Tobey Maguire is set to again collaborate with director Ang Lee. Life of Pi will mark the third film (following Ride with the Devil and The Ice Storm ) for the pair, Variety reports.
Maguire will play a writer in the long-anticipated film adaptation of Yann Martel’s bestselling novel. His character will interview Pi, a young boy (to be played 17-year-old newcomer Suraj Sharma) who finds himself stranded in a tiny boat for 227 days with a number of zoo animals, including a Bengal tiger, saved from his family’s ship before it sinks.
The film is also set to star Irffan Khan, Gerard Depardieu, and Adil Hussain.
Directing from a script by Finding Neverland ‘s David Magee, Lee will shoot the entire film in 3D in Taiwan and India.
20th Century Fox has slated a holiday…
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