Bulma and Arale: Dead-Hunters

Bulma and Arale: Dead-Hunters would be an American-Japanese supernatural adventure comedy-drama film directed by Stella Meghie from an screenplay co-written with Jason Reitman, and co-produced with Akira Toriyama and Kevin Feige. A co-production between Walt Disney Pictures, Toei Company, Outlier Society Productions, Lord Miller Productions, and Amblin Entertainment, the film would be an entry on the Dragon Ball Live-action Universe (DBLU), based on the Dragon Ball and Dr. Slump franchises created by Toriyama, and would star Shahadi Wright Joseph, Chloe Bennet, China Anne McClain, and the voices of Michelle Yeo and Benedict Cumbertbatch. The film's score would be composed and conducted by Alan Silvestri.
The film would be met with critical acclaim, with critics praising its themes, direction, cast, screenplay, musical score, production values, and visual effects, with many critics positively comparing the film to the Ghostbusters franchise. The film would also be a commercial success, earning 1.1 billion dollars at the worldwide box office over a budget of 160 million dollars.
== Synopsis ==
Set after the events of Dragon Ball Z: Kid Buu, Arale has become more acquitanced than ever with the franchise' DBZ cast, and now regularly visits them. However, shortly before one of her visits, one of her dearest pets passes away, putting Arale in a depressed state. By coincidence, by the time of her visit to Bulma's house, Arale discovers Bulma's latest invention: A machine that she created with Fortuneteller Baba to ressurrect their friends without using the Dragon Balls when needed. In spite of Bulma's warnings that the machine is not ready yet, Arale tries to use the machine to resurrect her pet. This causes a disruption in the other world, just as Frieza was causing trouble, and a few dead people begin to ressurrect. Taking advantage of the situation, Frieza begins to stage a massive attack against the living world, and begins to ressurrect old and new allies to prepare anything. Unaware of the plan, Bulam, Arale, her sister Turbo, and Baba team up to return the deads to their world.
== Trivia ==
* According to director Stella Meghie, the film would be partially inspired by Dragon Ball Z's filler Other World Saga and the film Dragon Ball Z: Fusion Reborn.
* According to co-writer Jason Reitman, the film's climax would be inspired by the 2016 film Ghostbusters.
* Meghie would explain that the film would begin having lower stakes than most DBLU film in order to justify most of the cast's absence.