DRAGON BALL Z Shooting in Mexico

By: Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor
Date: Wednesday, November 07, 2007
Source: El Norte

Director James Wong plans to shoot a good chunk of the live-action film DRAGON BALL Z, says the Mexican newspaper El Norte. The paper says nearly 85% of the production will be taking place in Durango, Mexico from January through March before wrapping up at the volcano site, Nevado de Toluca. Primary shooting locations will be 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. James Wong adapted the screenplay. No casting announcements have been made for the project...

Plot Concept: "Dragon Ball Z" is adapted from the manga created by Akira Toriyama; the work was also turned into a Japanese anime series that played all over the world. It tells the story of an alien sent to destroy Earth, who has a change of heart and decides to join the humans in their fight against various aliens and bad guys.

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Comments/Responses

yodaccm • Nov 07, 2007, 02:51am •

No me gusta Endriago Pelato Z! Quiero una bicicleta, por favor.

Dazzler • Nov 07, 2007, 06:37am •

Man I hope this movie rocks and kicks all forms of ass. I watch this stuff all the time. I hope they dub the voices with the American voices for the toon. Vegata kicks ass!

Whiskeymovie • Nov 07, 2007, 06:53am •

I am not normally negative, but I have tried watching the show and it gives me a headache. Maybe the movie will be cool. I wonder if the all White characters are all gonna have big round eyes like in the show.

WISEGUY562 • Nov 07, 2007, 08:17am •

I hate most anime and manga in general. I'm not a fan of the art or the animation and the fact that kids gravitate towards this more than traditional American comics irks me. However a live action American movie might be interesting and I'll give it a shot.

lazerman • Nov 07, 2007, 10:12am •

Ok, let me edit your PLOT CONCEPT up there :

DRAGON BALL Z is a Anime show that conisists of 20 episodes where Goku is "training" while the world is in peril with yet another more powerful character than Goku. All the other characters try to hold off the destruction of Earth until Goku in his now fully trained form, shows up and shows off yet another ability to take on the bad guy. He sometimes gets killed, and the heroes use the 7 Dragon Balls to bring him back because of yet another threat to the earth . . Bascially a never ending cycle of fighting and death . . .

It just might be a cool film . . LOL

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20105 • Nov 07, 2007, 10:14am •

The "live action" movie was horrible! If any movie is ripe for a remake...In addition,I don't blame Tony Randel, Wynne McLaughlin or Peter Atkins for "FIST OF THE NORTH STAR". The story was as it should have been...simple. Execution was one of the problems...that, budget and special effects. It should have been a Bruce Lee movie plus!! Lets hope this one gets done right.

aegrant • Nov 07, 2007, 11:54am •

I have watched this anime a few times and I know there is a big following - but a live action version would seem kind of weak unless there is some major CGI going on - plus I stopped watching because of the way minorities are drawn in the anime (looks like "sambo" type characters)

hanso • Nov 07, 2007, 02:06pm •

Time shoudn't be wasted on this. I think there are other animes that could translate better to live action than Dragonball Z.

For example, what they should be trying to make into live action is the story of Kenshin Himura aka Samurai X, Battousai.
If the adapt the A Legend of Kyoto story line for the film with Makoto Shishio as the main villain would be sweet!

xyde • Nov 07, 2007, 04:28pm •

just making a live-action Dragonball Z movie seems bad news enough, how much more if its gonna be a Hollywood movie, with an american cast?

gauleyboy420 • Nov 07, 2007, 05:11pm •

Did someone say "Dragonball Z Live action Movie"? I think I just threw up in my mouth, a little.

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