Shekhar Kapur: Subs for Minghella on "New York" film
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March, 26 2008
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 Shekhar Kapur: Subs for Minghella on "New York" film
Shekhar Kapur, the director who brought Elizabethan Era to the big screen will now direct the movie of late Anthony Minghella.
Shekhar Kapur, who had dircted the film "Elizabeth" and "Elizabeth: The Golden Age", will direct one of the last pieces of writing from the late Anthony Minghella, a segment of the urban ode "New York, I Love You".
Anthony Minghella, the Oscar-winning director of "The English Patient" has died in a London hospital last week after a short illness. He was suffering from cancer.
Shekhar Kapur said that Mr. Minghella had asked him to carry out his vision shortly before going in for cancer surgery two weeks ago.
Mr. Kapur wrote on his blog, "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".
The other producers, Marina Grasic and Emmanuel Benbihy said, "Anthony chose Shekhar Kapur to direct the segment he wrote for our film knowing that Kapur would have the deepest respect for his vision. We look forward to working with Kapur".
The film, which was to have starred Minghella's son Max before the young actor bowed out several weeks ago, will be set on New York's Upper East Side and can be described as a "spiritual love story," producers said.
Shekhar Kapur, who is best known for his "Elizabeth" pictures, which earned a pair of Oscar nominations for star Cate Blanchett. He is also attached to direct the adaptation of Isaac Asimov's "Foundation" series for Fox. |
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