Member Drunken Monk Posted April 26, 2011 Member Share Posted April 26, 2011 Courtesy of http://twitchfilm.com/news/2011/04/tony-jaa-and-prachya-pinkaew-reunite-for-tom-yum-goong-2.php Tony Jaa is taking another very big step towards reclaiming his position as the top martial arts screen fighter in the world. And this one is more than a little bit surprising on a great number of levels. We brought word earlier this month of a new Hong Kong based project that would match Jaa with fight choreographer Sammo Hung and now Thailand's Sahamongkol Film have announced that Jaa will reunite with director Prachya Pinkaew and fight choreographer Panna Rittikrai for Tom Yum Goong 2. Missing elephant jokes aside, this is big news for Jaa with the original Tom Yum Goong - released as The Protector in North America - marking both his last true hit and the beginnings of his troubles. It was immediately after Tom Yum Goong that Jaa essentially declared Pinkaew unnecessary and unwanted, announcing that he would direct his next film himself. Pinkaew was deeply insulted and the relationship between the star and the director who built his career degraded to the point where they weren't even on speaking terms. Pinkaew would go on to groom Jija Yanin in Chocolate while Jaa would crumble badly under the pressure of directing Ong Bak 2 himself, eventually losing control of the badly over budget and over schedule project. But Tom Yum Goong 2 will reunite the entire Tom Yum Goong / Ong Bak team with Jaa in the lead, Pinkaew directing, Rittikrai handling fight choreography and Chocolate star Jija Yanin also handed a significant role - the first time Jaa has ever shared the stage with another marquee fighter. Like the upcoming Chocolate 2, this film will be shot in digital 3D. The big surprises in this are twofold. First, Jaa and Pinkaew have patched things up and are working together again. This can only be viewed as a good thing because, frankly, neither has been as good without the other. The bigger surprise, though, is that Jaa is once again in the Sahamongkol fold, which I would never, ever have expected to happen. Jaa's original ten year contract with the company will have expired before this film goes in to production, meaning that they have struck a new deal. Consider that at the peak of the Ong Bak 2 debacle Jaa took refuge in a police station claiming that the studio had sent gangsters after him and, well ... the prospect of the star willingly signing up with the studio again seemed unlikely to say the least. Whether there was any basis to the gangster story isn't even the point - if Jaa believed there was enough truth to it that he sought police protection that says something about how incredibly bad the situation between star and company had gotten and I'm amazed that they've gotten back together. Pinkaew's Chocolate 2 is scheduled to go in to production in May and will need to be completed before this can begin, so don't expect Tom Yum Goong 2 any time soon. But fans should be happy to know it's coming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member kingofkungfu2002 Posted April 26, 2011 Member Share Posted April 26, 2011 Finally...Tony Jaa & Jija Yanin together Hopefully, no elephants this time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member daisho2004 Posted April 26, 2011 Member Share Posted April 26, 2011 Great News but change the DAMN title already! His movies are not sequels in anyway shape or form! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member OpiumKungFuCracker Posted April 26, 2011 Member Share Posted April 26, 2011 Yeah I created a thread about this as well, in the wrong forum I guess.... Looks like Tony Jaa is back on track, going to be fucking exciting!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest WuxiaFan Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 Finally...Tony Jaa & Jija Yanin together That's just outstanding! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member mark187 Posted April 26, 2011 Member Share Posted April 26, 2011 the only thing I didn't want to hear was 3D! regardless, this is very exciting news. 3d wont even be an issue I guess when it hits dvd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Yi-Long Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 like the upcoming chocolate 2, this film will be shot in digital 3d. OH FOR FUCK'S SAKE!!! Edit: Weird how you can't do all caps without extra text that's not all caps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member BLfan Posted April 26, 2011 Member Share Posted April 26, 2011 Would of like a new film instead of a sequel but look forward to some more bone breaking! I hope the 3D does not affect the fight choreography too much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member sen_pai Posted April 27, 2011 Member Share Posted April 27, 2011 lol! Well, i guess it's a way to attract people to watch the films. We can treat it like porn...the title never really matters. Great News but change the DAMN title already! His movies are not sequels in anyway shape or form! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member AndyWayne84 Posted April 27, 2011 Member Share Posted April 27, 2011 Tony Jaa and Jija Yanin sharing the same screen together now that's a movie ill see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Space Posted April 27, 2011 Member Share Posted April 27, 2011 the only thing I didn't want to hear was 3D! regardless, this is very exciting news. 3d wont even be an issue I guess when it hits dvd Well, most theaters that show a movie in 3D will also show it on another screen in regular D. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Tosh Posted April 27, 2011 Member Share Posted April 27, 2011 Missing elephant jokes aside, this is big news for Jaa with the original Tom Yum Goong - released as The Protector in North America - marking both his last true hit and the beginnings of his troubles. It was immediately after Tom Yum Goong that Jaa essentially declared Pinkaew unnecessary and unwanted, announcing that he would direct his next film himself. Pinkaew was deeply insulted and the relationship between the star and the director who built his career degraded to the point where they weren't even on speaking terms. Pinkaew would go on to groom Jija Yanin in Chocolate while Jaa would crumble badly under the pressure of directing Ong Bak 2 himself, eventually losing control of the badly over budget and over schedule project Well as troubled a production as Ong Bak 2 was I'd still say it was better than TYG, Pinkaew didn't have an excuse to produce such a poor edited movie. I have mixed feeling about this, I'm glad to see him sticking it out in Thailand, but on the other hand Thai cinema doesn't seem to want to take that next step, I'd love nothing more than to see Jaa's next film be a classic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator One Armed Boxer Posted April 27, 2011 Moderator Share Posted April 27, 2011 I think the only two names that matter for a movie like this are Tony Jaa & Panna Rittikrai....frankly the director hardly even matters, which is just as well when it's Pinkaew at the helm, we're hardly going to be getting a classic in terms of story or acting with his name attached to the project. However as long as the action delivers, at least for me all can be forgiven. I just don't want to see any sign of Kevin Bacon attempting a Jack Sparrow style English accent at any point during the movie. Out of curiosity I wonder if this reconciliation will give the abandoned Jaa / Pinkaew project 'The Sword' any hope for being made, the movie which would feature the dual sword fighting technique of Daad. The script for this was finished and it was due to start shooting after 'Ong Bak 2', before they had a falling out with each other & it was cancelled. Does anyone else here want to see Jaa headlining in a movie with Panna as director & choreographer? I think that would be awesome, Panna's 'Born to Fight' & 'Bangkok Knockout' are as close to pure action movies as you can get, I personally would love to see it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member David Rees Posted April 27, 2011 Member Share Posted April 27, 2011 Good news but it would be nice if they could get a good script and some decent Western actors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member mark187 Posted May 1, 2011 Member Share Posted May 1, 2011 http://thaifilmjournal.blogspot.com/2011/04/tony-jaa-and-jeeja-in-3d-for-tom-yum.html#comments Wisekwai's film blog shows a cool promo poster for the film during the press conference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Yi-Long Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 Well, most theaters that show a movie in 3D will also show it on another screen in regular D. I think most people are worried about the change 3D brings in how directors bring the action to the screen, which usually just results in lots of shots of actors flinging shit towards the camera.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member TheDenizen Posted May 2, 2011 Member Share Posted May 2, 2011 Tony Jaa and Jija Yanin sharing the same screen together now that's a movie ill see. Hear hear. 3D is not my cup of tea but hopefully Jaa and Jija bring the bonecrushing action. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member OpiumKungFuCracker Posted May 2, 2011 Member Share Posted May 2, 2011 I wanna see JiJa and Jaa elbow each other to the death!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Tosh Posted May 2, 2011 Member Share Posted May 2, 2011 I wanna see JiJa and Jaa elbow each other to the death!!! I very well doubt that will happen, but I think it would be cool to see Jaa be the villain, he'd be like a HJL dare I say! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member AndyWayne84 Posted May 2, 2011 Member Share Posted May 2, 2011 I very well doubt that will happen, but I think it would be cool to see Jaa be the villain, he'd be like a HJL dare I say! As much as i would love to see it but i don't think it would happen at least not in this flim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member SiamKnight Posted May 3, 2011 Member Share Posted May 3, 2011 I'm excited about two things. First I got the news that Dan Chupong is also going to be in this TYG2 together with Jijaa Yanin and Tony Jaa. Second about rumors that Tony was looking to work overseas, and might star in a project by Hong Kong superstar Sammo Hung. http://thaifilmjournal.blogspot.com/2011/04/tony-jaa-and-jeeja-in-3d-for-tom-yum.html#comments http://movie.mthai.com/movie-news/93155.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member slinky Posted May 3, 2011 Member Share Posted May 3, 2011 Till i hear a elephant is involved i won't get excited. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member helios Posted May 8, 2011 Member Share Posted May 8, 2011 Am I the only one not excited about having Jijaa starring in this a well? I want to have 100% Tony ass kicking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator One Armed Boxer Posted May 8, 2011 Moderator Share Posted May 8, 2011 Am I the only one not excited about having Jijaa starring in this a well? I`d say there`s a high probability that the answer to your question is `yes`. Personally I think it`s great that Yanin & Jaa are going to be sharing screen time together, up until barely a month ago it was fairly debatable whether we`d ever be seeing Jaa back onscreen at all. So for him to not only make a comeback, but for it to be with the leading lady of Thai action cinema as well, can only be considered as exciting news. I actually think this movie will also help Yanin improve even more in the action department, there hasn`t been any performer on the martial arts scene for a long time who can convey anger quite the way Jaa does. He never looks like he is just `performing` the choreography, rather you 100% believe he wants to beat the living daylights out of any opponent he`s up against. Now that Yanin is paired with Jaa, hopefully the sometimes mentioned complaints that her kicks and punches look `soft` can be remedied. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member ShaOW!linDude Posted May 8, 2011 Member Share Posted May 8, 2011 Am I the only one not excited about having Jijaa starring in this a well? I want to have 100% Tony ass kicking. Like OAB implies, I think most people are psyched for this. I completely relate to your sentiment however. I'm not against this pairing. Curious to see what happens with it. But like you, I'm kind of wary of anything detracting from Jaa's MA time on screen, even if it is Jija Yanin. I was keyed up for Jaa pairing with Sammo Hung. (Maybe it'll happen.) This pairing (Jaa/Yanin) seems more likely as both stars are Thai and this will really boost the industry there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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