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| Life of Pi | |
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 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Ang Lee |
| Screenplay by | David Magee |
| Produced by | Ang Lee Gil Netter David Womark |
| Starring | Suraj Sharma Tabu Adil Hussain Irrfan Khan Gerard Depardieu Rafe Spall |
| Cinematography | Claudio Miranda |
| Edited by | Tim Squyres |
| Music by | Mychael Danna |
Production companies | |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
Release date |
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Running time | 127 minutes[1] |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $100 million |
Life of Pi is an upcoming 3D adventure film based on the 2001 novel of the same name by Yann Martel.[2] The film is directed by Ang Lee based on an adapted screenplay by David Magee. Suraj Sharma will play Pi. Life of Pi is scheduled to be released on November 21, 2012.
Plot
Pi is a 16-year-old boy who is the only person to survive the sinking of a freighter. He finds himself on a lifeboat with an orangutan, hyena, a wounded zebra, and a Bengal tiger.[3]
Cast
- Suraj Sharma as Piscine Molitor "Pi" Patel
- Ayush Tandon as young Pi
- Gautam Belur as 5-year-old Pi
- Tabu as Pi's mother
- Adil Hussain as Pi's father
- Irrfan Khan as the adult Piscine Molitor "Pi" Patel
- Gerard Depardieu as The Chef
- Rafe Spall as Yann Martel, replacing Tobey Maguire late in production due to Lee's desire to have an entirely international cast.
- Shravanthi Sainath as Pi's girlfriend
- Andrea de Stefano as The Priest
- Ayan Khan as Pi's younger brother
- Vibish Sivakumar as Ravi Patel
Production
Life of Pi is directed by Ang Lee based on a screenplay by David Magee. The screenplay is adapted from the 2001 novel of the same name written by Yann Martel. Before Lee, the project had numerous directors and writers attached, and the Los Angeles Times credited Fox 2000 Pictures executive Elizabeth Gabler with keeping the project active.[4] Gabler in February 2003 had acquired the project to adapt Life of Pi into a film. She hired screenwriter Dean Georgaris to write an adapted screenplay. In the following October, Fox 2000 Pictures announced a partnership with M. Night Shyamalan to direct the film. Shyamalan was attracted to the novel particularly because its protagonist also comes from Pondicherry (Puducherry) in India. The partners anticipated for Shyamalan to direct the film adaptation after completing The Village. Shyamalan also replaced Georgaris as the screenwriter, writing a new screenplay for the film.[5] Ultimately, Shyamalan chose to film Lady in the Water after The Village, and Fox 2000 Pictures decided to find another director. In March 2005, they entered talks with Alfonso Cuarón to become the new director.[6] Shyamalan said in 2006, "I was hesitant [to direct] because the book has kind of a twist ending. And I was concerned that as soon as you put my name on it, everybody would have a different experience."[7]
Cuarón decided to direct Children of Men instead, and in October 2005, Fox 2000 Pictures hired Jean-Pierre Jeunet to direct the film. Jeunet began writing the adapted screenplay with Guillaume Laurant, and filming was scheduled to begin in mid-2006 and partially in India.[8] Jeunet eventually left the project, and in February 2009, Fox 2000 Pictures hired Ang Lee to direct the film.[9] In May 2010, Lee and producer Gil Netter proposed a reported budget of $70 million, at which the studio balked, placing the project's development on hold for a short time.[4] David Magee was hired to write the screenplay, and Lee spent several months looking for someone to cast as Pi. After 3,000 men auditioned, Lee chose to cast Suraj Sharma, a 17-year-old student and an acting newcomer, in October 2010. Filming began in Taichung and Kenting, Taiwan, Montreal, Canada, and India in January 2011.[10] In September 2012, it was announced that Lee had cut Tobey Maguire from the film to opt for an entirely international cast. Lee described Maguire's presence as 'too jarringly recognizable', reshooting the scenes with Rafe Spall in the interviewer role of Yann Martel.[11]
Release
Life of Pi is scheduled to be released on November 21, 2012. It was originally scheduled to be released on December 14, 2012, but when The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey was announced for the same release date, Life of Pi was postponed a week. It then was shifted a month in advance.[12]
References
- ^ "LIFE OF PI (PG)". British Board of Film Classification. 2012-10-23. Retrieved 2012-10-23.
- ^ Smith, Ian Hayden (2012). International Film Guide 2012. p. 143. ISBN 978-1908215017.
{{cite book}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help) - ^ "Life of Pi". ComingSoon.net. Retrieved June 2, 2011.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ a b Zeitchik, Steven; Horn, John (May 27, 2010). "'Life of Pi' suffers another blow". Los Angeles Times.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ Brodesser, Dave; McNary (October 8, 2003). "'Pi' in sky at Fox 2000". Variety.
{{cite journal}}: Check date values in:|date=(help); More than one of|first1=and|first=specified (help) - ^ Brodesser, Claude (March 31, 2005). "Inside Move: New baker for Fox's 'Pi'". Variety.
{{cite journal}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ Schwartz, Missy (May 3, 2006). "'Water' Bearer". Entertainment Weekly.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ Fleming, Michael (October 23, 2005). "Jeunet gets piece of 'Pi'". Variety.
{{cite journal}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ Fleming, Michael (February 17, 2009). "Ang Lee circles 'Life of Pi' film". Variety.
{{cite journal}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ McClintock, Pamela (October 25, 2010). "Indian teen newcomer gets 'Life of Pi' lead". Variety.
{{cite journal}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ George Wales (September 6, 2012). "Tobey Maguire cut from Ang Lee's Life Of Pi". Total Film. Retrieved September 6, 2012.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|work=(help) - ^ McClintock, Pamela (June 1, 2011). "'Life of Pi' Moves Back One Week to Avoid 'Hobbit' Film". The Hollywood Reporter.
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