Live Action Anime

Surprising pretty much, well everyone, DragonBall: Evolution has been nominated for Best Comic Book Movie in Spike TV’s Scream 2009 Awards:

The movie, while not grossing nearly as much as some of the other films nominated (Watchmen, Wolverine), still managed to somehow get nominated for an award with “Best” in the title.  To vote for the [...]

James Marsters has revealed that the actual budget that 20th Century Fox used to make the live action adaptation of Dragonball, Dragonball Evolution, was only $30 million. Speculation about the films budget ranged from $120 million to $45 million.
Despite the poor reception of the film around the world it appears that the movie actually was [...]

While not official this comes from Hoycinema who gave us some reliable news at the very beginning.  But I wouldn’t put much behind it because it’s probably just talk.

After the U.S. producers experienced a major failure with the signing of Dragon Ball: Evolution, we get information from our correspondents in Miami that Dragon Ball will [...]

Thanks go to dbthemovie.com for this piece of info. James Marsters has recently been quoted in an interview as having stated that there will be a sequel to Dragonball: Evolution dissipating the doubts amongst fans. His exact words were: “In Spring and Summer, I’m on tour in Europe. Check for dates and ticket on www.jamesmarsters.com. [...]

This news comes from CivilizedJames where they are reporting that in some countries Fox has pulled Dragonball: Evolution from theatrical release.
Sad news for Czech fans of James, PR manager of Bonton Film.cz, the Czech distribution company of Dragonball Evolution confirmed me that Dragonball Evolution was drop out from the distributing schedule and will come out [...]

Well the numbers are in and unfortunately it doesn’t look good for the live action adaptation of Dragonball. Pulling in a dismal weekend box office of only $4.65 million, it claims the number 8 spot for Easter weekend. The complete weekend box office stats are below.
Via: Box Office Mojo
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Usually when a new live action anime movie comes out, we’ll get at least one review out there.  But since the most recent movie is DragonBall, this is a special case since without this movie, there never would’ve been an LAA in the first place.  So in celebration, all this coming week you can look [...]

The day is finally upon us here in the US and Canada:  DragonBall Evolution hits theaters!  To celebrate the momentous occasion, ANN had extensive interviews with many of the cast and crew, which reveal some new insights on the movie and its production.
 

Cast and crew interviews include producer Tim Van Rellin, Chow Yun Fat, costume [...]

Latino Review has posted an exclusive interview with the cast of Dragonball: Evolution.  You’ll have to go over to their site to check it out.   They talk about their characters and what they’d like to see in future films.  I found it to be an… interesting interview.
Check it out here.
Dragonball: Evolution opens in U.S. theaters [...]

Dragonball Evolution
Well, ladies and gentlemen, it’s upon us at last. After years of doubt, of deliberation, of debate and dissent, the long-awaited live-action adaptation of the Dragonball franchise, Dragonball Evolution, is here. It hit cinemas in the UK today, and will be in America by Friday. To say that this release is a milestone in [...]