Ang Lee to Direct Comedy About Woodstock

We'd been wondering what director Ang Lee's next move would be, especially following Brokeback Mountain star Heath Ledger's fatal overdose in late January. It turns out Mr. Lee's next project is a bit more light-hearted than that film, or his last, Lust, Caution. It's a comedy about the original Woodstock music festival based on Elliot Tiber's 2007 memoir Taking Woodstock: A True Story of a Riot, a Concert, and a Life. From The New York Sun:

Focus Features' producer James Schamus, who's collaborated with Mr. Lee on 10 films, including Brokeback Mountain and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, will pen the script for the film, which is expected to enter production before the end of the year, according to Variety.