Last night’s Academy Awards ceremony was a story of upset and redemption, as Life of Pi‘s Ang Lee beat out early favorite Steven Spielberg for best director, and Ben Affleck, long the butt of jokes for his work in front of the camera, accepted the trophy for best picture of Argo.
The Weinstein Company plans to begin production in May on the sequel to Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, without Ang Lee at the helm. Instead, the studio is in talks with Ronny Yu to direct.
Life of Pi director Ang Lee is interested in helming Cleopatra, the historical epic set to star Angelina Jolie. “It just feels right to me after all the other types of films I’ve done,” he says.
The Directors Guild of America has announced the nominees for its annual honors, considered a reliable predictor for the Academy Awards: Ben Affleck, Kathryn Bigelow, Tom Hooper, Ang Lee and Steven Spielberg.
Fox has released an international trailer for direct Ang Lee’s adaptation of Life of Pi, which tells the story of an Indian boy marooned on a lifeboat with only a Bengal tiger to keep him company. The film is due in theaters Nov. 21.
Fox has debuted the first trailer for Life of Pi, director Ang Lee’s adaptation of the acclaimed fantasy adventure novel by Yann Martel. The film opens Nov. 21.
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