Director Roman Polanski is reportedly completing his upcoming film The Ghost from jail:
The director has been in prison in Zurich, Switzerland since September 26, when he was arrested in connection to a 1977 child sex crime.
But [Robert] Harris, who wrote the screenplay, insists incarcerated Polanski has found a way to finalize his next big screen offering ahead of its scheduled premiere at the Germany's Berlin Film Festival in February.
The 76-year-old, who finished editing on the day of his arrest, has contacted colleagues for help and even passed on instructions for the musical score to composer Alexandre Desplat from jail.
Harris explains, "He can make his wishes known from his cell. I don't think he can make phone calls, but he can communicate."
But the author worries the film will be lost in the controversy surrounding Polanski.
He adds, "What people think of the film is another matter. Whether the film can rise above the circumstances in which the director now finds himself I don't know. We will test to the upper limits the notion that there's no such thing as bad publicity."
Pierce Brosnan plays a British prime minister accused of war crimes in The Ghost, which also stars Ewan McGregor and Kim Cattrall. [WENN.com via ABC 4]
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