According to The Hollywood Reporter, director Ang Lee has replaced Tobey Maguire, who was to play the role of “The Writer” in Life of Pi, with Rafe Spall, recently seen in Prometheus. Apparently, Lee decided that Maguire was too recognizable in a cast of unknowns. I guess he didn’t want the tiger upstaged by a spider(man)!
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Casting change for Life of Pi
September 6th, 2012 · No Comments · Hear It Here First, HighBridge at the Movies
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First Pi scene online!
June 15th, 2012 · No Comments · Hear It Here First, HighBridge at the Movies
The first clip from the upcoming Life of Pi movie has appeared online, and it’s pretty awesome. All 10 seconds of it! If we weren’t excited for November 21 before, we sure are now. See the clip, plus a few new images from the movie, at the official Life of Pi movie site.
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Early Oscar buzz for Life of Pi
April 27th, 2012 · No Comments · Hear It Here First, HighBridge at the Movies
This week, the first images from the upcoming film Life of Pi, based on the book by Yann Martel and directed by Ang Lee, were released, and they’re impressive. Then, 20th Century Fox showed some preliminary footage of the film at the CinemaCon convention in Las Vegas. According to firstshowing.net, the footage was “…magical, visually […]
Hobbit release date shifts Pi
June 6th, 2011 · No Comments · HighBridge at the Movies
Last week, titles and release dates were announced for the two Hobbit movies being filmed by Peter Jackson in New Zealand. The first film is called The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, and will open on December 14, 2012. The second film, The Hobbit: There and Back Again is scheduled to open on December 13, 2013. […]
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Life of Pi casting news
April 12th, 2011 · No Comments · Hear It Here First, HighBridge at the Movies
According to the Hollywood Reporter, actor Tobey Maguire has been cast in Ang Lee’s film Life of Pi, based on the Yann Martel bestseller. Maguire will play a reporter interviewing the adult Pi (played by Irrfan Khan) about being shipwrecked as a 16-year old (played by Suraj Sharma). Filming is currently underway in India.
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