Dragonball Set Report

Posted by JP | Cast, Crew, Uncategorized | Sunday 22 June 2008 8:03 pm

DBMB reader Tallal has provided us with some info from the Dragonball set. This report is from the Mexico City/High School shoot. This is the filming that took place from late November to mid December before production was moved to Durango.

There were vaious scenes in the highschool during about the first half of the story. They had 4 groups of differnt extras. The 4 groups were, Outside the school, Inside the school, Goku’s class room, and the hall ways. There were about a good 20 people in each shot. The scene he was in was the outside of the school. This was the first shot they show of the school, Goku was walking in down the street to get to school. He crossed the road, and got to the school. The first few promotional pics were for that scene. How ever there was speculation going around that there was a car crash… there was no car crash in that scene. Either they added it in later I dont no but that was the scene. 

Working with the crew was amazing, even though I was only there for 2 weeks I got to meet Justin Chatwin. He was soo comitted to getting Goku right. He, in my opinion, took this movie more seriously then anyone else. James wong was a great director, he just basiclly told us what to do and we all just went and did that scene. I was surprised that for 1 of the scenes there were quite a few blocking mistakes but he decided that the scene was all right. It felt a bit rushed through out those 2 days because we managed to cram in almost 20 scenes in 1 day. Everyone was in a constant rush. I didnt get too meet any other cast member personally other than Justin. I did see James Marsters but I didnt see Emmy any where. James Marsters was another one of the guys who made sure he gave 100 %. I cant say much about the sets because it would be breaking my agreement. But I can say that the sets that I saw were astonishing. It felt like these sets took years to make, but in fact it only took a few months. Everything felt like it was in the right place at the right time. The extras were also used as extras in the tournament. We were the audience. They just basically told us that go crazy. Yell as loud as you can!

The promoting of the film wont start for a while. We were told that about late October to mid November we can see a teaser trailer, but hopefully it will come out before. This movie has alot of surprises that no one would ever expect. Working in James Wong’s adaptaion of Dragonball was amazing, and I cant wait to see this movie when it comes out next April.

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Comments (77) for “Dragonball Set Report”

  1. SSJ Jon Says:
    June 22nd, 2008 at 8:21 pm

    WOW lat october To mid November? Wow that sucks seriously dude.

  2. SSJ Jon Says:
    June 22nd, 2008 at 8:30 pm

    YES! Chatwin is really commited to getting his charcter right. Good sign, good sign indeed :D

  3. JP Says:
    June 22nd, 2008 at 8:33 pm

    For a film coming out in APril.. October actually sounds about right.

  4. J Says:
    June 22nd, 2008 at 8:34 pm

    where’s the proof that any of this is real?

  5. JP Says:
    June 22nd, 2008 at 8:35 pm

    It’s just a set report. Take it however you want. :)

  6. shawn Says:
    June 22nd, 2008 at 8:39 pm

    this sounds right. If u ask me. I heared from someone else who was on the set and he said the same thing

  7. CJB Says:
    June 22nd, 2008 at 8:42 pm

    as long as we get something, i don’t care…kudos to Justin for working hard to get Goku right, let’s hope he succeeds! :D

  8. J Says:
    June 22nd, 2008 at 8:42 pm

    “He crossed the road, and got to the school. The first few promotional pics were for that scene”

    What about the part where the bullies come out and Chatwin appears to be hiding behind a car with his backback on the ground next to those bullies? That was the exact same scene Tallal was talking about, but he never mentioned it. He just said Chatwin just walked to the school.

    BTW, your site is messing up. I keep getting an error message when I send a comment and the poll is saying I already voted when I didn’t…or maybe it’s my computer.

  9. shawn Says:
    June 22nd, 2008 at 8:45 pm

    that could be tru but listen maybe they shot tht scene later or that is not the scene at all we havent seen the movie yet bro

  10. shawn Says:
    June 22nd, 2008 at 8:47 pm

    tru but listen maybe they shot tht scene later or that is not the scene at all we havent seen the movie yet bro it sound liggett glad justin is taking it seerious

  11. dapdil Says:
    June 22nd, 2008 at 8:47 pm

    Nice! This site has been getting a lot of news lately before all the other sites. Keep it up!

    An JP how do I get a avatar?

  12. Goku chatwin Says:
    June 22nd, 2008 at 8:48 pm

    sick sounds bad ass teaser trailernews sounds aboutright

  13. holmination Says:
    June 22nd, 2008 at 8:49 pm

    This sounds really good. Cant wait to see Chatwin as Goku.

  14. JP Says:
    June 22nd, 2008 at 8:52 pm

    dapdil, first you need to register to the blog. The use the gravatar website to upload your image.

  15. Jessssse Says:
    June 22nd, 2008 at 8:54 pm

    He spelt Marsters, Masters I did see James Marsters but I didnt see Emmy any where. James Masters was another one of the guys who made sure he gave 100 %.

  16. Jessssse Says:
    June 22nd, 2008 at 8:55 pm

    Any good DBZ Rpg sites?

  17. pete Says:
    June 22nd, 2008 at 8:56 pm

    October or November!Hmmmm…doesnt that seem late for fox to start promoting a 100 miilion dollar film.:? Its good to hear Chatwin dedicated and I wonder what surprises theres gunna be! Possibly Krillin?…Raditz at the end?…who knows! 8O

  18. Caleb Holoman Says:
    June 22nd, 2008 at 9:04 pm

    Ok…So when I read “surprises” I just about hyperventilated. They better be good prizes or else they’ll all wind up in a smoothie.

  19. cmlarson Says:
    June 22nd, 2008 at 9:05 pm

    October does sound right for an April film. I am very glad to hear Chatwin is taking his role as Goku very seriously. Hopefully he wil WOW us. :D

  20. The Original Bamfer Says:
    June 22nd, 2008 at 9:09 pm

    Fox’s X-Men: The Last Stand debuted in May of 2006. It’s teaser trailer didn’t come out till December, 2005. Dragonball comes out in April, which means, if you go by that math, we may not have a trailer till November.

  21. trrgoku Says:
    June 22nd, 2008 at 9:18 pm

    sounds very accurate I agree 100% about the teaser coming out in November

  22. Phat Joseph Says:
    June 22nd, 2008 at 9:19 pm

    Yea October/November does sound about right for a film coming out a half a year later lol.

    I cant wait…and about the avatar thing, i need one aswell. boo :D

  23. JP Says:
    June 22nd, 2008 at 10:19 pm

    http://en.gravatar.com/

  24. dapdil Says:
    June 22nd, 2008 at 10:40 pm

    Thanks JP!

  25. Bucky-O-Hare Says:
    June 22nd, 2008 at 11:24 pm

    Fuck yeah. I knew chatwin cared. He looks in the mirror everyday and sees Goku, so how could he not? Baffles me that the anti-dragonball movie crowd keeps saying he’s not right for the role. SOB was born for it. There’s literally no one else he can play that’d be as spot on.

  26. seth Says:
    June 22nd, 2008 at 11:32 pm

    this will sound stupid but one of my friends doesnt believe there actually making this movie and despite all the sites and pictures im starting to think hes right! like the way they keep pushing back the release date, barely any official word on it from fox, all these fuzzy low quality fotos but hey i hope im wrong cos i do want to see this film, but it does all seems a little suspicious!!

  27. dragonsoul2 Says:
    June 22nd, 2008 at 11:50 pm

    Ummmm…they’re definitely making this movie man, I don’t see how anyone can be confused about that.

  28. Bucky-O-Hare Says:
    June 22nd, 2008 at 11:50 pm

    ….

  29. ATXhorns Says:
    June 23rd, 2008 at 12:01 am

    I cant wait to see what surprises Jim Wong has in store for movie goers…This update got me more pumped than anything recently. When they say they saw Marsters..did they see him as piccilo or out of costume?

  30. barashin Says:
    June 23rd, 2008 at 12:17 am

    October mid november eh? Sounds cool! And Surprises? SWEET!! Now that’s what I’d like to hear :wink:

  31. barashin Says:
    June 23rd, 2008 at 12:19 am

    Oh and glad Chatwin understands how important his role is and that he ain’t going halfassed :P

  32. tigetrr Says:
    June 23rd, 2008 at 12:29 am

    sounds very ligget. I agree with them for releasing the teaser in october, becuase why would u throw a teaser out almost a year ahead.

  33. ATXhorns Says:
    June 23rd, 2008 at 12:46 am

    I gotta vent about something. The script was fake and I get that but it had alot of things in it that worked. Its what i would expect out of a DB film. However theres one thing that gets me. You know how they had the entire Galaxy Quest thing going? like how they had a fictional DB world then it turns out Theyre in the DB world!! With the video games and everything i hated that!!! The movie better not be like that at all… “hey Goku come play DRAGONBALL!!! I’ll be Piccilo!! you can be….. GOKU!!!!!” common that doesn’t work!! Its corny!! would ruin the movie! please noo

  34. tae yong Says:
    June 23rd, 2008 at 1:12 am

    yeah that’s six months of promotion… that sounds right. although i could deal with some promotion earlier :lol: but oh well. and the fact that they have three FX teams working on a year of post-production makes me so very pleasantly faithful in this film. its gonna rock! i just cant wait for the next film to roll around so i can go audition for something. :D

  35. ATXhorns Says:
    June 23rd, 2008 at 1:23 am

    If you were going to audition which role would you choose to audition for? Dont just pick your favorite character…pick one you think A. You can translate B. who you can relate to. Iwould audition for Raditz!!!

  36. Duh Splash EKS Says:
    June 23rd, 2008 at 1:47 am

    Ah man, October/November, that’s a long ways away. But I guess that is about on schedule for typically movies. I was hoping for a little more with this one. Fox doesn’t seem to think any more about it than any of it’s other films. Understandable I suppose, until they see how many people actually show up. I bet they’ll realize then what they have gotten into.

    Seems like more people are starting to learn about the film now though. More and more commenters everyday.

    And ATX, I would be a perfect fit for Goku. You should see my “Goku Hair”, much better than Chatwin’s. Now if I could only get the Kamehameha down, and probably some more muscles too.
    :D

  37. barashin Says:
    June 23rd, 2008 at 2:18 am

    What I wanna know is…why was this movie rushed? Can someone please explain?

  38. LSB Says:
    June 23rd, 2008 at 2:21 am

    This proves my previous statment before, Ben Ramsey script is truthfull, Goku going to class, school hallway and bulies, come on Ben Ramsey script has all of this in it. Now if it has the same dialogue I doubt it but the ideas will be the same. This movie will be descent and the guy said their will be some surprises I don’t know guys I smell a success!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  39. Anonymous Says:
    June 23rd, 2008 at 3:45 am

    LSB - What do u mean truthfull?? goku never went to high school…. unless ur being sarcastic. gohan went to school.

  40. HInkle Says:
    June 23rd, 2008 at 5:16 am

    it mean that he scripts seem real it was said to be a fake and was not a script that will be used for the movie. But all the thing tha script has seem to fit pretty well with the seems to be in the movie and seriously i would really mind if it was. i really injoyed reading the “fake” script.

  41. LSB Says:
    June 23rd, 2008 at 9:59 am

    Anonymous, why don’t you use a name instead of being anonymous? If you have read my post in the past I said some things will change but the essence that is Dragonball will be chaptured in the film. Goku going to school is a minor thing, now if you were talking about not being able to fly or throw energy blast then you can say they are not being truthfull. So next time come at me correct before you decide to call someone out pimp!

  42. Frank Says:
    June 23rd, 2008 at 11:48 am

    Yeah, this really doesn’t surprise me about the trailer not coming out until October/November when it comes to Fox. For instance, I’m still waiting for a trailer for Max Payne and that comes out this October.

    Fox is so slow. :(

  43. LSB Says:
    June 23rd, 2008 at 12:04 pm

    I agree with Frank!

  44. 5aucy Says:
    June 23rd, 2008 at 1:00 pm

    “This proves my previous statment before, Ben Ramsey script is truthfull,”

    Yep, I once heard that the only person that could ever conceive the idea of someone attending school was Ben Ramsey… Since Goku apparently goes to school in the movie (which we knew for months before that bogus script came out) The entire script must be true…

    -Ben Ramsey

  45. barashin Says:
    June 23rd, 2008 at 2:16 pm

    Yes it’s true that Ben’s script had goku going to school, but that doesn’t mean the whole script is going to be true! :| That’s just stupid

  46. LSB Says:
    June 23rd, 2008 at 3:39 pm

    We are not saying that the movie will reflect the whole Ben Ramsey script, we are saying that some of the things in the script will be the same “barashin”, it is eveident because the whole wWrld Turnement scene is not in the script so everything is not the same but some is, so it lets you know that the script from Ben Ramsey has a lot of truth to it.

  47. barashin Says:
    June 23rd, 2008 at 3:57 pm

    a lot? maybe some but not a lot, besides. You wouldn’t know unless you saw the actual movie. Just as long as this movie ain’t depicting Dragonball as some bad board game being played by a bunch of nerds Im cool. That’s the last thing I wanna here outtah this movie :evil:

  48. LSB Says:
    June 23rd, 2008 at 5:05 pm

    Well tell me what you have seen out of all the pictures and comments dating back in December? It gives evidence to the script!! Not EVERYTHING will be in it like I said before but a lot of things just go back and look at the old pictures and read the script again! Maybe not the same scene but the idea is still their just a little different, which is true because scripts change all the time! Words scaniros etc…. But the idea still remains the same. So “barashin” go back and review those things before you make a comment!!!!

  49. Bradbalboa Says:
    June 23rd, 2008 at 5:55 pm

    TBH i hope w get a teaser in july lol but october wud be ok, weve been waiting since september we can wait a bit longer

  50. Olly Says:
    June 23rd, 2008 at 8:12 pm

    Man shutup LSB, you gotta let people have their own opinions. And why tell anonymous to ‘come at me correct’ when he was correct in what he said, sounds like somebody has downz :D

  51. barashin Says:
    June 23rd, 2008 at 8:36 pm

    whoah whoah wait hold up dude, LSB, why are you being so aggressive? :| Geez :x I don’t have to review anything! I’d like to take things in perspective. I don’t want to come to any conclusion based on pics and a script that has already been said to be fake. Just give me the movie and Im cool…is that cool with you or you want to bitch some more?

  52. Sean Says:
    June 23rd, 2008 at 9:14 pm

    I heard on another Dragonball website that……this movie will be like the power rangers ninja force. All hope I have for this movie just went down the drain due to that. This movie ain’t for teens or other ages. Just for little snott nose kids. I ain’t seeing this movie now. Maybe over the computer thats all. First PG and now power rangers!? SCREW YOU FOX!

  53. Sean Says:
    June 23rd, 2008 at 9:20 pm

    Source: Cloud Strife, Jenova Anime

    Cloud Strife gives more infos…He has to check it, but normally there are real. He has a contact who says to him things about the movie every saturday.

    - Master Roshi wont be bald.
    - It should have a flash-back scene were Granpa Gohan fing baby Goku
    - Very bad new: Cloud asks to his contact what will be the style of the movie. His contact anwered him: a story and the way they play their role style Power Rangers Ninja Storm!

  54. ATXhorns Says:
    June 23rd, 2008 at 9:32 pm

    hey man stop scaring me. Maybe its a bad translation or maybe they were talking about the action and not the acting. Idk what to think if this is real but ive been invested in this movie for nearly a decade and im still going to go see it. Haters can hate Dragonball needs haters :wink: LSB you are infact a hater.

  55. JP Says:
    June 23rd, 2008 at 9:39 pm

    Are you guys really going to get up in arms over someone’s OPINION?

  56. ATXhorns Says:
    June 23rd, 2008 at 9:41 pm

    For sure not im here to talk DB

  57. ATXhorns Says:
    June 23rd, 2008 at 9:55 pm

    look some parts of the script are really tight… i mean Grandpa Gohan fights Oozaroo. But if the entire Galaxy Quest thing is going on or if there are any Dragonball trdaing cards or video games i might have to leave the theater. It would be like that scene from spaceballs where yogurt is selling Spaceballs merchandising lol. It would ruin it for me. DB is a world of its own even in the world of this movie…nobody should know bout a dragonball myth or even know who lord piccilo is.

  58. Karen Says:
    June 23rd, 2008 at 11:07 pm

    DAmn FOX !!! :x

    I want to see the tariler soon!!!! :x :x

    :mrgreen:

  59. Karen Says:
    June 23rd, 2008 at 11:08 pm

    Trailer**

    damn keyboard :@ :x :x

  60. Daphné Says:
    June 23rd, 2008 at 11:11 pm

    Hi Sean, when you copy/paste an article from a website, don’t forget to quote the source…

    JP, I have strange infos about Piccolo, I don’t know what to think about it…Adam thinks it’s fake, me, I’m not sure, because of the dates and other details…It’s strange! What do you think about it? :mrgreen:
    http://dragonballfilm.over-blog.com/

  61. 5aucy Says:
    June 23rd, 2008 at 11:29 pm

    “Not EVERYTHING will be in it like I said before but a lot of things just go back and look at the old pictures and read the script again!”

    LSB… The script was a dragonball script… the only way for it to not be similar would be if they were just doing Pee-Wee’s big adventure… and renaming it “Dragonball”

    none of it has any bearing…

    Yeah… the script was about a guy named Goku… similar to the movie? sure… but it was bogus. can we please get past the script?

  62. JP Says:
    June 23rd, 2008 at 11:32 pm

    Daphné , Seems fake to me.

  63. LSB Says:
    June 24th, 2008 at 12:00 am

    OK……..First…. I am not a HATER! I am far from that..OK, whoever said that! You’re not even important to remember your user name. But it is infact that you are bitching and hating because you always have something negitive to say!!! Anyways…..We can get past the script but the fact is we will be comparing the movie when it comes out with the script just remember that!…..Also I have been a Dragonball, Z, GT fan since 95 or 96, and have most of the episodes,so I am no HATER! But I hate HATERS myself who critisize the movie for every little peace of info that comes out! Look at all the other superhero movies that have came out none of them are completly faithfull to the comic or cartoon! But hay….they were still successfull very successfull. So all I’m saying is just give the movie a chance just don’t critisize it because it’s not going the way you might think it should go!……Hell I feel the same way….but I’m not going to critisize it, be happy they are making the movie(which I think you are) and just roll with punches!!!

  64. barashin Says:
    June 24th, 2008 at 1:36 am

    You sir are bitching at the wrong place. Save that speech for somewhere else where it matters, like say IMDB, Animenewsnetwork, or Kotaku just to name a few, because from the looks of things. Majority of the members who post here in DBMB and on the forums occasionally, are hyped up and ecstatic for this movie. You want haters? Preach to those sites I mentioned! Thank you…

  65. Olly Says:
    June 24th, 2008 at 3:59 am

    Hold up LSB, you were the one bitching and being aggressive, telling people to,
    “not post here because i am better than you lololol”. None of us have a problem, so why do you? Just let everyone voice their opinions and don’t take people defending themselves personally.

    On-topic, set report seems pretty intense, but I still have a thing with them “rushing the film”, that quote’s come up a few times in different reports…

  66. LSB Says:
    June 24th, 2008 at 12:14 pm

    Ummmmm…..How am I bitching? If you look at any of my post form back in December I have never complaned not one bit! So how am i bitching? Just because I didn’t like someone ealse’s comment!…. I thought this is a forum where we can voice our opinions wheather its toward someone ealse or about the movie, thats not bitching! Its called having a combo. Remember I was just calling out someone who called me out first!

  67. Dragon Ball Movie Blog » Blog Archive » Dragonball Teaser Shown at Cinema Expo? Says:
    June 25th, 2008 at 3:04 pm

    [...] UPDATE: Christina Inman tells Dragonball Live that the teaser will be released in November or December (Which we reported here).  [...]

  68. shigmonty Says:
    June 26th, 2008 at 10:34 pm

    Hmmm… at first I was excited to hear that there was actually going to be a DB movie. I nearly wet my self. But then I heard of the cast. :( All of my hopes for this movie has gone out o0f the window. When I heard that Justin Chatwin was going to play goku my hopes for this dropped even more. and it continued to drop when I heard of the school and bully thing. :x WTF goku is not afraid of any thing. I continued to read on in spite of my emotions at the time, and thought well maybe it won’t be so bad maybe i can live with it, if justin bulks up a bit and learns some kick ass moves. and maybe he’s the younger less muscular version of goku. :| ok I can live with that. And I like that he is trying hard to get goku right. :lol: but when I heard that the film is going to be rated pg!! :x :x and that they rushed:evil: WTF!!! Dam it if that is so then I’ll walk out of the theater and demand my money back from fox them selves. :evil: :mrgreen:

  69. Demetri Says:
    June 29th, 2008 at 2:20 pm

    If I cud be in charge of making this movie it wud be a Dragon ball Z adaptation of the Saiyan Saga. everyone beside Marsters and Rossum wud be gone and Rossum wud play Chi chi and Marsters wud stil be Piccolo.

  70. Guru Says:
    July 6th, 2008 at 4:25 pm

    Shudn’t u make a Dragonball movie first to introduce the characters.

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  77. Vodoopop Says:
    December 12th, 2008 at 10:27 am

    Uhm siriously the dude playing Goku is an epic failure.
    He doesn’t resemble Goku for 1 bit.
    This will be a shit on my favorite cartoon serie.
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