Last week, we asked MTV readers to vote on their favorite comic book movie of 2009, and now the votes are in!

With more than 50 percent of the total votes, "Watchmen" was the top choice among fans — and by a wide margin, too. When all the votes were tallied, Zack Snyder's live-action adaptation of the classic Alan Moore graphic novel was the clear-cut winner over "X-Men Origins: Wolverine," which received half as many votes to nab the second-place spot.

However, while many predicted a victory by Rorschach, Nite Owl and the rest of "Watchmen" cast, there were some surprises in the final vote — namely among the animated features. Read more...

It's that time of year when we run down our favorite projects from the world of comics and comic book movies, folks. And while that's all well and good, this year I want to make sure Splash Page readers have a say in all the "Best Of" madness, too!

Next week, we're rolling out bunches of "Best Of" lists covering our favorite books, series, films and anything else that made big waves around Splash Page HQ over the last year — and along with rolling out our own picks, we'll reveal your pick for the best comic book movie of 2009.

Was "Wolverine" the best there was at what it did (this year)? Has distance (and the rest of the year's films) made you fonder of "Watchmen"? Or was one of this year's animated movies (i.e., "Hulk Vs." or "Green Lantern: First Flight") better than anything the live-action world had to offer? Read more...

There’s going to be a lot of debating this week about “Dragonball: Evolution” and what the film gets right and wrong, but fans can rest assured that everything that made it to the screen at least passed through a true “Dragonball” faithful in James Marsters.

Marsters, best known for his fan-favorite role as Spike on “Buffy on the Vampire Slayer,” plays Lord Piccolo in the film and claims his part in fandom with some modesty, insisting that while he loves the series, “Dragonball” is lucky to have some extremely dedicated fans.

“[W]hat I will say is that I’ve seen about two thirds of ‘Dragonball’," Marsters told MTV News, " and about 99 percent of ‘Dragonball Z’ and about two thirds of ‘Dragonball GT.' I’ve seen the Cell Cycle seven times.” Read more...

FROM MTV.COM: How do you shoot the feverishly anticipated adaptation of a 25-year-old Japanese manga, a hugely successful cartoon phenomenon and a franchise that has given birth to several dozen videogames all over the world? First, you hire some very brave actors — and then you hope that nobody drops the Dragonball.

"The first time I heard the word I said, 'Dragonball? Who is that person?' " laughed "The Day After Tomorrow" actress Emmy Rossum recently while discussing "Dragonball Evolution," which hits theaters April 10. "I didn't even know what to think ... I used to watch the morning cartoons on the weekends — I think it was 'Dragonball Z' — so I kind of knew a little bit about the characters. That is why, when I heard they were making it into a movie, I kind of remembered the character — and the 'tude."

For more from the cast and crew of "Dragonball Evolution," head over to MTV.com.

Last week, actor James Marsters shared his thoughts about how a vampire battle between his "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" character Spike and "Twilight" bloodsucker Edward Cullen would turn out. The "Dragonball Evolution" star also offered MTV News some thoughts on a few more matchups involving fan-favorite characters -- this time, pitting a pair of “Dragonball” characters (including his own character, the villainous Lord Piccolo) against some familiar contenders from comics and television.

“For my money, Goku is the most exciting hero to come around since, what, the '60s?” Marsters told MTV News. “All my favorite heroes come from the depression -- Superman, Batman -- or from the '60s. There haven’t been a lot that have really stuck in the imagination of the whole world until Goku.” Read more...

From the costumes to the hairdos to the chosen storyline itself, “Dragonball Evolution” may not be the “Dragonball” movie that some fans are expecting, and the film’s director and stars say they're well aware they can't please everyone -- but that doesn't mean they won't try.

MTV News spoke with the the people behind the film and in front of the camera to get a roundup of the differences fans can expect to see between the live-action film, the various "Dragonball" anime series and the original manga that started it all. Read more...

With volume after volume of the original manga and hundreds of episodes of multiple anime series, it’s no surprise that next week’s "Dragonball Evolution" only touches the tip of the iceberg in regards to the epic mythology of "Dragonball." What is a surprise, however, is that a sequel has already been penned.

“I know they’ve written a second one and it’s pretty far out there,” actor Justin Chatwin told MTV News. Chatwin plays Goku, the hero of the tale, who seeks to recover the powerful "Dragonballs" and protect the world from the evil Lord Piccolo, played by "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" alum James Marsters.

"The second one really goes to some different places that I’ve never seen in any comic book adaptation," said Chatwin. Read more...

With roles in genre hits like "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," "Smallville," "Torchwood" and now "Dragonball: Evolution," James Marsters has the fandom market cornered. During a recent "Dragonball" press event, the multi-talented actor took a moment to share some thoughts with MTV News about the universes he'd like to return to in the near future.

After "Smallville" fans were overjoyed at Marsters' portrayal of the classic comic book villain Brainiac (and alter ego Dr. Milton Fine) in the fifth and seventh seasons of the popular series, Marsters said he hopes it's just a matter of time before his phone rings with a return offer. However, he admits that his own popularity is a stumbling block.

"The problem is that my manager talked them into paying me a whole lot of money," Marsters told MTV News. "When I heard how much, I thought that we'd probably be talking about Brainiac a whole lot and seeing him just a few times." Read more...

If you've been keeping up with "Dragonball Evolution" here at Splash Page, then you're well aware that -- judging by the reactions on our message boards -- the film has managed to find itself in the "love it or hate it" camp well before its (re-)scheduled April 10 release. That being said, Emmy Rossum (who plays Bulma In the flick) hopes that the legions of Dragonball fans out there will at least give the film a shot before writing it off sight unseen.

"It is called 'Dragonball Evolution' because it is an evolution of the series, and I think that when you're going from a comic to live-action things are going to change," Rossum explained in an exclusive chat with MTV News. "When you take it into 3D that way, it's just going to be a little different. but I think the core of what it it and the core of the story and the core of the characters is the same." Read more...

Yesterday we premiered the first of three brand-new, exclusive clips from "Dragonball Evolution," the live-action adaptation of one of the anime and manga worlds' most popular series, here on Splash Page. Just in case you missed the big debut, we've collected all three installments of the new "Dragonball Evolution" footage in one post -- featuring Justin Chatwin (Goku), Jamie Chung (Chi Chi), Emmy Rossum (Bulma), Chow Yun-Fat (Master Roshi) and Randall Duk Kim (Grandpa Gohan).

After the jump, check out the other two clips of exclusive "Dragonball Evolution" footage. Read more...