Life of Pi Movie

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Jeunet to Helm Martel's Life of Pi
Source: Variety, October 24, 2005


Jean-Pierre Jeunet (Alien: Resurrection, Amelie, A Very Long Engagement) is set to direct Fox 2000's adaptation of the Man Booker Prize-winning Yann Martel novel Life of Pi, reports Variety.

Jeunet has begun writing the script with Guillaume Laurant, his collaborator on Amelie and A Very Long Engagement.

The book tells of a 16-year-old boy's voyage from India to Canada, a trip that begins on a freighter carrying animals his father is transporting from the zoo. The ship sinks and the boy is the sole human survivor, sharing a lifeboat with a hyena, an injured zebra and a hungry tiger.

The studio hopes to start production next summer, and part of the film will likely be shot in India.

Comments

[farpotshket.livejournal.com]

I am so excited that Jenunet is directing -- it should be much more interesting than anything Shaylaman could have done with it. Yann Martel just moved back to Saskatoon (just a few blocks from me, actually) to work on the screenplay.

[dearemma.livejournal.com]

That book was so hard for me to read. I don't know how I'll make it through the movie!

[brdgt.livejournal.com]

I actually really didn't care for the book until the last 1/4 or so.