Ang Lee boards Life of Pi film
Director says he has cracked the structure of Yann Martel's allegorical novel about a boy adrift at sea with a tiger
It has been stuck in development hell for much of the past decade, but the big-screen version of Yann Martel's 2002 Man Booker prize-winning novel Life of Pi finally looks set to go into production after the Oscar-winning film-maker Ang Lee confirmed it will be his next film.
From: Books: Books + News | guardian.co.uk
Wednesday, 28 October, 2009
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