It’s official. The Weinstein Company has set up a sequel to Ang Lee’s Oscar winning, box office record breaking Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon. Deadline has TWC’s official press release (which preceded their Cannes press conference), revealing the picture’s title, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon II – The Green Destiny, and director, Yuen Wo Ping. Michelle Yeoh […]
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Argo wins Best Picture, Life of Pi takes Best Director at 85th Academy Awards
February 25, 2013 
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Ben Affleck’s Argo defied decades of Oscar history to win Best Picture at the 85th Academy Awards, despite its helmer not being nominated for Best Director. In a teary speech, Affleck made note of his miraculous Hollywood comeback after years left out in the cold. Tonight, he’s the toast of the town. Argo scored two other prizes at […]
Continue readingTiger blood – Life of Pi review
December 17, 2012 0 Comments
Life of Pi – Starring Suraj Sharma, Irrfan Khan, and Rafe Spall. Directed by Ang Lee. Rated PG. By Simon Miraudo. Ang Lee attempts a Hail Mary pass with his adaptation of Yann Martel’s parable Life of Pi. No one could reasonably suggest the Oscar winning director’s good name has been tarnished in recent years, […]
Continue readingTeaser Debut: Life of Pi
July 26, 2012 1 Comment
The first trailer for Ang Lee‘s highly anticipated adaptation of Yann Martel’s beloved novel Life Of Pi was recently released and it’s certainly visually sumptuous. After the first teaser image popped up a few months ago we all wondered how Ang Lee was going to turn what was a seemingly unfilmable novel into a movie, […]
Continue readingFirst look at Ang Lee’s Life of Pi
April 26, 2012 2 Comments
The first official image from Ang Lee‘s adaptation of Yann Martel’s acclaimed novel Life of Pi has hit the web (courtesy of CriterionCast). The story follows the son of a zookeeper, an Indian boy named Piscine “Pi” Molitor Patel, who after a shipwreck manages to survive on a dilapidated lifeboat with a hyena, zebra, orangutan […]
Continue readingTobey Maguire cast in Life of Pi
April 11, 2011 1 Comment
Tobey Maguire is set to co-star in Ang Lee’s adaptation of Yann Martel’s bestselling novel Life of Pi, according to Variety. Many have tried adapting the novel since its release back in 2001, yet it is only now getting off the ground. The story follows the son of a zookeeper, an Indian boy named Piscine […]
Continue readingAng Lee finds his Pi
October 26, 2010 0 Comments
Ang Lee‘s long-touted adaptation of Yann Martel’s novel Life of Pi is set to begin production early next year. According to Variety, Life of Pi will begin shooting in Taiwan and India next January. As we reported back in April, Lee will shoot the family-oriented picture in 3-D. The screenplay comes from David Magee (Finding […]
Continue readingAng Lee to direct Life of Pi – in 3-D?!
April 29, 2010 0 Comments
Oscar winning director Ang Lee has long been rumoured to direct an adaptation of Yann Martel’s Booker prize-winning novel Life of Pi. It seems that the project may be closer to reaching our screens than ever before. According to Anne Thompson at Indiewire, producer Gil Netter is currently location scouting to find appropriate locales to […]
Continue readingTripping up – Taking Woodstock DVD review
December 31, 2009 0 Comments
Taking Woodstock – Starring Demetri Martin, Imelda Staunton and Liev Schreiber. Directed by Ang Lee. Rated MA. Originally published August 25, 2009. By Simon Miraudo. If Woodstock represented the coming-of-age of an entire generation, then surely Taking Woodstock is the ultimate coming-of-age film. Right? Well, not so much. Ang Lee’s latest is a mostly pleasant, […]
Continue readingTripping up – Taking Woodstock review
August 25, 2009 0 Comments
Taking Woodstock – Starring Demetri Martin, Imelda Staunton and Liev Schreiber. Directed by Ang Lee. Rated MA. By Simon Miraudo. If Woodstock represented the coming-of-age of an entire generation, then surely Taking Woodstock is the ultimate coming-of-age film. Right? Well, not so much. Ang Lee’s latest is a mostly pleasant, mostly forgettable tale about the […]
Continue readingAng Lee and Demetri Martin team up for Taking Woodstock
March 27, 2009 0 Comments
source: youtube.com The trailer for Ang Lee‘s upcoming feature Taking Woodstock debuted on Comedy Central’s Important Things with Demetri Martin last night. The film is based on the real life story of Elliot Tiber, a closeted gay man who supplied his parents’ music festival permit to the organisers of Woodstock. Martin will star as Tiber […]
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