A cinematic adaptation of Life of Pi has been in the works basically since Yann Martel's novel was published in 2001, but in the early stages the project had some trouble picking up steam. It passed through the hands of several directors, including M. Night Shyamalan, Alfonso Cuarón, and Jean-Pierre Jeunet, over several years before…
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If 3D gets a bad rap, it's often for good reason. Done badly, 3D drives up ticket prices while adding nothing to the experience; done very badly, it robs you blind while destroying the picture. But every so often, a movie comes along that reminds you of how powerful the technology can be when wielded…
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The year-end prestige movie season looks possibly even more competitive than usual this year, but Fox seems pretty confident they've got a four-quadrant hit in Life of Pi. Though the project suffered several stops and starts during its development process, it's finally taken shape under the care of director Ang Lee, and the early buzz…
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Fox's official website for Ang Lee's literary adaptation Life of Pi is up and running, and while it's currently light on useful info, it is full of gorgeous imagery to ooh and ahh over. There's a brief 10-second clip showing what appears to be an early encounter between protagonist Pi (newcomer Suraj Sharma) and the…
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Life of Pi has taken its good sweet time journeying from the bookshelf to the box office. First published in 2001, Yann Martel's novel passed through the hands of M. Night Shyamalan, Alfonso Cuarón, and Jean-Pierre Jeunet before ultimately ending up with Ang Lee in 2009. A tricky adaptation process and budgetary woes helped keep…
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Briefly: Now that Peter Jackson's next film, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, has a firm release date of December 14, 2012, it is time for other studios to start reworking their December schedules to get out of the way of the Middle-Earth juggernaut. The first project to scramble out of the way is Life of…
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