Dragon Ball (2025 film)



Dragon Ball (also known as The Dragon Ball Movie or Dragon Ball: The Movie) is a 2026 American computer-animated superhero martial arts film based on the Japanese manga series of the same name by Akira Toriyama. The film is directed by Aaron Horvath and Micheal Jelenic (the developers of Teen Titans Go!), produced by Horvath and written by Chris Viscardi and Phil Lord and Christopher Miller based on a screenplay by Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Berger. A remake of the 2009 film Dragonball Evolution, the film stars James Marsden, Anna Kendrick, Matthew Broderick, Olivia Olson, Ezra Miller, Robert Downey Jr., Selena Gomez, Jim Carrey, Samuel L. Jackson, Trey Parker, Freddie Highmore, Jesse McCartney, and Patrick Warburton.

The film tells the origin story of protagonist Son Goku from his childhood through adulthood as he trains in martial arts. He spends his childhood far from civilization until he meets a teen girl named Bulma, who encourages him to join her quest in exploring the world in search of the seven orbs known as the Dragon Balls, which summon a wish-granting dragon when gathered.

The film was given the green light in 2024, with the idea of it having computer animation. Principal photography commenced in June 2025 in Chicago, Illinois, with additional filming in Los Angeles, Sacramento and San Francisco.

Main Characters

 * Son Goku / Carlos Page / Kakarot
 * Bulma Briefs
 * Son Gigi / Kaerota
 * Gine
 * Yamcha

Villains

 * Emperor Pilaf
 * Mai
 * Shu
 * King Piccolo

Voice cast

 * Matthew Broderick as Son Goku
 * Selena Gomez as Chi-Chi
 * Trey Parker as G. Page, a principal of Golden Star Elementary School.