Emmy Rossum to Play Bulma in Dragonball Z

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Source: The Hollywood Reporter

Sunday, December 16th, 2007

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Emmy Rossum is the latest actress to join the cast of Dragon Ball Z. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Rossum has been added to the cast list which already includes Justin Chatwin, James Marsters and Jamie Chung.

Additionally, Eriko Tamura (Heroes) has joined the cast as Mai, and newcomer Joon Park will be taking the role of Yamcha.

Rossum is most well known for her starring role in Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera, and has also appeared in Poseidon and The Day After Tomorrow. Rossum will be taking the role of Bulma.

Dragon Ball Z centers on an adult humanoid alien named Goku who, after discovering he was sent to Earth to destroy the population, tries to fulfill the wish of his dying grandfather and collect all seven of the world's mystical Dragon Balls to keep them out of the hands of the evil aliens. His chief nemesis for the film will be Piccolo, who is trying to conquer the Earth.

Dragon Ball Z, which is being produced by Stephen Chow (Kung Fu Hustle) and directed by James Wong, is one of the most successful Japanese cultural exports of all time. Originally created by Akira Toriyama and published by Tokyo's Jump Comics, the manga was adapted into graphic novels, video games and a successful television series that ran in Europe, Asia, Latin America and North America.

Dragon Ball Z is set for an August 15, 2008 release date.

9 Comments & Responses

marcusx2

December 18th, 2007 7:58am

LOL I FORGOT MY PW AHHHHHHHHHHH

BUT IM EXCITED FOR THIS ALL THE SAME

marcusx

December 17th, 2007 6:40am

i really hope this does well. everyone knows it will be amaxzing...or terrible. there is no grey area with this

tomp1210

December 17th, 2007 5:30am

could be alright as bulma i guess, still dont agree with jamie chung tho

Phatlightning

December 17th, 2007 4:58am

for some reason I think they should skip the collecting of the Dragon balls, and goku's childhood, theres more action in the later series

Phatlightning

December 17th, 2007 4:56am

this movie is probably going to suck, but if they do it right, many sequels should come of it.. either way as a DBZ fan I will be seeing it

kenny

December 17th, 2007 1:57am

EMMY WILL BE A GOOD BULMA BUT WHAT ABOUT KRILLIN HE SHOULD BE IN DRAGON BALL HE IS GOKU BEST FRIEND

G-reg

December 16th, 2007 11:13pm

This is going to be either really good, or really bad.

Wyverex

December 16th, 2007 6:40pm

For me, i'll go see it when it comme out........ but everyone thinks that it would suck.

CapisDead

December 16th, 2007 2:18pm

hmm, interesting choice. It will be interesting to see how this film will be in terms of live action.

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Rating:	NONE
Release:	April 3rd, 2009
Director:	James Wong
Starring:	Justin Chatwin, James Marsters, Jamie Chung, Emmy Rossum, Eriko Tamura, Joon Park, Chow Yun-Fat, Texas Battle, Ernie Hudson
Studio:	20th Century Fox

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