Movieland found a cool write up from Gregory Charles who worked in Durango as Chow Yun-Fat’s dialect coach. Here are some of the highlights:

My work involved working with Chow Yun-Fat to help him get his pronunciation as clear and intelligible as possible. We did most of the ground work in Hong Kong and in Durango before filming began which was fortunate, because during filming, there was little time or energy left to do any extra work revision. During filming, my work required me to listen very carefully with my headphones to everything he said, making sure he did not drop any words and helping him to improve his pronunciation when necessary.

Mr. Chow is no slacker. By the time we began filming, his pronunciation was excellent dialog, not perfect but excellent none-the-less. Even so, work on my location was not easy. It required intense concentration to listen to every syllable of his dialog, note the areas that needed improvement, analyse areas which were within his immediate grasp or absolutely needed improvement and use the most efficient method possible to communicate the needed changes to him, all within seconds of completion of each shot. It was challenging and tiring but we did a pretty good job.

Mr. Chow’s work ethics are admirable. His dedication to his work is truly remarkable.

Within hours of confirmation of his role in the movie, he began examining and developing his character, and he spent considerable time working on his dialog. From confirmation of his role until weeks into filming, he barely slept as he considered all of the options for his character, an experience I shared last year when preparing for “They’re Playing Our Song.” He worked so hard and slept so little that he became ill just a couple of weeks into filming. But even sickness barely slowed him down. He rested for two days and went straight back to work, getting daily antibiotic injections until he was fully recovered, and regular vitamin supplement injections until filming was complete.

Read more at this link!

While it isn’t directly related to the film, I thought it was worth a post. Reader Bullza came across this post from Anime News Network:

This year’s 21st issue (released on April 21) of Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump magazine has announced that a “Jump Super Anime Tour” will visit 10 Japanese cities this fall with new anime specials for Dragon Ball and One Piece. The tour is the eighth project that celebrates the 40th anniversary of the magazine. The magazine also hints that at least one other title will also be animated.

I sure hope Toriyama’s involved.

Thanks to reader Spikesgurl, we have a new video of Marsters talking about Piccolo. This guy is so passionate about this role it’s astounding!

Also, I went to Comic Con today and it was pretty awesome. I got the chance to talk to Sean Schemmel for a few minutes. I asked him if he was following the movie and he gave me an interesting reply:
“I’m trying not to [follow it] because it annoys me.”

I’m holding out on saying where I got these from until I figure out if it it is okay to post them. But enjoy, while you can…

P.S.- Emmy’s hair looks better than I originally thought!

Craigdbfan, over at the Superherohype! Forums found what apears to be he first teaser poster for Dragonball.

The poster was spotted at Movieweb.com. I wouldn’t see why movie web would post a fake/fan made poster, however this post looks incredibly fan made. And while it definitely feels like Dragonball, it’s not the best or most well made poster out there. . .

Stay tuned. . .

UPDATE: As we all suspected, it’s a fake!

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