NEW YORK, N.Y. -- 
Caption James
Gandolfini left behind numerous projects in various states of
development, including two films that have already completed production.
The
51-year-old actor, who died Wednesday, had been busy, appearing in a
flurry of late 2012 releases, including the Osama bin Laden hunt
thriller “Zero Dark Thirty,” the stylish crime saga “Killing Them
Softly” and the 1960s coming-of-age drama “Not Fade Away,” which
reteamed him with “Sopranos” creator David Chase. Gandolfini continued
to gravitate toward character actor roles, several of which will now be
released posthumously.
The
Brooklyn crime film “Animal Rescue,” which was shot this spring, was his
final movie. Directed by Michael R. Roskam (“Bullhead”) and written by
Dennis Lehane, it stars Tom Hardy and Noomi Rapace, with Gandolfini
playing a bar owner. Fox Searchlight is expected to release it next
year.
Gandolfini
also co-stars in “Enough Said,” a romance from writer-director Nicole
Holofcener (“Please Give”). He plays ex-husband to Catherine Keener, who
is pursued by another divorcee, played by Julia Louis-Dreyfus. Shot
last fall, “Enough Said” is also to be distributed by Fox Searchlight,
though there is no release date set.
The
“Sopranos” star continued to have close associations with HBO. He had
shot a pilot for the network with Steven Zaillian (“A Civil Action”) for
“Criminal Justice,” an adaption of the 2008 BBC series in which he
plays a low-rent New York City attorney.
Though
HBO initially passed on picking up the show, it was restructured for a
more limited miniseries run. No episodes beyond the pilot have been
shot, so the series’ future is now uncertain.
Gandolfini
had also recently signed on to reteam with his “The Incredible Burt
Wonderstone” co-star Steve Carell. In “Bone Wars,” a film from HBO
Films, the two were to play rival 19th-century paleontologists Edward
Drinker Cope and Othniel Charles Marsh. That project, though, was only
in the early stages of development.
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