• Ong Bak 2: The Beginning
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    Ong Bak 2: The Beginning

    2009-09-12T17:19:00Z

    Dir: Tony Jaa and Panna Rittikrai. Thailand. 2009. 110 mins.

  • Ong Bak 2 kicks it to EuropaCorp, Aurum
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    Ong Bak 2 kicks it to EuropaCorp, Aurum

    2009-05-18T06:00:00Z

    Thailand’s Sahamongkolfilm International has sold action title Ong Bak 2, starring Tony Jaa, to France’s EuropaCorp and Aurum for Spain.

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    Magnolia kicks up US rights to Ong Bak 2

    2009-02-11T06:00:00Z

    Magnolia Pictures has acquired US rights to Thai martial arts action title Ong Bak 2 from Sahamongkolfilm International. Magnolia is planning a theatrical release for the film under its Magnet Releasing genre label. The company released the first Ong Bak film, also starring Tony Jaa, which grossed more than $4m ...

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    Sahamongkol closes deals for Ong Bak 2, Chocolate

    2008-11-09T06:00:00Z

    Thailand's Sahamongkol has sold Tony Jaa's upcoming Ong Bak 2 and hit action flick Chocolate to Madman for Australia and New Zealand, CP Digital for Russia/CIS, and Mirax for Hungary, Romania, Slovakia, and Czech Republic.Star TV also picked up all rights for Chocolate in Taiwan. Magnolia Pictures' genre label Magnet ...

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    Ong Bak 2 opens at top of Thai box office

    2008-12-08T15:09:00Z

    Tony Jaa's Ong Bak 2 topped the box office in Thailand over its opening three-day weekend (Dec 5-7), grossing an impressive $2m (70m baht) despite the political unrest that has rocked the country in the past few weeks. According to local distributor Sahamongkolfilm International, the opening is the biggest in ...

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    Germany's Splendid takes on Jaa's Ong Bak 2

    2007-05-18T13:10:00Z

    Germany's Splendid has become the first distributor to pounce on Ong Bak 2, starring and directed by Tony Jaa, since The Weinstein Company surrendered international rights to the project. TWC acquired all rights excluding Asia and the UK to the film last year, from Thailand's Sahamongkolfilm International, but recently renegotiated ...

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    Klockworx snaps up Japanese rights to Ong Bak 2

    2006-05-18T04:00:00Z

    Thailand's SahamongkolfilmInternational has sold hotly anticipated Tony Jaa vehicle Ong Bak 2 to Japan's Klockworx.Jaa will star in and serveas action choreographer on the $12-$15m film and is also considering whether todirect. Prachya Pinkaew, director ofthe original Ong Bak and TomYum Goong, will produce. Jaa'smentor and action choreographer Panna Rittikrai ...

  • Magnet launches Six Shooter V2 genre series with Ong Bak 2
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    Magnet launches Six Shooter V2 genre series with Ong Bak 2

    2009-09-24T20:54:00Z

    Magnet Releasing will launch the second volume of its Six Shooter Film Series with Ong Bak 2: The Beginning on VOD this week.

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    Jaa starts shooting Ongbak 3

    2009-02-09T06:00:00Z

    Thailand 's Sahamongkolfilm International has started shooting the third installment in its successful Ong Bak franchise - starring Muay Thai maestro Tony Jaa.As with Ong Bak 2, Jaa is directing and producing as well as starring in Ong Bak 3, which is shooting in Thailand for release in December this ...

  • Panna Rittikrai dies aged 53
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    Panna Rittikrai dies aged 53

    2014-07-21T09:42:00Z

    Panna Rittikrai, the action choreographer who introduced Thai action movies to world audiences, has died aged 53.