Dragonball Cancelled, or what?

Apparently the Higher ups at FOX are giving the Dragonball Movie some dirty looks.

FilmJunk gave us this:

When it was first announced that a Dragonball movie was actually happening, a lot of people couldn’t comprehend how such an over-the-top, stylized animated series would possibly work in a live action setting. Then Stephen Chow came on board as a producer and suddenly it seemed like there might be hope. Of course, the movie was originally supposed to be ready for this summer, but Fox ended up pushing it back to April 2009. No official explanation was given, but some wondered if it might be the first sign of trouble. The fact that the movie also had no presence at the San Diego Comic Con only deepened suspicions.

This week we received word from an anonymous source that there may be some truth to this speculation after all. The higher-ups at Fox are not too impressed the footage that has been shot thus far, and are seriously debating shutting the whole thing down. Now I have no idea if this is a real possibility or if the studio is just putting pressure on director James Wong to deliver, but the movie supposedly has a budget of over $100 million and I can understand them wanting to cut some losses while they still can. The thing is, if this is all true, it only makes me that much more interested to see the movie. If it it’s strange enough to scare the suits, it’s gotta be good, right?

I am actually not surprised that the suits don't like what they see. It's their job to criticize the work of the director. And to be honest the source material isn't all that great either. I mean, they are all corporate business people, they take one look at the Dragonball Manga's the first think that will pop into their heads is "This is stupid" because it's their first time being introduced to it. If when they were kids they read it and followed it then they would probably like it more but that's not he case.

Plus the fact that they didn't have anything for the San Diego Comic Con probably pissed a lot of fans off.

But Rumours pass, we'll just have to wait and see.