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If you’ve followed this blog, you know that I have not had good things to say about the upcoming Dragonball movie primarily because I think, looking at the photos, a lot of the stuff didn’t work starting with the hair and costumes. Of course, I always ended these previous posts demanding for a trailer so I can make better judgment.

Early last week, reports flourished in the net about the movie being scraped by Fox due to the unpopular feedback. Days after, new buzz rose after Superheroflix reported that not only was the Dragonball movie not canceled, it was also awesome.

“Our studio contact, who we aren’t allowed to name at the moment, worked on the production, and has seen the completed movie. Everyone involved seems to think they have a hit on their hands, and he even went on to say that it was ‘pretty darn awesome. There is certainly talk about a sequel. I have no doubt that it will happen. I’m sure that it will be a trilogy.”

Big words to blurt out, I say, which may well be the product of faith from working in the film. At least for now my hatred has been quelled, but I still am waiting for the trailer. Justin Chatwin plays Goku in this movie set to hit theaters on April 10, 2009.

It’s FUCKIN’ official, every Dragon Ball movie photo released in the net - and pretty much the DragonBall movie itself - will be filled with orange balls, weird hair, and stupid clothing. Arrgghh.. can we please see a trailer already?!

Not even the masterful photoshop skills of those who’ve made its posters could quell the skepticism about the upcoming DragonBall movie. And the more pictures they release, the first impression just becomes greater - it’s not a question of if the DragonBall movie will suck, but rather how much it will suck.

The new picture I caught has the same three things all DragonBall movie photos have had - an orange ball, Justin Chatwin with a beaver on his head, and clothing that he clearly doesn’t patronize. Not only that, this time he manages to drag Emmy Rossum with him to this path of oriental greatness.

I’m starting to really hate it.

So if there’s anyone listening, please release the trailer already. That might give fanboys some inspiration before their childhoods get ruined.

The DragonBall Movie Website has recently released information leaking that the trailer for the film might come earlier than expected. In an email correspondence exchanged with a certain Christina Inman, it was suggested that a teaser trailer for the movie might come by the end of the month.

**Anybody thinking COMIC CON?**

We know that a teaser trailer was shown at Cinema Expo 2008 in Amsterdam, but it was never publicly released. Well, now it looks like Christina Inman from Fox has finally acknowledged that and has recently said in an email that a teaser trailer could be released at the end of this month or the beginning of August.

The Japanese poster of the DragonBall movie had recently been released.

It’s the Japanese poster of the Dragonball movie:

I hadn’t paid much attention to the Dragonball movie simply because it’s one of those stories that I don’t think could be made by Hollywood. However I’ve been sold on the fact that, with the recent changes in story and script, this might offer a fresh experience far from the cartoon. I wouldn’t exactly call it a blockbuster in the making though — maybe when we see the trailer.

The story begins with a young humanoid boy named Goku, who discovers that he was sent to Earth to blend in and destroy our population but instead elects to protect it from an oncoming alien onslaught bent on dominating the universe and controlling the mystical objects. He seeks out upon his adoptive grandfather Grandpa Gohan’s dying request to find the great Master Roshi and gather all seven Dragon Balls. Of which he has one, in order to prevent the evil Lord Piccolo from succeeding in his desire to use the Dragon Balls to take over the world. And Goku’s quest is to obtain the mystical Dragonballs before Piccolo does. (Source)

Justin Chatwin plays Goku in this movie set to hit theaters on April 10, 2009.