Dragon Ball: Krillin's Adventure

Dragon Ball: Krilin's Adventure would be a 2028 American buddy fantasy comedy-drama film directed by Steven Spielberg and produced by Walt Disney Pictures, Toei Company, and Amblin Entertainment. It would be a sequel to Dragon Ball, which would be based on the Japanese franhcise of the same name. Spielberg would also produce the film alongside the previous film's producers Kevin Feige, James Gunn, and the franchise's creator Akira Toriyama, while the film would be written by Chrsitina Hudson, Gunn, Spielberg, and Michael Arndt. The film would feature Neel Sethi, Chloe Bennet, Benedict Wong, Sean Gunn, and the voices of Bradley Cooper and Paul Rudd reprising their roles from the previous film, while Max Charles, Shahadi Wright Joseph, Chris Zylka, and Chris Cooper would join the cast as Krillin, Suno, General Blue, and Commander Red respectively

Akira Toriyama would first announce a sequel to Dragon Ball during the San Diego Comic-Con 2024, with Spielberg, who previously produced and co-wrote the previous film, being announced as director in August 2025. Filming would occur from October 2026 to March 2027.

The film would be released on July 23, 2028, and would became a critical and commercial success, grossing 1.23 billion dollars over a budget of 177 millions, and being praised for its writing, humor, performances, visual effects, and music, with many critics calling it a "worthy successor" to the previous film.

Synopsis
One year after stopping Emperor Pilaf from taking over the worl, Goku now finds himself being traned by Master Roshi along with a young boy named Krillin. While Krillin's disdain for Goku is clear, the two must learn to work together when they find themselves hunted by the Red Ribbon, an evil organization who wants to take a Dragon Ball from them in order to take over the world. They soon met a young girl named Suno, who may be able to help them with their problems, and may be the key for Krillin to discover his inner power, just in time to stop the Red Ribbon from taking over the world.

Cast

 * Neel Sethi as Goku, a monkey-tailed boy who has spent his whole life in the mountains, before eventually choosing to be trained by Master Roshi.
 * Max Charles as Krillin: A young monk who left his temple after being bullied, and Goku's new rival. Charles would describe his character as the "typical guy who acts like the bad guy because inside he's insecure 'cause he was treated the same way he treats people". Krillin's arc in the film would be based on a revelation during the Tournament Saga which revealed that Krillin was bullied before, which would inspire the production crew to further develop that aspect of the character's past. The production team would investigate how people who were bullied react in order to have an accurate representation of the effects of bullying in the character.
 * Shahadi Wright Joseph as Suno: A young and optimistic girl whose village was attacked by the Red Ribbon Army. Director Steven Spielberg would say that her arc in the film would consist of "discovering that the world is not full of rainbows and colors, but realizing it can be like that".
 * Benedict Wong as Master Roshi, an old martial arts master who trains Goku, Krillin, and Yamcha.
 * Chris Zylka as General Blue: A young general in the Red Ribbon, and Commander Red's most trusted ally, who previously bullied Krillin when both used to go to the same monk temple. The character's homosexuality would be removed in the film due to his antagonistic role in the film and the character's stereotypical potrayal in the original version.
 * Chloe Bennet as Bulma, a highly intellingent girl from the city who befriended Goku during her journey to gather the Dragon Balls, and who now lives with him in Kame House.
 * Chris Cooper as General Red, the leader of the Red Ribbon Army.
 * Sean Gunn as Yamcha, a former desert bandit who choose to be trained by Master Roshi.

Voices

 * Paul Rudd as Puar, an antropomorphic cat and shapeshifter who is Yamcha's best friend, whom Puar always tries to advice to make the right choice, to various degrees of success.
 * Bradley Cooper as Oolong: A greedy antropomorphic pig and shapeshifter who is Puar's bully and one of Yamcha's former accomplices, who only wants Yamcha to make the choice that shall give them more money. Cooper would say that the film's events would cause "a little bit of growth and maturation" in the character.

Music
Henry Jackman would return from the previous film to compose the sequel's score, which would contain motifs and elements from the anime's original score by Shunsuke Kikuchi. Goku's theme from the previous film would be featured in the sequel, throught it would be changed to sound "emotionally more mature, yet still very naive and jungle-like" to reflect Goku's growth in the previous film. Krilin's theme would be "a theme that sound as that of a jerk, but becomes sadder and sadder, but ultimately becomes hopeful" as the story progresses.

Critical reception
The film would have an aproval rating of 83% on Rotten Tomatoes, with an average rating of 7.5/10. The critical consensus would read, "A reflective sequel that moves away from its predecessor enough to give fans an enjoyable fresh story in an established world, Krillin's Adventure is a story that makes way to both laughts and thoughts". On Metacritc, the film would have an weighted average score of 79 out of 100, based on 30 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".

Sequel
On May 27, 2027 it would be announced that a sequel to Dragon Ball: Krillin's Tale would be in the works. During the San Diego Comic-Con, producer James Gunn confirmed that a sequel, titled Dragon Ball: Red, based on the Commander Red Saga, would be in development, with Steven Spielberg set to return to direct the film.