A film adaptation of the Dragon Ball Franchise Series, Dragonball is scheduled for release in April 2009. The live action film follows the main character, Goku (Justin Chatwin), as he attempts to gather dragonballs before the villain, Piccolo, can. Director James Wong previous credits include The One, Final Destination as well as episodes of The X Files.

• "We're signed on for two more. Hopefully, I hope the movie does well. There's lots of places that Fox wants to go with this."—Jamie ChungMTV: Exclusive Details of Dragonball Reshoots Revealed (December 9, 2008)

• "The Japanese movie trailer for Fox's big screen live-action adaptation of Dragonball has hit the interwebs. Remember how cool that new Terminator Salvation trailer was? Well this is quite the opposite. Goofy looking characters, cliched action sequences and laughable dialogue. But honestly, what did you expect?"—Slash FilmSlash Film: Dragonball Movie Trailer Looks Ridiculous (December 10, 2008)

• "I'm going to file this under "painful" or maybe "dear lord why are they doing this to an anime series I loved so much?!?" The latest trailer for the live-action movie Dragon Ball Evolution has been released and...it's a good thing I didn't eat breakfast because it would have ended up all over my keyboard. This movie has "epic fail" written all over it."—G4G4: Trailer Screams Epic Fail (December 10, 2008)

• Justin Chatwin as Goku
• Joon Park as Yamcha
• Jamie Chung as Chi Chi
• Emmy Rossum as Bulma
• James Marsters as Lord Piccolo
• Chow Yun-Fat as Master Roshi
• Ernie Hudson as Master Mutaito