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Ang Lee in talks to make Hollywood adaptation of 'Life of Pi'

London, Feb 19 (ANI): Oscar-winner Ang Lee is being lined up to adapt the novel 'Life of Pi' into a Hollywood movie.

The director is in talks over the adaptation of Yann Martel's novel.

The Man Booker prize-winning book tells the tale of a lone shipwreck survivor who shares his lifeboat with a hyena, an injured zebra, an orang-utan and a tiger, reports the Telegraph.

Studio Fox 2000 is hiring a new screenwriter and Lee is seriously considering the project, according to Variety.

Life of Pi is the best-selling Booker Prize winner of all time and became a global phenomenon after its 2002 win, translated into 40 languages.

M Night Shyamalan, director of the Sixth Sense, and Harry Potter's Alfonso Cuaron were previously linked to the project. (ANI)

Windsurfer hopes to repeat gold winning effort

Hong Kong: Windsurfer Lee Lai-Shan, Hong Kong's first Olympic gold medallist, has no illusions about the tough challenge she faces defending her Olympic championship in Sydney.The tall, lean athlete, who turns 30 next month, picked up the gold in Atlanta in 1996 to become the toast of her bustling home town where reward for effort is mostly measured in dollars and sporting prowess is low in the order of merit.Lee, affectionately known as San San, competes full-time but the.....
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