New Photos from Ang Lee’s ‘Life of Pi’ Highlight Actor Suraj Sharma
by Alex Billington
August 19, 2012
Source: The Playlist
When there’s more amazing imagery from this film, I can’t help but feature it. It was recently announced that Ang Lee’s Life of Pi would be the Opening Film of the 50th New York Film Festival coming up in late September. We’ve already seen one magnificent trailer for Life of Pi and plenty of other stunning photos, but we have four more shots worth taking a closer look at. The Playlist found these photos and they focus mostly on young Indian actor Suraj Sharma, who plays Pi Patel in the film, the boy lost at sea in a lifeboat with a tiger. “Water, kids, animals and 3D. Everything you should avoid in the movie business,” Lee joked.
“I am both delighted and honored to be back at the New York Film Festival with Life of Pi.” The new photos:
If you haven’t seen the first trailer yet, be sure to see it here. Thanks again to The Playlist for finding these.
Life of Pi is the story of an Indian boy named Pi, a zookeeper’s son who finds himself in the company of a hyena, zebra, orangutan, and a Bengal tiger after a shipwreck sets them adrift in the Pacific. Life of Pi, based on Yann Martel’s novel, is being directed in 3D by Oscar winning Taiwanese filmmaker Ang Lee, of Taking Woodstock, Lust Caution, Brokeback Mountain, Hulk and Crouching Tiger previously. The cast includes Irrfan Khan, Adil Hussain and Tabu, in addition to the animals and Pi. 20th Century Fox has Life of Pi scheduled for release everywhere November 21st this fall. Visit the official website for more. Still curious?
