Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon director Ang Lee is in talks to direct the adaptation of Yann Martel's fantasy book The Life of Pi.

Mallika Sherawat sure is doing some interesting movies. Apart from her much-discussed role in the forthcoming movie Hisss, Mallika will also star in the movie version of The Aquarian Gospel, expected to be released in 2009.

Ever since the trailers of Pink Panther 2 are out, the Indian media has pounced on it to study the length of Aishwarya Rai's presence in the movie. Two frames, no two and a half, blink and you miss it, is she just a side kick? And so on.

Mallika Sherawat will play a Nagin (snakewoman) in her next release, Hisss. Hisss is directed by Jennifer Lynch of Boxing Helena (1993) fame, which incidentally won her a Raspberry award for the worst director for the movie in 1994.