Thai martial-arts icon Tony Jaa has reportedly walked away from his film career to become a monk. The news comes as the latest sordid development in a recent history full of them: Power struggles to direct Ong Bak 2, chicken sacrifice, black magic, tearful TV appearances, studio holdouts and the lackluster effort Ong Bak 3. His monastery stay is indefinite for now, but surely he won't come back eventually. Anyway, don't be sad! Anything that entitles Apichatpong Weerasethakul to rule Thai cinema by himself can't be that bad. [Twitchfilm via The Playlist]
