the directions given by our space-fairing friend and onto the world will descend a video of epic importance to all Oak vs. my fellow admin Volchock. We only need 8 more posters in the thread to unlock the video. So check out the PSA and follow the link!
Jump Fiesta to Pre-Screen DragonBall Movie
November 20, 2008
By: Son Goshin
Our friends over at DragonBallCN.com have learned that select footage from the DragonBall film will be shown at this years Jump Fiesta in Tokyo. Select scenes wil run for about 30 minutes during a DragonBall panel. Attendees that arrive early enough will also recieve a free "Bearbrick" of Justin Chatwin as Goku:
As you may know, Japan is already seeing an early release of the film on March 13 with the United States getting it on April 8. In addition to that, "special guests" from the film itself are to be on hand at this event during Jump Fiesta. Who will turn up is anyone's guess. For now, you can talk about it over on our Forums
Voltron on Hold?
November 20, 2008
By: Son Goshin
ANN reports that on Monday, World Events Producetions (WEP) served a legal summons against Toei Animation stemming from a lawsuit against the proposed Live Action Voltron movie. WEP and Koplar Entertainment licensed the rights to one of the anime used to dub Voltron, entitled Golion . WEP had this to say:
"New Regency investigated the existence of possible third-party claims in and to the Golion and/or Voltron properties." WEP continues, "Through that investigation, New Regency identified an artist or author Kazuo Nakamura, who may possess rights that encumber the Golion and/or Voltron properties and that interfere with World Events' full and lawful enjoyment of the Golion and Voltron properties."
Basically, WEP is worried about how the rights will be spelled out and who would get the money when and if the film gets done. If you remember, back in August, New Regency decided to not produce the movie. With this latest setback, things aren't looking too good for the giant robot and his friends.
To discuss this news, head on over to our Forums
New DragonBall Pictures and Screenshots
November 20, 2008
By: Son Goshin
Over the past couple of days some new pics of the upcoming live action Dragonball movie have been trickling out. First, some more stills from the movie courtesy Civilized James.org were seen, including an awesome picture of Goku fighting Lord Piccolo.
Also, Spanish website conducted a video interview Plansiete with one of the concept artists for the film, Jonay Bacallado. You can watch the video HERE which includes images of the concept art. Join in on the discussion on all this and more over on the Forums
Robotech Movie Gets Writers!
November 17, 2008
By: Live Action Vegeta
The writing team from Spider-Man 2, Alfred Gough and Miles Millar, have been signed on to pen the screenplay for the live action Robotech.
"Robotech" takes place at a time when Earth has developed giant robots from the technology on an alien spacecraft that crashed on a South Pacific isle. Mankind is forced to use the technology to fend off an alien invasion, with the fate of the human race ending up in the hands of two young pilots."
Robotech was a series released in the United States. The anime, comes from a combination of three different japanese anime television series: The Super Dimension Fortress Macross, Super Dimension Southern Cross, and Genesis Climber Mospeada. The three were combined together and the dialogue revised, to create one overall story that spanned three earth generations as humans fought the Robotech Wars.
The live-action film is to be distributed by Warner Brothers, and is currently being produced by Akiva Godsmith, Chuck Roven, Tobey Maguire, and Drew Cavello. With Frank Agrama and Jason Netter Executive Producting.
Are you excited for Robotech? Let us know what you think on our Forums.
Source: Hollywood Reporter
Brand Spankin New DragonBall Pics
November 11, 2008
By: Son Goshin
In the past couple of days some brand new pics from the DragonBall movie have leaked, with a few of them actually coming from a James Marsters fan site and DBtheMovie:
Looks like Goku is still keeping true to character with his ravenous appetite for turkey legs. Also, it's being said that Piccolo will gradually change throughout the movie, into a more greenish color. How green or how much he will actually change is unknown. You can let the speculation begin over on our Forums
Want to see an American Remake of Oldboy?
November 8, 3008
By: Live Action Vegeta
I sure don't! However, Variety has reported that Steven Speilberg and Will Smith are in negotiations to do an American version of the Korean film from Chan Wook-Park.
The original film is based on the award winning manga from Garon Tsuchiya and Nobuaki Minegishi. It's about a man who was kidnapped and locked in a room for 15 years without explanation. Suddenly he's released and meets up with a young woman whom he quickly falls for. When the young woman is kidnapped by his former captures they tell him he has five days to figure out why they locked him up or they will kill her.
The film will be distributed by Universal pictures.
LAA Podcast #12
November 7, 2008
By: Son Goshin
The newest episode of the Live Action Anime podcast is live and you can listen to it HERE! We're back with the 12th installment, and there's plenty of good stuff inside. Me, Vegeta, and Otaku Kawaii give our first, and very fresh reactions, to the supposed "Oozaru form" of Goku. And by fresh I mean that we saw the picture about 15 minutes prior to recording the podcast. Also included is some insight on Joon park's interview, the supposed review from ACIN of DragonBall, some discussion on Astro Boy, Robotech, and Blood the Last Vampire. Don't forget, you can also check us out on Itunes
Early look at AKIRA!!
November 7, 2008
By: Live Action Vegeta
2009 is going to be a HUGE year for Live Action Anime films. We have Street Fighter, Blood, Dragonball, Transformers 2, Astroboy, Gatchaman, and now it's reported that the new live Action Akira has been put on the fast track, by WB, for summer 2009.
LatinoReview has an excluse look at the screenplay for the upcoming Live Action Akira. Which is set to be two live action movies, each based on three of the books in Otomo's series. A fellow by the name of Dr. Strangefist reviews the screenplay. Here's a snippet.
The story takes place in a burgeoning new metropolis of the future, several years after a cataclysmic event destroyed the old city that once stood in its place. Unbeknownst to most of the populace, the real cause of the event was a small boy with incredible psychic powers, part of a top secret goverment program attempting to harness such so called "Espers" as weapons. The project is deemed too dangerous, and the young boy - AKIRA - is put in cryogenic stasis in a secret underground facility to prevent such a disaster from ever occurring again. In probably the most significant change and the only one that really bugged me the events of this version are shifted from Tokyo to New York - but after the city is destroyed and the United States' economy collapses, burgeoning superpower Japan buys the devastated island to construct a new city to house their ever expanding population. So the firlm will technically be set in New Tokyo, but on the island of Manhattan, and with about half the character being American and the rest remaining Japanese. It's a somewhat odd way of appealing to American audiences and fans alike, and feels somewhat awkward, but does allow for some up to date politicial commentary.
To read the entire script review click here. It's definitely worth it! The overall grade that was given for the script was a B!!
What do you think? Discuss this on our Forum!
New Pic From Street Fighter
November 6, 2008
By: Live Action Vegeta
Coming Soon has posted up a new picture of Kristen Kruek as Chun Li. So here it is, click to see the image full size.
Goku as an Oozaru?
November 6, 2008
By: Son Goshin
According to an anonymous source, DBtheMovie recieved a photo of what is supposed to be called a "monster form of Goku":
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Could this be Fox's version of the Oozaru? It doesn't really look like a monkey. Not much more is known about it, and it might not even be the finished product. Whatever it may be, you can discuss it over on our Forums.
Interview With Joon Park
November 6, 2008
By: Son Goshin
Joon Park, who will be playing the part of Yamcha in the upcoming DragonBall live action movie, recently gave an interview to Korean news site Star News. A translation was made available by DBtheMovie:
"I always wanted to be a Hollywood actor, because I’m not good at the Korean language for acting in a Korean movie DragonBall was my third audition in Hollywood, I went to the audition, and I was called up from the director to come audition again. When I went to audition again, there were actors who were well known in the U.S., so I had to fight them. I thought “Not a chance,” because I’m “God” in Korea, but a “shit” in the U.S. (laugh)
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I entered the audition wearing a hat and shorts, and as soon as the director looked at me, he said “You are Yamcha.” I still can’t believe it. I won’t appear the first 25% of the movie, but I will later on.
I met Chow Yun-Fat for the first time when we traveled by helicopter. He was indeed a kind person. He was very friendly.
"It isn’t easy to make a comic into a movie. It could have became too childish. So we were trying to maintain a middle ground. There will be a lot of CG in the movie. This is a family movie, so the shooting set was a very family-like atmosphere. “Speed Racer” was a very technical set, “Dragonball” set’s atmosphere was kind of like inviting staff to your home and having a barbecue.
"Details of the movie are still a secret. It will be released on March 14th next year in South Korea and Japan for the first time in the world. Toys and video games will be released in the near future. My toys too. (laugh)"
You can discuss this recent interview on our Forums.
Transformers 2 Pretends
November 4th, 2008
By: Live Action Vegeta
An insider from TFW2005 is reporting that the character Alice, in Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, is actually a Transformer known as a Pretender.
Pretenders are Transformers hidden inside a shell, that acts as their disguise. Alice is said to be a shell of an attractive human woman with a hybrid of a Frenzy type robot inside. The transformer will have an arm that transforms into an energy weapon, a long tongue, and a scanning tenticle.
Sounds like my kind of date! Although it also sounds a lot like the T-X from Terminator 3. So we'll see how it pans out.
What are your thoughts? Discuss them on our Forums.
Barack Obama is President Elect of the United States
November 4th, 2008
By: Live Action Vegeta
This doesn't have anything to do with anime movies but I thought it was worth a mention as it marks a historic moment in United States history. Barack has recieved the 270 electoral votes required to become President of the United States.
He will be the 44th President, and the FIRST African-American president in the history of the United States of America.
First LAA Webcast Is A Go
November 1, 2008
By: Son Goshin
As you may or may not know, my fellow admin Volchok (aka Del, DeLaRocha, Delbaser, Nick Delmont, among many other illustrious pseudnoyms) and forum member Oak have been attempting to put together an LAA webcast. I'm pleased to present you with the very first LAA webcast with Oak at the helm:
Now this might be Live Action Anime, but you can expect way more than just that on the webcast. You'll be able to hear witty commentary on all valuable and unimportant matters as well. Aren't you lucky! Now this is only the beginning, expect many more great things from Oak, Volchok, and a slew of others in the near future. Make sure you leave some feedback as well over on our Forums.
Miscellaneous News: DragonBall, Astro Boy, and More
November 1, 2008
By: Son Goshin
So it's the first day of November and we got a couple of random things to cover. Rather than making a bunch of seperate entries, I'll just sum up a few of the things that have happened in the past couple of days.
First off, Jumpland has announced that it will be streaming the new DragonBall OVA from the Jump Tour (along with One Piece's Romance Dawn and Tegami Bachi) for free on November 24th! The video will be streamed on their website, however it's possible IP addresses outside of Japan could be barred from this viewing. Can't hurt to check though
As far as movie news goes for DragonBall, Dragonballfim.es reports from the XIV Manga Barcelona that a promotion will be taking place at the convention this weekend where the winner will receive a pre-screening of the movie.
IMAGI Studios, responsible for the adaptation of the upcoming Astro Boy CGI film, put up an interview with David Bowers on their website. Click on "What's New" and the interview will be there. Here's a short snippet:
"I want Astro Boy to to be a really special movie, a mix of action-adventure with lots of comedy and a really emotional story at its core. It's an iconic property and deserves respect, so I don't want to give it the glib, pop-referential treatment that so many animated movies have today. Instead I want it to stand as a classic superhero origin story, something befitting the icon of Astro Boy, kind of along the lines of Richard Donner's Superman. I want it to serve as an introduction to Astro Boy for western audiences whilst remaining faithful to the lore for Asian audiences. Astro Boy is a treasured icon in Japan and so I'm working closely with the Tezuka estate to ensure I get everything right."
To discuss this, head on over to our Forums.
In Transformers news, Michael Bay's official website has posted that prinicpal shooting for Transformers: Rvenge of the Fallen is complete. THe movie will be set to premiere on June 26.
And finally, ANN reports that Kenji Sonishi's series Neko Rahmen, the story of a cat that owns a ramen shop, will be made into a live action movie and the official website has begun streaming a Trailer.
To view the trailer, select the white text at the left side in the top menu. The movie is set to premiere in Japanese theaters on November 29. You can discuss this over on our Forum.
New Dragonball Clip
October 29, 2008
By: Vegeta
A new clip has surfaced from the upcoming Live Action Dragonball movie. Originally aired on the Japanese television show NHK, the clip is now viewable online and is posted on this one small little website called youtube.com.
The clip doesn't show much, but it does give us a very good look at one of the Dragonballs, and an extended look at Goku lifting the orange gi out of it's box. I wonder if it was a Christmas present from Master Roshi?
Discuss on our Forums.
First Possible Review of DragonBall
October 26, 2008
By: Son Goshin
Well this is definitely quite surprising. Over on AICN someone has said they've seen the DragonBall movie already and have a report with a few spoilers inside. Take a look for yourself:
"Well after watching the 95-100 minutes (excluding credits) of the movie i say this movie was solid. Ya you heard that right. I simply love the anime but I was very very nervous about it being made by fox. After all the studio has been making nothing but shit lately. Another reason why I was worried about this movie is that the director is James Wong who made final destination 1 & 3 and The one starring Jet Li. What I watched had unfinished sfx and with no scoring done yet. Also... they will be adding one or two scenes which will be shot sometime end of october.
Now let me list the positives of this movie
1) Action - I wasn't expecting the action scenes to be as awesome as they were. Simply put the best thing about this movie. The last action scene of Goku vs. Picollo are simply amazing and when picollo takes out his huge fucking ass sword with weird rectangle shape tablet attached it at the tip of sword and slamming it on goku was fucking awesome. Lot of blowing shit up, super cool flying scenes, awesome ki blasts. This fight scene was around 13-15 minutes long. There are other small action scenes that are fun and entertaining with slo mo but nowhere as good as the picollo vs. goku scene.
2) James Marsters as Picollo was awesome. He was perfect as picollo. Very mean and a villain that makes you say fuck ya kick all their asses. Oh and Picollo transforms into a light greenish color picollo towards the end of the movie.
3) Justin Chatwin as Goku. This guy surprised me a lot. I really didn't like him when they casted him as goku but he did a damn good job in the acting department and he nailed the KAMEHAMEHA line.
4) Oozaru - the giant monkey is in the movie. Goku turns into a 8-9 feet tall giant baboon when he looks at the moon. It was awesome looking though a bit CGI. Maybe they will fix it later.
5) Emmy Rossum as Bulma- She was really really good in this role. I liked how she never acted like a wimpy girl and eventhough she knows she can't win against the evil forces yet she kicks ass. A strong female role I will say.
6) Fullum Assasins - I thought adding these monsters were bad idea but they were pretty damn cool and there was an enitre scene where Goku and his friends fight these monsters and that fight scene was pretty damn good.
7) Joon Park as Yamcha was pretty cool. His acting was spot on like the character and they showed some cool fighting techniques of his. The fight scene between him and goku was good.
Negatives
1) Story - Dragonball fans will be dissapointed with some of the changes they have made with stories and characters etc. Krillin isn't in the movie, Tien isn't in the movie too. High school setting for the first 22-23 minutes was so not needed but ah well typical hollywood garbage of adding bullshit like that.
2) Jamie Chung as Chi Chi - Ya this was another casting i didn't like and my worst fears came true. Her acting is as bad as Jessica Alba's in F4 movies but thankfully her screentime isn't that big. I really wished they could have tried harded to find someone else. I hope for sequel she can improve if there is one of course.
3) Chow Yun Fat as Master Roshi - I was dissapointed with this. I wanted the fucking perverted roshi who fucking grabs breasts and asses like in the anime but alas all of that is fucking gone. Also he acted like Mr. Kesuke Miyagi. You know what I mean. The lines he spoke were fine but I felt he was uncomfortable in the movie. Very dissapointed."
You can read the rest, which includes a bit on Shenron, at the link above. So head on over to our forums and join in on the discussion!
Live Action Ninja Scroll Movie in the Works!
October 26, 2008
By: Son Goshin
Variety reported recently that Yoshiaki Kawajiri's popular anime Ninja Scroll will be making its way to the big screen through Warner Bros. and Leonardo DiCaprio's Appian Way production company.
The story of the wandering samurai, as he takes on legions of demons, is set to be written by Alex Tse (Watchmen and The Illustrated Man) and produced by Jennifer Davisson Killoran and Mike Ireland in part with the Madhous production company who oversaw the original anime. Kiloran is also going to be producing the Akira live action movie, also acquired by Warner Bros. and Appian Way. No release date yet for the film, but it looks like they're hoping to get two films out of it. So be sure to stay tuned for more information.
You can discuss this awesome news over on our Forums
More Revealed on Robotech Movie
October 26, 2008
By: Son Goshin
At this past week's Spike Scream Awards, Chuck Roven who is the producer for the upcoming Robotech live action movie had a few words to say on its development. The movie is expected to come out an undetermined date in 2009. To check out the video interview, check it over on IESB. Thanks to Kag19 for the heads up. And you can discuss this new information over on our Forums.
Masiela Lusha Talks Blood: The Last Vampire
October 22, 2008
By: Son Goshin
Masiela Lusha, famous for playing the role of Carmen on The George Lopez Show will be playing the role of Sharon in the upcoming Blood: The Last Vampire adaptaion due in theaters March 2009. On her website, Lusha has a lenghty report on how shooting the film was. Click the picture to check it out:
Now let me say that this news is actually pretty old, probably from sometime in March 2008. It's at least before this past August's announcement on the release date as the report still lists the former October 2008 target release date. The reason I'm posting it now after all this time is becuase I missed this back when this report first hit, and becuase I cannot recall seeing this anywhere else last Spring. With the lack of Blood news lately, this should give you all something to hold you over. Anyways, here's a snippet of her report:
"Sharon was such a colorful little villain in disguise that I just couldn't get enough of her! She was living in my thoughts. On the surface she appears to be a harmless high school girl, but within minutes, her facade transforms into a dark and overpowering threat. I just loved flexing my evil muscles, but perhaps I was too immersed in my character since Suzanne (our make-up artist) thought I really was that "intense"! But it didn't take long for her to realize that my personality was far from the Queen Bee Demon Child. In fact, when I'm not prepared to perform on camera, I tend to be quite shy.
"Still, it was fun being Sharon - actually it was fantastic! She was unlike any other character I've portrayed before. She's ruthless, vicious, invulnerable, and a great fighter. Don't let the innocent high school girl act fool ya!"
Don't forget to head on over to our Forums to discuss this and everything else on the Blood movie.
