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Chow Yun-Fat Joins the Cast of Dragonball Z

Source:  The Hollywood Reporter
Chow Yun-Fat is the latest to join 20th Century Fox's live-action adaptation of Dragonball Z, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Chow will play Master Roshi. He rounds out a cast that includes Justin Chatwin, James Marsters, Emmy Rossum and Jamie Chung.

The film, directed by James Wong, follows Goku (Chatwin), a warrior alien who protects the Earth from an endless stream of rogues bent on dominating the universe and controlling mystical objects known as Dragon Balls.

Master Roshi is Goku's mentor, helping him achieve the highest state of fighting and spiritual powers.


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The Kwisatz Haderach
January 16th, 2008 12:33pm
chow tun-Fat as Roshi could be cool I wonder if he have a nibus and a turtle.
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marcusx2's Profile
marcusx2
December 20th, 2007 3:51pm
cant wait to see the posters and trailers actually
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CapisDead's Profile
CapisDead
December 19th, 2007 6:04pm
very nice casting choice, probably one of the first choices that truly makes sense.
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MasterSoto
December 19th, 2007 2:50pm
This is going to me super ultra mega omega cool( me charrie bbn brutal )lol
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kyle_hannah
December 19th, 2007 2:39pm
Well it's a good casting choice Chow is a martial arts movie legend and an awesome actor although this movie seems doomed to be epicly bad. I will still see it opening day
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tomp1210
December 19th, 2007 1:42pm
i reckon theyll have kool adverts tho, alot of people will see it regardless, im not gonna watch trailers tho lol, so as not to ruin it. but then again, ive seen dbz so... lol
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Indy2008
December 19th, 2007 1:00pm
2movieguys, do you have anything better to do then to bash actors, and upcoming films? it seems you have somthing to say on every bit of news on movieweb, and you used the must have rent due with nic cage, so either get som enew material or shut up, my word. Dragonball is a pretty good show, and i hate anime, so that has to count for somthing, Chow yun-fat kicks ass, and james marsters will always rock, there is potential here, be optimistic!
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CelluloidDreams
December 19th, 2007 12:39pm
Also Emmy" Rossum stunk as an actress in "The Day After Tomorrow", and the 2004 version of "The Phantom of the Opera" so you know this film will bomb at the box office.
This will bomb faster than "Pokémon: The First Movie"!
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marcusx2
December 19th, 2007 12:14pm
i gotta agree with andrew. i wana see it im totally amped and ready for this but im already prepared to be disappointed. altho the actors/ and behind the scenes team working on this project mite just pull off somethin great. i hope anyway, cuz it mite be just as bad as spiderman 3...tisk* tisk* what a shame that was. o well chow yun fat here goes nothin. and 2 movie guys youre not funny shut the hell up. he made enough money to pay rent and car insurance from POTC. stupid assh*le
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AndrewTheG
December 19th, 2007 11:21am
im stoked to see but at the same time im worried that its goin to be a huge flop
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G-reg's Profile
G-reg
December 19th, 2007 11:15am
This plot could be way better.
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ed_wood's Profile
ed_wood
December 19th, 2007 10:13am
No thanks.
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CelluloidDreams
December 19th, 2007 9:38am
Mabey the car payment is due to!?!
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tomp1210
December 19th, 2007 9:21am
think about it, stephen chow, fox, james wong, the actors, a seperate director for effects, a stunt company and 100 mill budget. o yeah and like one of the greatest animes, if not the best, anime ever, what makes you think they can screw this up to the degree of being mentally retarded? stop being downers...
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CelluloidDreams
December 19th, 2007 7:35am
Guess the rent is due!!!????
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tyler13d
December 19th, 2007 7:01am
Anoter franchise with great potential which is about to be totally ruined...
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The Kwisatz Haderach
December 19th, 2007 6:37am
Well, thats something. This could get interesting.
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Phatlightning's Profile
Phatlightning
December 19th, 2007 4:13am
i'm not seeing it
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kenny's Profile
kenny
December 19th, 2007 3:27am
this is very good for dragon ball z
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Demonic
December 19th, 2007 2:51am
This is goin to be interesting to see how this movie turns out
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tomp1210
December 19th, 2007 1:55am
could be pretty good, its ok for character fitting, coz roshi is not meant to be as old in this one, but having chow yun fat on the cast is a good thing im thinking. He can nail this part...
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DarkTower19
December 18th, 2007 11:18pm
Wait...wait...live action Dragonball Z with Chow Yun-Fat as Master Roshi......God help us all
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