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Tony Jaa's SWORD Cancelled!

by Todd Brown, November 18, 2007 2:07 AM

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Bad news for fans of Tony Jaa. The Thai martial arts star has had a number of titles brewing for a good while now and word is out that what was most likely the most anticipated of them has been cancelled. Jaa, who is currently directing Ong Bak 2 himself - a sequel in name only as it is set in and entirely different time period - had been slated to reunite with Ong Bak and Tom Yum Goong director Prachya Pinkaew once he was finished with Ong Bak 2 and Pinkaew finished up Chocolate to shoot a film based around daab thai fighting techniques - a dual sword fighting technique - but the two have had a serious falling out in recent days and in a recent interview with Thailand's The Nation Pinkaew has confirmed that although the script for Sword has been completed the project has been cancelled. Which means that after his recently announced bit part in the third Naresuan film is shot Jaa's slate is suddenly bare because nothing else is ready for him yet ...