Check out scans from the March/April issue of Asia Pulp (France). The magazine includes the Tom Yum Goong french poster.

 

According to Matichon.co.th, Tony Jaa will actually by the director and the leading actor of Ong-Bak 2! The shooting has been advanced to June 2006. "However, Panna Rittikrai and Prachya Pinkaew still take a good care of this new diretor. Being too slow for this project is not good, therefore they might start filming Ong-Bak 2 in June."

You can now watch the Japanese Tom Yum Goong Trailer (13 MB, right click and save as). Worth to see! Also, the official Warrior King website (aka Tom Yum Goong) is now online and you can sign up to receive any updates. The film is due to be released in UK on 28th July 2006.

Great news! According to Variety.com, Tony Jaa will shoot "Ong-Bak 2" this fall 2006.

Panna Rittikrai, Tony Jaa's master, is in negotiations to direct. Jaa takes an action director credit on the sequel and will play a young man on a journey that teaches him the skills and inner meaning of martial arts. The rights of Ong-Bak 2 were brought by The Weintsein compagny last week :

The Weinstein Co. has bought world rights, excluding Asia and the U.K., to "Ong bak 2," the sequel to 2003's Tony Jaa-starring Thai boxing hit "Ong bak." Deal was struck with sales arm Sahamongkolfilm Intl. on Friday, just after the wrapwrap of Hong Kong's FilMart, and continues TWC's relationship with Jaa. Last year TWC bought rights to his "Tom yum goong" for the U.S., Scandinavia, South Africa and Australia/New Zealand.

Thai distribdistrib Sahamongkolfilm Intl. will handle licensing for "Ong bak 2" in remaining territories. "Ong bak 2" is in advanced development, with production skedded for the fall. Panna Rittikrai, scripterscripter and action director of the original pic, is in negotiations to direct. Jaa takes an action director credit on the sequel.

Jaa plays a young man on a journey that teaches him the skills and inner meaning of martial arts.

Tony Jaa will fly to Japan on April 3th to promote Tom Yum Goong. The film will be released on April 22th and Japanese fans can win tickets for the premiere on April 10th.

 

Thep found two other early films featuring Tony Jaa : Nuk Soo Mueang I-Saan and Puta Khatha Thalom Khon. Unfortunately they are not available to buy on internet right now.

Win two making of Tom Yum Goong thanks to Yesasia.com! People who purchase any Tony Jaa's product through our associate account on Yesasia.com from 27 March to 10 April will automatically enter the lucky draw. The two winners will see their prize delivered by Yesasia.com. Simply click on the banner to find your Tony Jaa's products. Good luck!

We announced several weeks ago that Tom Yum Goong will be called "Spirit of the Kings" in UK. The title was changed again into Warrior King. The film will be premiered at the Seni06 Film Festival on Sat 6th May 2006 in Birmingham, UK, and you can see a teaser poster on their official website.

Finally, the Korean Tom Yum Goong DVD released few days ago includes english subtitles! It wasn't mentioned first and it seems that the korean distributor decided to include subs. So if you want to buy the long Tom Yum Goong version with english subtitles, just order it here.

You can now subscribe to the tonyjaa.org newsletter if you'd like to be informed of the major Tony Jaa's news via E-Mail.

Added a new poll : do you think Tony Jaa should go to Hollywood ? Scroll down to find the poll.

BCI Eclipse will release in Europe and America a DVD called Spirited Killer in September 2006. The first disc will contain the film Puen Hode (an early film in which Tony Jaa was a stuntman) and the second disc will contain tons of interesting bonus (extras not final) :

• Master of action : Panna Rittikrai
• Best of Panna action scenes
• Tony Jaa interview
• FANCAM : Tony takes Manhattan! (inside the Ong Bak premiere!)
• Tony Jaa : Thailands favorite son (Elephant ceremony from 11/05)
• Thailand Dangerous : The `other' action cinema of the East
• Muay Thai Boran : Ong Bak's deadly fighting art

Tony Jaa was designated Best New Action Star by the magazine New York Arts and Events!

Tony Jaa is on the March covers of the spanish magazines Dojo and Accion. Contact me if you have the scans and want to share them with us.

Added a new Fan Art.

According to IMDB, Tom Yum Goong will be released in Austria and Netherlands on April 21 and June 1th, 2006. The film will finally hits belgium theaters on April 12.

Check out several new photoshoots in the gallery as well as some Tom Yum Goong pictures.

Tony Jaa has now a Russian Fan Site, thanks to Keo who did a really good job. Good luck!

Thailandfight has some pictures of Amnat Pooksrisuk, one of the Grandmaster who taught Tony Jaa Muay Boran for Ong-Bak and Tom Yum Goong...

Check out several minor updates : some (little) pictures of the New York City Ong-Bak Screening - After Party (February 2005), some pictures of the Cauet Radio Show (January 2006), several new wallpapers and Fan Art as well as a Coyote magazine article (France).