Oscar-winning director Ang Lee has reportedly pulled out of his first TV project, because he needs "some rest", after spending over four years working on Life of Pi.

BBC: Ang Lee 'pulls out of FX TV project Tyrant to rest'

Oscar-winning film director Ang Lee is branching out into television, after it was announced he will direct the pilot episode of new series, Tyrant.

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Ang Lee won his second Oscar for directing Life of Pi, the adaptation of Yann Martel's fantasy novel about a boy stranded in a lifeboat with a Bengal tiger.

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Actress Nicole Kidman and Oscar-winning Life of Pi director Ang Lee will join Steven Spielberg on this year's Cannes Film Festival jury.

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In February Lee won his second best director Oscar for his 3D film Life of Pi, based on the Booker-winning novel about a shipwrecked boy and a Bengal tiger.

BBC: Ang Lee 'pulls out of FX TV project Tyrant to rest'

Lee's decision to follow up his Oscar win with a TV project was seen as a sign of the growing strength of cable TV.

BBC: Ang Lee 'pulls out of FX TV project Tyrant to rest'

The actors in the top four, including Tommy Lee Jones and Sally Field, have each won at least one Oscar before.

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Speaking on Radio 4's Front Row, David Oyelowo said the Oscar-winning star had been asked to say "the n-word" in The Paperboy by director Lee Daniels.

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