Tony Jaa "The Next Project"

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"Sahamongkol Film International" in Thailand advertised that Tony Jaa's third film would be called Sword or Dab Atamas, about the art of Thai two-sword fighting, with a script by Prapas Chonsalanont. But due to a falling out between Prachya Pinklaw and Tony Jaa, which neither have publicly commented on, Sword has been cancelled. On March 2006 it was reported that there would be a sequel to Ong-Bak, Ong-Bak 2. With Jaa both directing and starring, it started pre-production in fall 2006 and was released in December of 2008.While Jaa was working on Ong-Bak 2, director Prachya Pinkaew and action choreographer Panna Rittikrai were working on Chocolate, starring a female martial artist, Nicharee Vismistananda, and released February 6, 2008. Jaa had been cast in a small role in a third installment of the King Naresuan film series directed by Chatrichalerm Yukol,although the film was ultimately cancelled
Other developments  Tony Jaa's  films captured the attention of his hero, Jackie Chan, who asked director Brett Ratner to cast Jaa in "Rush Hour 3" "I gave the director videos of Tony Jaa because I think Tony Jaa is the most well-rounded of all action stars," Chan told the Associated Press. "The director liked him a lot," Chan said.However, Jaa said he'd be unable to participate because of scheduling conflicts with the shooting of Ong Bak 2.Additionally, veteran Hong Kong martial arts coordinator Lau Kar-leung has mentioned Jaa as someone he'd like to work with.