Life of Pi 
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Based on the best-selling novel by Yann Martel, is a magical adventure story centering on Pi Patel, the precocious son of a zookeeper. Dwellers in Pondicherry, India, the family decides to move to Canada, hitching a ride on a huge freighter. After a shipwreck, Pi is found adrift in the Pacific Ocean on a 26-foot lifeboat with a zebra, a hyena, an orangutan and a 450-pound Bengal tiger named Richard Parker, all fighting for survival.
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Tobey Maguire will star in Ang Lee's Life of Pi [9th April 2011 03:37:06]
Tobey Maguire has been cast in Ang Lee's Life of Pi adaptation.
The Spider-Man actor will play a reporter who interviews Pi as an older man, following his experiences on the boat.
Presumably his character will play an important role in Lee's technique of adapting the story, as the key events will surely be filtered through the two men's interaction.
Acting-wise, things have been a little quiet for Maguire recently but that looks set to change: he's appearing in The Details with Elizabeth Banks and Ray Liotta this year, and he'll be playing Nick Carraway in Baz Luhrmann's Great Gatsby adaptation.
The lead role of Pi will be played by newcomer Suraj Sharma, with Slumdog Millionaire actor Irrfan Khan portraying his older incarnation, and the animals are expected to be CGI-animated. The film, like Gatsby, will be arriving in 3D.
A number of directors, including M. Night Shyamalan, Alfonso Cuaron and Jean-Pierre Jeunet, previously attempted to adapt the prize-winning novel to no avail, so it's promising to hear that Lee's version is still moving forward.
Life of Pi is expected to arrive in cinemas on 14 December 2012. Source: www.totalfilm.com
Ang Lee gets Life Of Pi lead [26th October 2010 07:14:48]
Ang Lee has cast unknown Delhi high schooler Suraj Sharma in his 3D adaptation of Yann Martel's novel Life Of Pi. Source: www.totalfilm.com
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