Dragon Ball (2025 film)



Goku (also known as The Dragon Ball Movie or Dragon Ball: The Movie) is a 2025 upcoming computer-animated superhero martial arts film based on the Dragon Ball manga series by Akira Toriyama. The film is directed by Aaron Horvath and Micheal Jelenic (the developers of Teen Titans Go!), produced by Gino Hernandez and Avi Aard and written by Chris Viscardi and Phil Lord and Christopher Miller based on a screenplay by Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Berger from a story by Hernandez. A remake of the 2009 film Dragonball Evolution, the film stars Matthew Broderick as the title character, alongside David Cross, Olivia Olson, Zac Efron, Robert Downey Jr., Miley Cyrus, Selena Gomez, Jim Carrey, Samuel L. Jackson, Freddie Highmore, Dwayne Johnson, Jesse McCartney, and Patrick Warburton. Six new characters were introduced such as Gigi (voiced by Anna Kendrick), Lara (voiced by Miley Cyrus), and Gokulu (voiced by Chloë Grace Moretz) — Goku's sisters, Dakota (voiced by Zachary Gordon).— his youngest brother, Bort (voiced by Tom Hanks) — Chi-Chi's yellow ex-boyfriend, Gary Page (voiced by Trey Parker) — a principal of school, and the voice of the Flying nimbus (portrayed by D.L. Hughley). 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.

Produced by Locksmith Animation, Giant Hernandez Entertainment, Marza Animation Planet (rather than Toei or Cruchyroll), and Arad Productions and distributed by Buena Vista Productions LLC (doing business as Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures), the animation was produced at Mikros Image, with DNEG (rather than Toei) providing and the film will be released by Touchstone Pictures in the fall of 2026.

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.