My inbox has been brimming this week with the news that Tony Jaa will return to the screen with the sequel to Warrior King (aka Tom Yum Goong, aka The Protector – can we have less English titles, please?). Produced and directed by Prachya Pinkaew, Warrior King 2 (aka Tom Yum Goong 2, aka The Protector 2 – sheeesh!) will also star Jija Yanin (Chocolate, Raging Phoenix), Marrese Crump (who recently worked on RZA’s The Man With The Iron Fists in Shanghai), Dan Chupong (Born to Fight, Ong-Bak, Ong Bak: The Beginning, Ong Bak 3) and Kazu Tang (Raging Phoenix, Danny The Dog). The picture above shows the main cast at the production opening ceremony last Wednesday in Bangkok, left to right: Jaa, Crump, Tang, Chupong, and of course Yanin in front. With Prachya at the helm from the start, here’s hoping this doesn’t turn into the disaster areas that were the Ong-Bak ‘prequels’…