Life of Pi Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Plot

What's the story about?

Plot

Director Ang Lee (Brokeback Mountain, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) creates an all-audience film about a young man on a fateful voyage who, after a spectacular disaster in the middle of the ocean, is hurtled into an epic journey of adventure and discovery. He becomes marooned on a lifeboat he must share with the ship’s only other survivor, a fearsome Bengal tiger with whom he makes an amazing and unexpected connection.

Cited as official plot version from foxmovies.com

Drama 3D Shot-In-3D Adaptation

Top Cast

The lead cast starring in Life of Pi.

• S
  Suraj Sharma

  ... Pi

  Million Dollar Arm, Wedding Season

• 
  Irrfan Khan

  The Amazing Spider-Man, Jurassic World

• G
  Gerard Depardieu

  Potiche, Sleight of Hand

• T
  Tabu

  ... Mother

  The Namesake

• 
  Tobey Maguire

  ... Writer

  Babylon, Labor Day

Crew Behind the Film

The Life of Pi behind-the-scenes crew and production team.

The film's director Ang Lee last directed Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Gemini Man. The film's writer David Magee last wrote The Tiger's Apprentice and The Little Mermaid.

Director

Ang Lee

Screenwriter

David Magee

Producers

Elizabeth Gabler
Gil Netter

Production Details

What we know about the Life of Pi movie production.

Key Facts

• An adaptation of the best-selling novel by Yann Martel. "Life of Pi" will be Ang Lee's first 3D pic, and utilize state-of-the-art technology in rendering the epic story. Alfonso Cuaron and M. Night Shyamalan were previously attached to direct.

Production Updates for Life of Pi

Oct 2012

Completed

Changed Life of Pi movie production status. The movie is ready for release.

Apr 2012

Post-Production

Changed the movie production status to Post-Production. The movie is now in the editing and finishing stages.

Oct 2010

Pre-Production

Changed the movie production status to Pre-Production. Principal photography begins in January in Taiwan and India.

Feb 2009

Development

Changed the movie production status to Development. The movie is likely in scripting, budgeting, or stuck in "development hell."

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