• Tony Jaa Hits Hard In 'SPL 2' Trailer

    Tony Jaa fans will get to see their favorite elbow-thrower kick some ass in a couple scenes in Furious 7 when that film opens at the beginning of April. If his guest appearance in that movie doesn't seem like enough, there's something else to look forward to: the sequel to the 2005 film Saat Po Long. (Aka SPL,…

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  • 'The Protector 2' Trailer: Tony Jaa Kicks Everything

    After a smashing starring debut in the film Ong Bak, Thai action star Tony Jaa made a film called Tom-Yum-Goong, released in the US as The Protector. Like Ong Bak, that film was directed by Prachya Pinkaew, with fights choreographed by Jaa and his mentor, Panna Rittikrai. Now The Protector 2 is almost upon us, and while…

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  • Sequel Bits: 'Fast 7', 'Mission: Impossible 5', 'The Wolverine 2', 'Beetlejuice 2'

    Today's action-packed Sequel Bits contains news about spies, martial artists, giant alien robots, tortured mutants, and so much more. After the jump: Transformers 5 and 6 depend on Transformers 4 James Mangold offers a minor Wolverine 2 update Winona Ryder is "sworn to secrecy" about Beetlejuice 2 Simon Pegg says he'll return for Mission: Impossible…

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  • See Vin Diesel And Tony Jaa Train For Action In 'Fast & Furious 7'

    Vin Diesel keeps his fans happy by posting a lot of personal messages and little videos to Facebook. His latest, which is actually a "reward" to all the people who like him, is a behind the scenes video from the set of Fast & Furious 7. The film, directed by James Wan, also features Thai…

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  • 'Ong Bak' Star Tony Jaa Joins 'Fast And Furious 7'

    One of the world's best martial arts stars is coming to America. Tony Jaa, the star of the Ong Bak series, has just been cast in James Wan's upcoming sequel Fast and Furious 7. It'll be his first U.S. production. The Hollywood Reporter broke the news of the casting. Here's what the actor told them in an…

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  • Wesley Snipes To Star With Huge Collection Of Fighters In 'Master Daddy'

    Wesley Snipes may have high aspirations to do his own film about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the way that J. Edgar Hoover and the FBI attempted to control and/or discredit the civil rights movement. But don't think that Mr. Snipes isn't going to keep making regular old movies. He's got a tax bill…

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  • Tony Jaa Takes Sabbatical From Acting, Becomes A Bhuddist Monk

    Tony Jaa has had quite a career in a few short years. He became an action star with Ong Bak, tried to become a director with Ong Bak 2, which led to a rather famous meltdown and mini-exile. And now, in the wake of the less than stellar Thai opening of Ong Bak 3, Jaa…

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  • Ong Bak 3 Trailer: Chains And Black Magic

    We've already shown you a teaser trailer for Ong Bak 3, in which Tony Jaa reprises the action of the previous two films. (This is a continuation of the story from Ong Bak 2.) That teaser was pretty crazy, but it was nothing compared to this full trailer, which pulls out all the stops. Watch…

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  • This Week In Trailers: Valhalla Rising, Reel Injun, Black Field, Oil City Confidential

    Trailers are an under-appreciated art form insofar that many times they’re seen as vehicles for showing footage, explaining films away, or showing their hand about what moviegoers can expect. Foreign, domestic, independent, big budget: I celebrate all levels of trailers and hopefully this column will satisfactorily give you a baseline of what beta wave I’m…

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  • Ong Bak 3 Teaser Trailer: It's All Elbows And Elephants

    Back in October we ran a piece of promo art for Ong Bak 3. That's the second sequel to the sensational Thai kickboxing movie Ong Bak, which instantly established star Tony Jaa as an action film hero. When we ran that piece, we knew that the film was already almost done, after having gone into…

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  • First Look: Promo Art For Ong Bak 3

    Ong Bak 2 has barely had time to register in North America, recently premiering at the Toronto Film Festival and soon to be part of Magnet's Six-Shooter Film Series. But a third film is already in production, and the first teaser art for Ong Bak 3 has been released. It has a big '3' written…

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  • Ong Bak 2 Movie Trailer: Tony Jaa Vs A Real Alligator

    One of the first things that caught my eye this morning was Twitch's posting of a new French trailer for Ong Bak 2, starring master of knees and elbows Tony Jaa. They're excited about this one because it shows, briefly, some of the scene where Jaa has a watery encounter with a real, live alligator.…

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