Ang Lee may direct 'Life of Pi'

Ang Lee is in negotiations to helm "Life of Pi," the big-screen adaptation of Yann Martel's novel for Fox 2000.

The book focuses on a youngster "who is the lone survivor of a sunken freighter and winds up sharing a lifeboat with a hyena, an injured zebra, an orangutan and a hungry Bengal tiger," accoring to Variety.

The trade also says the studio will hire a new writer to generate a new script Lee will supervise. Dean Georgaris, M. Night Shyamalan and Jean-Pierre Jeunet worked on previous drafts.

Lee's recent directing credits include "Hulk," "Brokeback Mountain" and "Lust, Caution." He is also wrapping up "Taking Woodstock," which is set during the summer of 1969 and follows a man whose actions will eventually provoke the birth of the legendary concert.