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POD: Zack Snyder and Legendary Pictures bid to get the rights to DBZ is successful instead of 20th Century Fox's. Awesomeness ensues.
Dragonball Z: Attack of the Saiyans (2010)
Following roughly the Saiyan Saga of DBZ, the movie starts with a flashback to Frieza and Bardock's battle above the dying Planet Vegeta, and ends with Goku and Vegeta beating each other into submission while an emmisary from Namek arrives, asking for thier help against Freeza.
Following 300 and Watchmen, the movie solidified Zack Snyder's reputation as the go to director for comic book movies with memorable action and visuals, with many calling the film the Matrix of the new decade. In additon, though the story was panned, much priase was given to the already before mentioned special effects and fight coreography, and to of all things, the acting. Needless to say, it made tons of money and the next two films were quickly greenlit.
Produced by Stephan Chow, Guy Ritchie, Avi Larner
Directed by Zack Snyder
Screenplay by Akira Toriyama, Zack Snyder, Guy Ritchie
Studio: Legendary Pictures
Goku/Bardock: Jason David Frank
Gohan: Asa Butterfield
Picollo: Donnie Yen
Krillen: Sean William Scott
Bulma: Emma Stone
Yamcha: Liam Hemsworth
Tien:
Vegeta: Jason Statham
Nappa: Vinnie Jones
Release Date: March 25th, 2010
Budget: $75 million
Box Office Gross: $225 million domestic/$500 million worldwide
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 66%
Dragonball Z: Battle for Namek (2011)
Following the Namek saga of the show, the movie follows The group as Goku, Vegeta, and later Piccollo fight Frieza's men while the rest hunt down the Namekian articfacts known as Dragonballs.
In addition to improving the impressive special effects and fight scenes of the original, it eanred much critical success and box office dollars overseas for the casting of many Hong Kong stars in key roles, which helped the movie to this day hold the record for the Chinese Box Office.
Produced by Stephan Chow, Guy Ritchie, Avi Larner
Directed by Zack Snyder
Screenplay by Akira Toriyama, Zack Snyder, Guy Ritchie
Studio: Legendary Pictures
Goku: Jason David Frank
Gohan: Asa Butterfield
Picollo: Donnie Yen
Krillen: Sean William Scott
Bulma: Emma Stone
Vegeta: Jason Statham
Nail: Stephen Chow
Guru: Chow Yun Fat
Zarbon: Wu Jing
Dodoria: Sammo Hung
Frieza: Mark Strong
Release Date: March 26th, 2011
Budget: $125 million
Box Office Gross: $375 million domestic/$850 million worldwide
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 77%
Dragonball Z: Rise of the Super Saiyan (2012)
Following the climactic battle between Goku and Frieza, as well as the aftermath, the final film would become famous for taking the already legendary fight scenes to new hights, some of the best visuals in recent memory, and for bringing the series to a solid close.
Though Zack Snyder is absent at some stages of production due to splitting his efforts between this and Man of Steel, Guy Ritchie is more than able to helm the film in his absense. Opening against meagre competition like Snow White and the Hunstman, it would get rave reviews for the same reason as it's predacesors, as well as being a box office mainstay througout the month. Though somewhat less of a successful than it's predacesors in the US, largely due to more competition with the summer releases, overseas it is a smashing success, coming to a close as the fourth highest grossing film of the year, behind The Avengers, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, and Dark Knight Rises respectfully.
Produced by Stephan Chow, Guy Ritchie, Avi Larner
Directed by Zack Snyder/Guy Ritchie
Screenplay by Akira Toriyama, Zack Snyder, Guy Ritchie
Studio: Legendary Pictures
Goku: Jason David Frank
Gohan: Asa Butterfield
Picollo: Donnie Yen
Krillen: Sean William Scott
Bulma: Emma Stone
Vegeta: Jason Statham
Release Date: June 6th, 2012
Budget: $165 million
Box Office Gross: $290 million domestic/$1.05 billion worldwide
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 83%
Overall, the main legacy of the trilogy is, on top of a spectacular action trilogy and in addition to making or finalizing the stardom of much of it's cast, it allowed for various anime to be adapted to Hollywood films, for both good (Joss Whedon's Cowboy Bebop) and ill (the Robert Patinson led Akira would become the biggest bomb of all time).
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