Life Of Pi: Soon At A Theatre Near You

A teenage boy shares a lifeboat with a hyena, an injured zebra and a hungry tiger. And the good folk of Hollywood think that’s perfect movie material.

So Jean-Pierre Jeunet, director of Amelie and A Very Long Engagement, will begin the movie production of Yann Martel’s Booker Prize-winning novel next summer.

There’s no word yet on who will play the animals, though agents have been spotted scouring zoos worldwide.