More news about the Dragonball film today, and it is the greatest kind of news. It appears his royal highness Chow Yun Fat has graced the film with his presence! We get the scoop today from our friends at comingsoon:
Chow Yun-Fat will star in 20th Century Fox’s live-action adaptation of Dragonball, says 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. Stephen Chow is producing.
Chow Yun Fat is macho, Clint Eastwood level macho. I remember the first time I saw Hard Boiled at a friend’s house, my mouth was open the whole time as I soaked in the awesome and thought to myself who is this dude?
Chow Yun Fat is an awesome action star and It rules that the studio brought him on board. Having him play a mentor role should be great and I am quite interested to see him use his skills alongside producer Stephen Chow. Lots of Dragonball news has been flying around as of late, but this takes the cake as far as I am concerned. The more I hear about this movie – the more I want to see it.
