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26 March 2008 10:04 AM, PDT | From Studio Briefing | See recent Studio Briefing news

Organizers of the Shanghai Film Festival said today (Wednesday) that they are looking for a prominent filmmaker to head the festival's jury following the death of Anthony Minghella, who died in London earlier this month at age 54. Finding a replacement for Minghella at such short notice "is not an easy job," said Tang Lijun, a member of the organizing committee for the festival. "We need to check each candidate's schedule." The festival also announced that it is planning a retrospective of Minghella's work for the event, which takes place between June 14 and 22. Meanwhile, it was announced that Shekhar Kapur will direct a segment of the upcoming anthology feature New York, I Love You that had been written by Minghella shortly before his death. On his blog, Kapur said that Minghella had asked him to do so before going in for surgery. "I will direct the film now, with Anthony in my heart and in presence of his soul."

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25 March 2008 7:58 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

X-men star Hugh Jackman is set to go from comic book character to comic book creator after teaming up with screenwriter Marc Guggenheim for a new sci-fi thriller.

The Aussie actor, who plays Wolverine in the X-Men films and is currently reprising the hairy character in a spin-off movie, has developed a new series for Virgin Comics, called Nowhere Man.

The project is a joint venture between Jackman and Guggenheim, who adapted the Wolverine story for the big screen.

Details of Nowhere Man are being kept secret, but Virgin Comics officials describe the story as "a sci-fi odyssey set in a groundbreaking vision of the future in which mankind has traded privacy for safety."

Jackman says, "I've had so much fun in the graphic novel world with the X-Men franchise that I wanted to get even more involved. I am so excited to work with Virgin and Marc and create a compelling character and story that hopefully will also make it to the big screen."

Guggenheim is no stranger to the comic book genre - he has previously authored comics on Marvel's Wolverine series as well as the best-selling Amazing Spider-Man. He's also the man behind Jonny Lee Miller's hit U.S. TV show Eli Stone.

Founded in 2005 by Sir Richard Branson, author Deepak Chopra and filmmaker Shekhar Kapur, among others, Virgin Comics has provided a graphic outlet for celebrities like Nicolas Cage, Jenna Jameson and director Guy Ritchie.

Virgin bosses are currently developing new stories with Terry Gilliam, Dave Stewart and Duran Duran.

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24 March 2008 5:28 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Director Shekhar Kapur has vowed to finish the movie that British filmmaker Anthony Minghella was working on before he died.

Minghella, 54, who won the Best Director Oscar for his 1996 movie The English Patient, died from complications following surgery for cancer of the tonsils and neck at London's Charing Cross Hospital last Tuesday.

Minghella, who was working on part of a series of short films entitled New York, I Love You, had already asked the Elizabeth director to take on the movie before he went into hospital for surgery.

He says, "Anthony, who was doing one, called me one day and said, 'I'm not doing it. I'm ill. You do it.'

"Anthony went to the operating table, but did not return. He was 54 and it was not an age to die."

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