Dragon Ball Z: Light of Hope
There is a new live-action DBZ project in development called Dragon Ball Z: Light of Hope. It is written by myself and produced by Robot Underdog.
Dragon Ball Z has incredible potential as a live action series, and I don’t believe that it’s impossible to succeed with it just because others have failed.
We’ve seen glimpses of how to do it right elsewhere, but no one has ever taken the time to gather the best people together and concentrate a serious effort toward doing DBZ justice.
Until now.
As a fan of the series and the only Dragon Ball scholar in the world, I know these characters and the world they live in well. I also know how disappointed everyone was with Dragon Ball Evolution, so I’m excited to have the opportunity to do it right.
I put my name on it because I believe in it.
The Subject
There are a lot of ways to do a live action DBZ project.
For example, you can recreate one of the story Arc’s in a shot-for-shot fashion, adapt one of the Arc’s in a different way to try and create a more dramatic feel, or use the Dragon World as inspiration for a different yet similar depiction with a Dragon Ball feel.
And there are so many different points in the timeline to depict, from the arrival of the Saiyans to Freeza, Cell, or Majin Buu. Who wouldn’t love to see a real life Mister Satan?
Robot Underdog decided to focus on the darkest period in the Dragon Ball Z timeline in order to create a realistic live action depiction that appeals to modern tastes.
Dragon Ball Z: Light of Hope is based on the gritty alternate timeline of The History of Trunks TV special, known in Japan as “Defiance in the Face of Despair!! The Remaining Super-Warriors: Gohan and Trunks.”
This is the period where Trunks and Gohan are the only Z-Warriors left to fight against the brother and sister pair of Artificial Humans called 17 and 18. It’s violent and has a lot of dramatic moments to serve as inspiration.
The Format
Dragon Ball Z: Light of Hope will be released in 3 episodes that tell a complete story.
Each episode will be available for free online.
Episode 1 will be released later this year.
The Story
It’s my opinion that creating a shot-for-shot recreation of the series in live action form is a waste of time. You might as well just watch the anime.
Instead, we are using the alternate timeline as a launch pad for an adaptation.
It features Gohan, Trunks, Bulma, and the survivors of this world as they try to stay alive against 17 and 18. There are a lot of fight scenes, a few jokes, and the DBZ personality you guys expect.
Since I wrote the entire script I know things about the story that others do not, but I can’t reveal too many specifics at this point.
Suffice to say that I have written a script I believe will make Dragon Ball Z fans happy.
I’ll reveal more as development progresses.
The Progress So Far
Robot Underdog has put forth a tremendous effort to cast the best actors and talent in Los Angeles. They screened hundreds of candidates for each role and have gathered some top visual effects artists in the movie industry, including a VFX Artist who worked on Transformers: The Ride in Universal Studios, as well as an original theatrical composer.
You can see the crew at Robot Underdog here.
Pre-production is in full swing for episode 1. They’ve secured locations inside and outside of the city, began development of the costuming and makeup, and taken some behind the scenes photographs to show the process.
The first trailer for Dragon Ball Z: Light of Hope will premiere this Monday, March 3, 2014. So come back to my site on Monday afternoon to see it in action.
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Go share the project with your friends, and get excited for DBZ live-action done right!
Yeah cant wait, been covering their project since day one.
Your coverage has been helpful. Sometimes you have news up there I didn’t even know about, because the Robot Underdog guys were too busy to tell me, haha. Keep up the good work.
Thanks!
You guys are going to crush it. I have the utmost confidence and I can’t wait to see it!
Thanks, Cob!
Nice cant wait! You should really think about doing the buu arc in the future. That would be awesome .
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dbz light of hope will be good!
My name is Jibreel Christifer and I watched all the episodes of Dragon Ball Z. I saw the trailer of Dragon Ball Z Light of Hope. I’m also 12
Hi Jibreel. Thanks for your comment. Dragon Ball Z is a great show, isn’t it?
yeah.
I wonder if Dragon Ball Z Light of Hope will be in 2015.
I can’t wait to see this episode of Dragon Ball Z Light of Hope ! I think this will be good!
The music of Dragon Ball Z Light of Hope sound a little like Iron Man 3 in the third trailer.
You have a good ear, Jibreel. Our composer tried to emulate that song.
nice
Trailer ,,,,, plz tell me how can i watch this movie ???
They’re still making it. They haven’t announced a release date yet. But “soon.”
I’m ricky im the biggest fan of dragonball Z GT and even Absalon . I need to know the release also being im 27 yrs old, you must think I’m a geek but I know mang fans in NY for these episodes.
Why is this episode still not coming out? I think its coming in 2015, because they’re still making it.
Yeah, they’re still creating the introduction sequence. The rest of it is more or less done. It’s not up to me when they release it, but I know it will be worth the wait.
Whens it coming out I need to know I’m so excited for the first episode
Me too. I’m not sure when it will premiere. All I know is that most of the episode is done, and they’re working on the introduction segment.
Great thanks its going to be awesome
Is going to be on tv or youtube
It will be free to watch on YouTube.
Thanks its going to be amazing
I saw Don Micmillin and Tyler Tacket on Youtube telling us that Dragon Ball Z Light of Hope Behind the Scenes are almost done. They said that it’s coming out in February 23,2015! I’m so excited!
Yep. That’s true!
Callum if you want to know when the first episode of Dragon Ball Z Light of Hope is coming out, it will release at February 23rd.
When will dbz light of hope be released
I think you landed on the wrong page somehow. Light of Hope IS OUT NOW: http://youtu.be/opji5DgE_nQ
Enjoy!
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You goes did a good job and im a fan so anyway I can support the project I will
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