Tony Jaa is the best thing to happen to martial arts movies since Bruce Lee (video evidence after the jump), and he’s currently at work on Ong-Bak 2, his directorial debut. Only problem is, no one’s seen him since June.
On Friday, Sahamongkol prexy Somsak Techaratanaprasert [holy god, how many syllables is that?] held a press conference to confirm that Tony Jaa has been missing since June. "But I love him as a son," said Techaratanaprasert as the studio insists the much-anticipated Thai film "Ong-bak 2" will be finished in time for its scheduled Dec. 5 release in Thailand.
His family said Jaa has suffered a lot of stress from the shoot and has gone to meditate in the jungle. Reports in the Thai press suggest a case of budget mismanagement that resulted in Jaa spending over 200 million baht ($6.25 million) without finishing the film. "I guarantee that this is not a case of financial fraud, and I have no intention of pursuing any legal action against him," Techaratanaprasert said. "We’re running behind schedule, and some of our international contracts have been cancelled because of that. I know he loves this film very much, so I just want him to finish the film because there’s only a little work left."
Prachya Pinkaew, who directed the first "Ong-bak" and "Tom-yum-goong" (shown as "The Protector" in the U.S.), confirmed that he will step in to edit the footage and maybe direct the rest of the movie. "Jaa has little experience directing," said Pinkaew. "He’s spent nearly $7.8 million. The film is almost finished, so I’ll try to see what I can do with the footage that he’s shot."
Meditating in the jungle? How badass is that? Anyway, I think the solution here is obvious. Tony Jaa has sworn off fighting and gone into hiding. If movies have taught me anything, all we need to do is kidnap a family member, or his prized elephant and he’ll be back beating the shit out of people in no time.
Best unedited fight scene ever:
And this is completely unrelated, but fun nonetheless:
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I heard he was just in line early to see Mummy 3: Tomb of the Asian Something Or Other
Aslan is in the new Mummy? Hmmm, learn something new everyday Itellya.
I tried to read that long-ass name on my monitor, then I crossed it out and wrote “France”.
Lester, is that the guy from Double Dragon in your avatar?
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DOR SHO GHA!
Never ever tell Tony Jaa the bathrooms are for customers only. Apparently he get’s piisssssed.
Great fight scene…
and has gone to meditate in the jungle
Well, if Survivorman is any indication, Jaa can build a shelter, start a fire, and fish with the rope he’s got there. I’m sure he’s fine.
I went into hiding for a month once. Turns out nobody will ever look inside Kirsten Dunst’s vagina.
Tony Jaa went into the jungle to finally solve that ‘if a tree falls in the forest and there’s nobody around to hear it" bullshit.
I’m just hoping the answer to that question somehow involves a snap kick to the neck.
We need not worry, people. He’ll come back to the set a week later and scream the movie title at the top of his lungs, a tribute to a quirky little joke he read right here at this very site.
In researching my newest Avatar in honor of the gorgeous but approachable Eibmoz, I came across the following:
[profile.myspace.com]
Pretty confident that is worth its own blog post here, unless it has been posted here previously and I don’t know it because I am a pathetic noob.
On a completely unrelated note, a guy on CNBC just said that he has five or six staple stocks in his universe, but all I heard was: "I have five or six staples stuck in my uterus." Multi-tasking is hard.
Is that the first look at retard MMA?
I’d like to buy a vowel, please.
Pauly, I thought that was Vlance and Uwe Boll boxing. But I couldn’t figure out which one was which.
Is there a way to get this fucker to show me the newest post without having to get there through the latest comments? Like logging out or eating cookies or some shit?
That guy in the second video looked like a complete dick. I’d like to see him against Tony Jaa.
Something about that second clip screams Eastern European. Maybe it’s the haircut. Or maybe it’s the fighting like pussies.
I was having the same problems JHC. Pressing F5 seemed to work for me.
Was that the live action version of Little Mac versus Von Kaiser?
You won’t be getting anything good for my Birthday this year Affleck. I may be as computer savvy as a chimp with a handful of shit, but I’m street smart enough to know that you’re up to no good.
::gives affleck the stink eye and gas face::
what did i do, i was just trying to help
Hey, you guys remember when I said my nephew is at "X-Treme Bible Camp"? Well, he just dislocated his shoulder.
X-TREME!!!!!!!!!!!
That’s right, I just made a joke about a loved one’s horrific injury. This is filmdrunk, bitch.
*plays lachrymose violin tune while the ship sinks into the deep*
JHC, put in a hotline call to Santa,Affleck is out!
Fact: Tony Jaa can go more than halfway into the jungle.
MMA is fast becoming my second favorite sport. Football will always be #1, but baseball better watch it’s back. It just may get rear mount naked choked like a bitch.
Techaratanaprasert Techaratanaprasert bo Becharatanaprasert banana fanna fo Fecharatanaprasert fee fi foe Fecharatanaprasert.
The difference between a stressed-out Tony Jaa and a stressed-out Heath Ledger?
Ledger spells ‘meditate’ with a C.
QAPLAH! New dream blog! (work safe, and short):
[dirtyhairy.blogspot.com]
When his drivers license was ready, the DMV hag looked at the name Somsak Techaratanaprasert and said, "Some Suck The Tranny your license is ready" and Brett Ratner started towards the counter.
Ceditate?
Dicktaste?
The difference between Tony Jaa and Heath Ledger? About five months of decomposition.
Tony Jaa didn’t get lost, he just went into a crowd with other asian people.
Wow, my Monday is a lot suckier, since everyone has gone off to do actual work. How can the site Durst this early in the day?
It’s cuz were on the Twilight thread, Dear.
That thread has not come up for me. Wow. Its not on the front page for me. Are you guys just hiding from me?
tony jaa is a bit busy fighting chuck norris for the position of most badass human ever. they have to fight on top of mt. everest. it could take awhile.
hehehehe another evil dead! And Bruce Campbell thks he has a shot. See if a studio backs that film, it will have ye mum in it before Bruce Campbell. There is a reason you only saw Bruce Campbell on screen, that reason is is simple. the simple fact of it is is that sam raimi had to put him in there, because he is his lil friend. Note all of Bruce Cambells film appearances? Yes thats right, his buddy cast him. Evil dead for will star fricken that doode! whats his name? Steve Zahn!