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Wide Screen‘Life of Pi’ trailer reveals Ang Lee’s gorgeous adaptation of the novel
If you were like many who saw "Prometheus" in 3D a few months ago, you were probably left a bit perplexed by the teaser for Ang Lee's "Life of Pi" that preceded the film. Just who was that young man stranded at sea, and how exactly did he end up adrift in a lifeboat with a ferocious Bengal tiger?
Those unfamiliar with Canadian author Yann Martel's 2001 novel of the same name now have a few more answers, thanks to a breathtaking trailer for Lee's latest film. After surviving the sinking of a freighter carrying a cargo of exotic animals, young Piscine "Pi" Patel (Suraj Sharma) finds himself in a small vessel with an assortment of creatures, including an orangutan, a zebra, and a massive tiger. Lost at sea for more than seven months, the film follows Pi's struggle to survive the elements and his fellow boat mates.
Watch the trailer for Ang Lee's "Life of Pi" below.
"Life of Pi's" journey to the big screen has been a storied one, with people like M. Night Shyamalan ("The Sixth Sense"), Jean-Pierre Jeunet ("Amelie"), and Alfonso Cuaron ("Children of Men") all being attached to direct the film at one point or another. Twentieth Century Fox were finally able to land director Ang Lee in 2009, and the filmmaker has spent the last three years developing and filming the project. As for the film's titular star, Suraj Sharma, the young actor was plucked from obscurity. Lee reportedly auditioned over 3000 men for the role of Pi, before casting the then-unknown Sharma in 2010.
Whenever a filmmaker of Lee's caliber decides to use 3D for the first time, there's bound to be a bit of fanfare. It happened when Martin Scorsese made "Hugo" and when Ridley Scott directed "Prometheus." If the "Pi" teaser before "Prometheus" was any indication, Lee has a firm grasp of the technology; the teaser boasted some seriously impressive 3D.
The "Brokeback Mountain" director's first foray into 3D also marks his return to big-budget action fare. It's hard to believe that it's been almost a decade since the filmmaker's ill-fated "Hulk" movie and nearly 12 years since his international hit "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon." It's never just about the action with Lee, though. Martel's novel contains some pretty heady religious allegory, something that the director is not likely to gloss over in his film adaptation. Leave it to Lee to make the thinking man's 3D action-adventure movie.
"Life of Pi" hits theatres on November 12.
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