'Buffy' star lands 'Dragonball' role

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 15 (UPI) -- Hollywood actor James Marsters is set to play a villain in "Dragonball," a live-action feature based on the Japanese comic and video games, Zap2it.com said.

Marsters is best-known for playing Spike, the blonde, British anti-hero on the TV vampire dramas "Angel" and "Buffy the Vampire Slayer."

Written and directed by James Wong, "Dragonball" is set to go into production later this month, the Web site said.