Before his sad death last week, Anthony Minghella was working on segment for the upcoming New York, I Love You, a follow up to Paris, Je T'aime. It was announced today that Shekhar Kapur (Elizabeth) will take over directing duties on Minghella's final script.
Kapur says that he'd conversed with Minghella before he went into surgery and was asked to take over the project. "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," Kapur told The Hollywood Reporter. "I will direct the film now -- with Anthony in my heart and in presence of his soul."
New York, I Love You will be a collection of short films, all a love letter to a different part of the city. Other directors working on the project include Mira Nair, Yvan Attal and a debuting Scarlett Johansson. Kapur seems an ideal replacement for Minghella, given the lush visual and romantic sweep that the pair share.