The Hollywood Reporter tells us that plans are already in place to ensure that Anthony Minghella's last film will be finished.Before his untimely death last week, Minghella was working on segment for the upcoming anthology New York, I Love You...
It was announced today that Shekhar Kapur (pictured) will take over directing reins on Minghella's final script. Kapur says that he'd had a conversation with Minghella before he went into surgery and was asked to take over.
"He told me his film was about the value of life and how people sometimes just throw away their lives, unable to look beyond into the real beauty of it".
"I will direct the film now -- with Anthony in my heart and in presence of his soul".
New York, I Love You is a collection of short films, highlighting a different part of the city.
Given the sweeping scale of Kapur's work on films like Elizabeth: The Golden Age and even the under-appreciated The Four Feathers, he seems the ideal replacement for Minghella, since both share a similar visual styles.
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