After being cast in Baz Luhrman’s adaptation of The Great Gatsby in 3D (sweet, sweet Jesus), it looks like Tobey Maguire is set to star in another cinematic adaptation of great literature—according to Deadline, the former Spider-Man has been cast in Ang Lee’s take on Life of Pi, the adaptation of Yann Martel’s bestselling novel.
Yes, Ang Lee’s long developing film Life of Pi is still going strong. The director has been trying to pull a cast together for the novel adaption for a while now and we were beginning to think that he’d never find the right people. But according to 20th Century Fox, Lee has hired newcomer Suraj Sharma to play the title role in the film. He literally beat out thousands of young actors to land the part. He must be one talented kid!
YES for peace. YES for music inspiring change. YES for the days when you didn’t have to obtain your medicinal license to get stoned in the streets. YES for Taking Woodstock. Based on the memoirs of Elliot Tiber, Academy Award-winning director Ang Lee captures the essence of hippie 1960′s America without a blemish.
Check out the plot, the good and the bad below…
A bunch of new amazing photos of the cast and crew on set of Ang Lee’s upcoming film Taking Woodstock have just been posted by FilmSchoolRejects. The film stars comedian, turned serious actor (at least for this film) Demetri Martin, Paul Dano, Liev Schreiber, Emile Hirsch, and Jeffrey Dean Morgan.
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With the release of Gus Van Sant‘s film Milk coinciding with the current issues of Prop 8, gay cinema was finally pushed into the forefront of everyones attention both on screen and off. Although this genre may be a touchy subject, more and more directors and actors are choosing to discuss the issues behind the repression of homosexuality both in politics and ones life.
The month of June is Gay & Lesbian Pride Month so in honor of that, we have put together a list of some of the most influential gay films which have helped inspire, educate, and encourage audiences to make a change and support equal rights.
Take a look after the jump…
Ang Lee is definitely not a Director that sticks to one genre of film. From Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, to Brokeback Mountain, he’s known for one thing, making great movies about absolutely anything he wants. Taking Woodstock is based off a novel by Elliot Tiber and was inspired by a true story about a young man, who while trying to keep his parents’ motel alive inadvertently set in motion the largest generation-defining concert of all time in the summer of 1969. The screenplay was adapetd by James Schamus the same writer who paired with Lee on Lust, Caution, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon and Hulk. All of which were amazing films (yes I loved Hulk, you may now commence the whining).
The film has a variety of talent in it including comedian Demetri Martin as the lead, Paul Dano, Liev Schreiber, Emile Hirsch, and Jeffrey Dean Morgan.
Check out the trailer below…
Now we’re all well aware of the danger when translating a fantastic novel to film, but Ang Lee seems like a culturally responsible choice to direct a Fox 2000 adaptation of Yann Martel‘s “Life of Pi.”
The book recounts the journey of an Indian youth who is the sole survivor of a shipwreck in the Pacific, but by some chance ends up sharing his lifeboat with a hyena, and injured zebra, an orangutan and a famished Bengal tiger. Sounds like a Noah’s Ark spin off, but it’s got a spiritually holistic edge that reaches across various cultural philosophies.
