It’s no wonder that Yann Martel‘s novel Life of Pi took over a decade to finally makes its way to the big screen. Met with praise at New York Film Festival (including our own), director Ang Lee‘s most ambitious undertaking yet is ready to arrive in theaters next month and today a new featurette arrives diving into the challenges of the production.
Titled Impossible Journey, we hear from Martel and Lee themselves on the struggles to bring this story of a boy and a tiger to theaters. With new behind-the-scenes footage, including a glimpse at the early stages of our CG tiger, this pieces gives us an inside look at just how extensively detailed this project is. Check it out below for the film also starring Suraj Sharma, Irffan Khan, Gerard Depardieu, Adil Hussain and Rafe Spall.
Synopsis:
Director Ang Lee (“Brokeback Mountain,” “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon”) creates a groundbreaking movie event about a young man who survives a tragic disaster at sea and is hurtled into an epic journey of adventure and discovery. While marooned on a lifeboat, he forms an amazing and unexpected connection with the ship’s only other survivor — a fearsome Bengal tiger.
Life of Pi arrives on December 21st.